abusive diplomatic vehicle

[bunge]

sarap bumili ng 4x4 na pangharabas na talagang di matitinag sa mga ganyang abusadong driver na nagka-counterflow at kamote sa lansangan. parang yong nangyari dati kay Sir Otep na parang basang sisiw ang nagyari doon sa Escort, at halos walang nangyari sa sasakyan nya. kahit ambassador pa ang sakay noon pag nabangga sya while counterflowing, malaking kahihiyan yon sa international community, kilala nyo naman ang media. makakahanap din ng katapat mga yan.

[froshie1]

hindi nga yata covered e. mga walang hiya talaga e. kaya hindi umaasenso ang pilipinas kasi maraming walangya at abusado. mantakin mo, ka simpleng bagay lang ang pag sunod sa batas trapiko, di pa magawa! :D

(pagkakaalam ko) sad to say yes, covered ito ng diplomatic immunity.

[tsupermario]

uy nahukay na thread na naman

buhay pa nga kaya ang ambassador na iyon

na recall na

[IMm29]

This sounds like a Pinoy-driver-abusing-his-foreign-ambassador/boss's authority. Of course, we can't rule out that his boss is equally abusive by not stopping his driver from doing so, if he gets to experience such dangerous behavior. I've seen some foreign nationals with blue plates who also abuse their vehicles. These instances, however, are not with expensive vehicles, but with some more economical/pedestrian imports. It's probably not the ambassador using these cars. In these cases, can the member of the embassy/consulate also cite diplomatic immunity?

i like your observation, toyboxph. ala-spiderman nga, "with great power, comes great responsibility". they're given the privilege (blue plates) because they are deemed to be responsible, thus they should justify this by actually being responsible, and not abusive.

[_Cathy_]

This afternoon I saw an altis in the middle of the ayala (going edsa) and buendia intersection. I thought that the altis had car trouble as it wasn't moving. I was getting worried kasi baka mahagip siya ng mga kotse. Then I saw it take a left at buendia when there is clearly no left turn at that intersection. That altis could have caused an accident simply by being at the middle of the intersection much more when he turned left at Buendia. Hay. Yun pala naka blue plate.

A few minutes later I was already at Pasay road turning right to sshw when a benz totally ignored the red light and crossed EDSA going straight to Dasmarinas! Imagine! E kung bus ang makahagip sa kanya!

Two "immune to traffic lights" cars in less than an hour.

[Flagg]

Dapat ma-meet nila ang ating mga abusive basura truck drivers. Mga may immunity din kasi mga yun.

[aga_cruz]

hayaan nyo na lang at makakanap din ng katapat yan?

[lazyfoot]

I have a diplomatic plate car, yup we do have immunity. Most of us who have the plates do follow traffic rules, we only don't during emergencies. I don't like those people who are also abusing their powers due to their blue plates. Although i have a lot of experience being run off the road by vehicles with 2,4 and 8 plate numbers and overzealous escorts what weave in and out of the road going to La Vista. I hate those people!

[ECG]

alam ko yung ibang white and blue plate sasakyan ng mga locator sa special economic zone like Clark. exempted din sa tax.

[lazyfoot]

I'm not familiar with the new numbering scheme that they're implementing coz i we haven't replaced our blue plate cars for years already...