Accident turned HOT pursuit

[miko101130]

Along North Ave. coming from SM/ Trinoma side, I am driving an SUV; Ford Everest model 2005, with me in the vehicle is my former officemate


I was on the second lane making a left turn on going to Mindanao Avenue. Upon reaching the intersection I signaled to turning left moving at around 5-10 kph. As I was making a left turn, a public utility jeep coming from the outer most lane suddenly swerved in coming from my right side and into my front, furthermore jeepney driver did it without signaling. I sounded my vehicle’s horn but the PUJ driver made a severe angle of left turn and cut me off from his left side, I brake and stopped but the jeepney driver continued to cut me off, there was nothing I can do to avoid the accident.

As a result the left rear metal bumper of the PUJ came in contact with my front right bumper and fender flare thus damaging my vehicle. I felt the impact and so I stopped my vehicle which is now located at the center of Mindanao and north avenue intersection, the jeepney driver slowed down for a while noticing what has had happened but then continued moving at a constant pace. Noticing that the driver of the PUJ won’t stop, I started to move the vehicle to catch up with him, I honked my horn and flash my lights continuously to give him notice, but the driver still didn’t stop. I dropped down my window and shout at him to stop but the ignored me. The jeepney driver was now trying to escape me. Exhausting all methods, I decided to get in front of him and try to sway him into slowing down by cornering him to the side of the road.

I successfully stopped driver and the vehicle at the side of Veteran’s hospital at Mindanao ave. I stepped out of the vehicle and approached the driver; I told him what has happened and what we are going to do about the situation. I initially wrote down the plate number TWC 843 and asked him to show me his driver’s license but only presented at that time a TVR, the driver mentioned to me that his licensed is expired and he only holds a TVR dated March 20, 2010. I copied pertinent information, and thus I was able to know that the drivers name is "Armando A. Del Rosario."

During our discussion the driver repeatedly begged that I forgive him for the accident, he told me that he has no money I simply ignored his reasons but then again and again he begged that I forgive him for the accident citing many reasons during our conversation. During our discussion the passengers of the PUJ stepped out and board other jeeps. The PUJ was now empty.

We continued talking and I told him that I want a traffic investigator to come and make a proper and documented investigation of the accident. I asked then my officemate to go the intersection of North Avenue and Mindanao Avenue to talk to the MMDA enforcer and request for a traffic investigator. We are around 50 meters from the intersection.

As we were waiting for the traffic investigator to arrive, he asked me if he could go and fetch his operator and then come back later, I told him that I need a traffic investigation and that we should wait for the traffic investigator to arrive before making any decisions.

A minute or more has passed and I noticed that the driver was restless. To my surprise he hurriedly and suddenly went up to his vehicle and started the jeep’s engine, the driver drove PUJ and squeezed it in front of my vehicle nearly hitting my vehicle again. The jeepney driver was again trying to escape for the second time.

The jeepney driver was merely waiting a timing to escape, and now the jeepney driver was running away and escaping us and all possible responsibilities with the earlier accident with my vehicle. He was now speeding away very fast to the direction of Mindanao Avenue going to congressional area. I and my officemate boarded our vehicle also and run after the jeepney driver, I chased the driver as fast as I could, the jeep was running away fast, but the traffic in Mindanao Avenue slowed him down.

He not only endangered us during the earlier accident but is now endangering other motorist as well by his actions, he was speeding very fast making tight turns and dangerous overtakes to other vehicles in his struggle to escape us.

I was honking him and flashing lights to make him stop but still he continues, approaching a u-turn slot at Mindanao avenue, the jeepney driver made a u-turn, luckily there was two traffic enforcers riding in a motorcycle at that time. I shouted to the traffic enforcers that, that driver is running and escaping us due to an earlier accident, I shouted “pigilan ninyo yan tumatakas yan sa isang bangaan, tinakbuhan kame niyan, habulin, pigilin ninyo”. The traffic enforcers caught up with the driver and stopped him.

He was escorted to the right and safe side of the road, I told the traffic enforcers what happened earlier and that the driver was escaping. The traffic enforcers called the traffic sector in that area to send investigators, the key and official receipt and certificate of registration of the jeep and its driver was temporarily confiscated by the traffic enforcers to assure that the driver cannot escape this time.

When asked about the incident the jeepney driver stated to the traffic enforcers that he was escaping just to avoid delays on his part, the jeepney driver made concocted statements “kaya lang naman ako umalis kasi ayoko maistorbo at maabala, siya nga ang bumanga sa likuran ng jeep ko”.

We waited until the investigators arrived; one investigator rode with the driver on his passenger side while the other on his motorcycle followed the driver, we are third on the convoy. Were brought to the traffic sector 6, which is located at congressional road cor. Grants street. I gave written testimonies and other supporting legal documents needed by the investigator, I was given a police report of the accident.



grabe guys im 23 years old, yung adrenaline ko ng time na yan grabe. imagine naghabulan kame sa mindanao avenue. were chasing the driver were driving at around 80-100 kph at that time.


kung ako lang masusunod, kung nagkataon wla yung ka officemate kong babae, nung bumaba at umalis n mga pasahero, kukunin ko sana tire wrench and then papaluin ko hayop na driver na yun hangang sa mawalan ng malay kahit di niya ako mabayaran at wala pa akong gastos sa pagsasampa kaso, patas pa kame!!


bakit kya ganito kaw na nag iingat tpos pag nabanga ka ng mga kumag at gagong driver na mga ganyan lalo na sa jeep, sabay kakamot ulo o kya mag mamaka awa sayo sarap bugbugin. swerte siya hndi tropa ko kasama ko kung hndi binaril na namin driver na yan.
ingat na lang tlaga

[renzo_d10]

Normal excuses for a jeepney driver., No money to pay etc. etc.

Good thing sir that you didn't give up, and you really taught him a lesson.



BTW, do you have any pictures of the damage done ? And what was the settlement bet. you and the optr. ?

[Monseratto]

Unless you can keep him behind bars, he'll be back on the street. Maraming PUJ drivers either fake yung license, may ticket pero peke rin o expired kuno. Buti wala na disgrasya.

[tabatsoy]

naiintindihan kita paps sa sitwasyon mo pero sana pag sa ganitong sitwasyon di na siguro natin kailangan ilagay ang batas sa ating kamay paps... di na natin kailangan ng baril...23 years old ka pa lang marami ka pang mararanasan sa kalsada....kalmante lang tayo paps....

sad to say yan ang laging nilang sinasabi na wala silang pambayad etc...may police report ka naman na, pwede mo ipasok sa insurance...yun nga lang may PF ka na babayaran....

kung ako ok na ang kutos at batok! at kurot sa tagiliran!!!hehehe

[speed unlimited]

Buti na lang ganoon lang nangyari at kung napatay mo iyong driver dahil sa emotion mo hindi katumbas ng buhay mo .

[shadow]

mabait ka pa at wala kang ginawa, pag ako yan basag na mukha niyang at kahit hinde na niya ako bayaran.

dapat ginulpi mo na lang, wala ka rin makukuha diyan, hinde magbabayad yan

[Reepicheep]

Dapat diyan kulong na talaga at No excuses kahit na may pamilya siya.

[Gerbo]

dapat ginulpi mo na lang, wala ka rin makukuha diyan, hinde magbabayad yan

May isang kakilala ako nasa ganyang sitwasyon. Request niya sa jeepney driver na maghubad at pipitikin nalang niya itlog.

[straker]

Contemplating on rigging a cellphone/camera unit to camcord our trip?

[mda]

“kaya lang naman ako umalis kasi ayoko maistorbo at maabala, siya nga ang bumanga sa likuran ng jeep ko”

Baka mabasag ko mukha niyan right after he says that.

Una walang pera, tapos sunod ikaw na mali.

That's quite the story spinner.

:/

[straker]

Dapat diyan kulong na talaga at No excuses kahit na may pamilya siya.

All the more reason why he should drive carefully. He's got a family to feed.

Miko, if there's any consolation, you grabbed the scumbag within legal bounds. Bashing him will only send YOU in jail, giving him all the "rich vs poor" issue on you.

Baka pwede mo kunin ang jeep niya, call your friends with their bats and guns and turn in into scrap. Enjoy your sweet vengence, while it lasts.

[claRkEnt]

care to share what had been the outcome of the discussion with the operator? The operator is liable since yung driver nya ay walang lisensya.


and sana huwag mo pa-areglo... 2x ka tinakbuhan! sana share mo until closure

[water]

Buti wala naaksidente sa paghabol nyo.

Worth it ba talaga habulin yan kasi baka makaaksidente pa sa paghabol.

Pwede ba lista na lang plate number tapos demanda na tumakas.

[Ma^ride]

Thumbs up to you bro for what you had done - Pag pinabayaan mo mga iresponsable na yan, mas lalo lang maging balasubas sa kalye mga yan!

[aejhayl17]

i was in the same situation a months ago, but with a drunk driver on a starex together with his pals,

what happens now? did the jeepney driver/operator surrendered to your demands?

[Chikselog]

Naiintindihan ko yung adrenaline thing. Binabasa ko pa lang to naiimagine ko sarili ko kung ako nasa sitwasyon mo, mahina pa naman ako sa mga ganyan.

sir. Dapat lang mawala sa kalye ang mga inutil na mga yan.

Siya pa may ganang kapalan ang mukha niya. Pakulong nyo na yan sir kung ako sa inyo, 2x tinakasan eh, halatang g*** eh.

[gongrhey]

isa ito sa mga sistema na dapat na mabago sa ating bayan - anarchy sa lansangan na kadalasan ay kagagawan ng mga drivers ng public utility vehicles. buti na lang listo at desidido si TS para habulin nya yung PUJ driver. pasalamat na din at tinakbuhan lang siya, pano kung tipong maton yun at siya pa ang sinaktan. cool na lang pero sa ganitong sitwasyon talaga mag-iinit ka ng husto. sampahan nyo ng kaso para may rekord kahit papano.

[TholitzReloaded]

isa ito sa mga sistema na dapat na mabago sa ating bayan - anarchy sa lansangan na kadalasan ay kagagawan ng mga drivers ng public utility vehicles. buti na lang listo at desidido si TS para habulin nya yung PUJ driver. pasalamat na din at tinakbuhan lang siya, pano kung tipong maton yun at siya pa ang sinaktan. cool na lang pero sa ganitong sitwasyon talaga mag-iinit ka ng husto. sampahan nyo ng kaso para may rekord kahit papano.

This happened to me last month almost the same situation, but no chasing, jeepney kaaksidente ko, ganundin walang pera mahirap pa raw sya sa daga, walang lisensya violation ticket lang ang naipakita, may katarata pa raw mata nya... lahat ng reason yata sasabihin nito matakasan lang responsibilidad tsk.. tsk.. kahit pang bayad sa participation fee wala talaga, hay naku sana alisin na sa lansangan ang mga walang kwentang jeepneys nato... I'm thinking why not just replace this jeepneys with something like coasters or micro buses from Isuzu.I think it's about time they start phasing out jeepneys sa dami ng problema dito, bukod sa most jeepney drivers are wreck-less drivers, yung mga jeepneys na dinadrive nila eye sore pa, di lang yun bad for the environment pa as it emits black smoke.

Right now auto ko nasa casa pa because of the accident, I have to pay more or less 10k including the participation fee and parts depreciation.. imagine all because of this stupid jeepney driver and his moving scrap metal, i could have done more with my 10k this. tsk.. tsk.. doble ingat talaga sa padadrive you'll never know when you will encounter an idiot PUJ driver.

[kevin3000]

ganyan talaga badtrip ang PUJ's maging kalmado lang kayo.. bili nalang kayo ng malakas na busina.. samin kasi madalas sa gitna nagbaba ginagawa ko is oovertakekan ko tapos pagtapat kay mamang driver isang malakas na busina hahaha! mitsuba gamit ko and gusto ko pa magdagdag panginis ba.. hehehe

[lazyfoot]

i've had it with those jeepney drivers, if that happened to me, i'll just follow him at some distance, since he's leading, most of the risk will be his. i'll just shadow him till he makes a major or fatal mistake. pardon my morals but i've had it with them already.