WHEREAS, the loss of life, limb, and property resulting from traffic accidents has gone up to an unprecedented level;

WHEREAS, it is the duty of the government to solve the critical traffic situation with the end in view of minimizing, if not totally eliminating, traffic accidents resulting in the loss of life and destruction to property; and

WHEREAS, in the furtherance of this duty, it is necessary to improve and coordinate the efforts of all agencies concerned with the enforcement of traffic laws, rules, and regulations;

NOW THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, do hereby create the National Traffic Safety Advisory Committee for the purpose of planning, studying, and recommending measures for the promotion of traffic safety. The committee shall be composed of the following:

The Executive Secretary	Chairman
The Secretary of Public Works and Communications	Member
The Commissioner, Public Service Commission	Member
The Commissioner, Land Transportation Commission	Member
The Chief, Traffic Control Group, P.C.	Member
The Chairman, League of Provincial Governors and City Mayors	Member
The President, National Association of Chiefs of Police of the Philippines	Member
The President, Safety Organizations of the Philippines	Member
The President, Bus Operators Association of the Philippines	Member
The President, National Association of Taxicab Operators	Member
A representative from the civic organizations	Member

Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of November, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary