REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

CEBU CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (CCTO)

2ND FLOOR RAMOS MARKET, CEBU CITY
LEGAL SECTION

C.O. 801 ARTICLE- VII SECTION 2. SPEED LIMET ZONES

SPEED LIMET ZONES-No person shall drive a vehicle on a public Highway or Street at the speed in excess
of the following speed limit as established hereunder.

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SPEEDS

Passengers cars Motor trucks
& Motorcycles & Buses

1. On open roads, with no blind corners 80km 50 km

Closely bordered by habituation per hour per hour

2. On through streets or boulevards, clear of traffic 40 km 30 km

With no blind corners, when so designate per hour per hour

3. On City and Municipal Streets, with light traffic at 30 km 30 km

Not designated through Streets per hour per hour

4. Through crowded Streets approaching intersection at 20 km 20 km

blind corners passing school zones, passing other per hour per hour
Vehicles which are stationary or for similar
dangerous circumstances.

SECTION 6. WHEN SPEED RESTRICTIONS NOT APPLICABLE- The speed restrictions set forth in
this Traffic Code shall not apply to an authorize emergency vehicle when responding to an
emergency call, or an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not
upon returning from a fire alarm, and the vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp
exhibiting a red light visible under normal atmosphere conditions from distance of 500 feet to
the front of such vehicle. The provision shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle from the duty to drive of any such with due regard for safety of all persons using the
Street; nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his reckless
disregard of the safety of others.