DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 22 TO 28 (or 29), INCLUSIVE, OF EVERY YEAR AS TRAFFIC SAFETY WEEK AND MARCH FIRST OF EVERY YEAR AS SAFE-DRIVING DAY (S-D DAY) AND AUTHORIZING …

WHEREAS, the loss of life, limbs, and property
resulting from traffic accidents reaches appalling proportions;

WHEREAS, it is the government’s duty to solve the
critical traffic situation with a view to minimizing, if not totally
eliminating, traffic accidents and the resultant loss of life, limb, and
property; and

WHEREAS, in the furtherance of this aim, it is
necessary for the National Traffic Commission to conduct an efficacious
educational campaign by the use of leaflets, posters, banners, billboards,
signboards, mass media, the radio, and other appropriate means to arouse
traffic-safety consciousness and impel the observance of traffic and road
courtesy rules and regulations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from February 22 to 28 (or 29),
inclusive, of every year as Traffic Safety Week and Mach 1st of every year as
Safe-Driving Day (S-D Day), and designate the National Traffic Commisison to
take charge of all arrangements and activities for their fitting celebration
throughout the Philippines. The Commission is hereby authorized to solicit
donations in cash or in kind for the purpose of carrying out the aim of this
proclamation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and cause the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of
January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary