DAPLIN, CHARRY A. REFLECTION July 26, 2022 DEFINING THE DURATION OF EXTRAORDINARY DILEGENCE FOR THE SAFETY OF PASSENGER BY: JOSEPH DURANO Commuting in layman’s term or riding a public transportation is a part of our daily lives most common Filipinos. While some or other prefer services offered by their work because it is more convenient, commuting still the most popular option especially right now there is uprising cost of oil in the market. The operators of a public transportation either by air, land or water are considered common carriers. Engaging in the business of carrying or transporting passengers, goods or both with pay in exchange of offering their service to the public. Under the law a carrier who engage in carrying passengers is bound to observe extraordinary diligence for the safety of their passenger transported by them, like a diligence of a good father who takes care of his family, as further carrier is also bound to carry and ensure the protection of their passenger with their outmost diligence like a mother who takes care of her new born baby regardless of circumstances. It should be extraordinary diligence not just as ordinary. As to the relation of carrier and passenger “commence the carrier begins to be under a duty to exercise extraordinary diligence to ensued the passenger’s safety”. Once created, the relation of carrier and passenger will not ordinarily terminate. “The prevailing Philippine rule holds that the passenger-carrier relation continues until the passenger has left the premises used by the carrier at the point of destination and has been allowed a reasonable time to leave”. Those mention above are just among the few things which the author answered the question on determining the application of extraordinary diligence to ensure the safety of the passenger in a common carrier. Extraordinary diligence is legal obligation of a carrier to provide care and transportation of its passenger. The requirement provided by the law for extraordinary diligence is not something new however, there are still instances that the requirement given is not fully satisfied that is why there are lots of cases relating to transportation and the most vulnerable is the passenger. There are lots of cited cases that the writer presented in his writing. Thus, the writer wants to convey what is the real concept of extraordinary diligence, the relation between passenger-carrier, why do we need to determine such. Does it really affect our lives? Why do we need to learn such concept? After I read the assigned notes, I contemplated and certainly in favor for the amendment of some provisions of our law in relation to safety of the passengers as well as the obligations of the carrier. Its about time that our lawmaking body will craft new laws that will create more organize, specific that will address the needs of the Filipinos specifically when it comes to transportation issue. Common carrier for transportation is the most efficient way for us Filipinos to reach our destination, it is the convenient way especially for ordinary people to commute from home to work and vice versa, its routinary a part of daily lives. However, as time passed by, we become more critical about the things happening around us we become curious and innovative. With our advance technology more transportation is or will be created, discovered and developed to address the needs of the people, from complex to more advance for the purpose of convenience and make our life lighter and easier amidst the complicated environment. Innovation is part of economic development however together with innovation we must not forget the importance of life it should come hand-inhand, to ensure the safety and secure every individual wherever we want to be.