Quote Originally Posted by pbcnx View Post
I always wonder how jeepney drivers get their "professional" licenses...

I rode a jeep this afternoon and the driver seems know his way around. Literally. He would swerve into small cars, motorcycles, pedestrians, even swerve with buses. i was on the front side that time when he almost missed the bus by a mere centimeter.

He also never slows down on a full stop, instead, he makes a "pakong preno" shoving some of its passengers on the back because of inertia.

I heard a passenger said that the driver was "good" but really now...

Do they deserve to be tagged as "Professional Drivers" or should they be branded as kaskaserong drivers?

I also wonder how these guys get their licenses. They don't even know basic road courtesy and right of way. Thanks to the red tape at the LTO offices they are given this privilege to drive people even if they are not qualified to and from their desired destinations.

By the term "professional" they use driving for a means of living or their profession, it's not that they are professionals like Schumacher on a race track.

Finally the driving technique of this kinds are dangerous, weaving to and from a lane like missing the bus by a centimeter is nothing to be astounded to. Just think of the property or worst life that it may damage or claim because of his irresponsible way of driving. For me they are moving accidents waiting to happen.