MANILA, Philippines — A leading motorcycle taxi service on Thursday vowed its support for road safety after it signed a United Nations Statement of Commitment on Road Safety, its top executive said.
MOVE IT General Manager Wayne Jacinto said in a statement that the commitment was sealed when he met with UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety Jean Todt and UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines Arnaud Peral.
Jacinto cited the company’s two-pronged safety approach – Driver-Led, Tech-Reinforced, as the cornerstone of its program.
“The protection we promise riders and passengers is engineered into both the people on the road and the systems that back them,” Jacinto said.
Anchored on MOVE IT’s driver-quality program “Pasado bago Pasada,” he detailed an end-to-end regimen — skills assessments, background checks, vehicle evaluations, and continuous upskilling.
Promoting a safety-first culture among its rider-partners, Jacinto said the firm’s program is also paired with real-time safeguards, including speeding alerts, fatigue nudges and trip monitoring.
“Our aim is clear: high professional standards for riders powered by innovative technology,” he added.
Jacinto said MOVE IT was joined by other road safety stakeholders when they signed the UN’s statement of commitment on road safety as they all pledged to pursue evidence-based safety standards and promote a safety-first mindset and behavior on the road.
The groups have also signified their support on regulatory measures designed to enhance road safety and protect workers in the transport and delivery sectors.
EJ Dela Vega, chief commercial officer of Grab Philippines, who framed the move within Grab’s longer safety arc, was also one of the signatories.
“Road safety was the genesis of our platform more than a decade ago, and that same discipline guides Grab Deliveries today,” Dela Vega said.
“We back our partners with continuous road-safety training, regular in-app prompts and skills assessments, and routing technologies that help ensure every trip and every delivery ends safely,” he stressed.
Like MOVE IT, he said Grab will continue to work with government, peers, and global advocates as a “co-champion” of road safety.
