After Millenyo... andaming reckless!!!

[niky]

Have you guys noticed a whopping number of reckless, inattentive, over-aggressive and hot-headed drivers lately? What's up with that?

We went to a shop to have one of my mags repaired last Sunday, and I saw four different accidents.

None of these were due to broken stoplights, slippery roads or fast driving (I'd think)... they all happened in the middle of the road... and from the looks of it, one guy just braked for no apparent reason, or another guy just wasn't paying attention.

I was almost run down by an amok driver who was apparently incensed that I overtook him on the right side as he was hogging the left lane on C5 going 50 km/h.

Everyone I've talked to has noticed this... dumami talaga ang mga reckless after the storm... parang mga dagang nagsisilabasan sa lungga!

Anything to share, peeps? Any theories? Bakit ba ganyan!!!!???!!!

[chris_d]

Dito sa amin wala naman ako na encounter, pero kagabi nung hinatid ko pauwi gf ko daming mga ganun na driver along edsa, may bus na ayaw mag give way, kotse na pumilit sumingit at meron din naman isang van na kahit naka signal na ako ayaw pa rin ako pagbigyan. Pero nde naman yata dumami...

[kulit]

Mass hysteria? Post stress traumatic disorder? Hehehe. Ingat lagi

[sean jedi]

malapit na full m:screwloose: on?

[team_PONGLAI_11]

nabasa nung bagyo, kinalawang utak

[nugundam93]

nabagyo utak nila, scrambling it. :lol:

[Horsepower]

Hmmm, haven't noticed that it did although i can't forget the bus in Quiapo underpass the otherday who suddenly swerved to my lane. I flashed my lights and honked at him. He still continued (why do most drivers here don't know the meaning of light flashing???). So i kept honking intermittenly until he got out of my lane. Nag-attempt humabol, but im already running at 120kph after a few seconds overtaking him. nang-aasar lang. hehehe.

[lolo pepe]

None of these were due to broken stoplights, slippery roads or fast driving (I'd think)... they all happened in the middle of the road... and from the looks of it, one guy just braked for no apparent reason, or another guy just wasn't paying attention.
I was almost run down by an amok driver who was apparently incensed that I overtook him on the right side as he was hogging the left lane on C5 going 50 km/h.

baka nag sa sight seeing ng typhoon damages, looking left and right while running sooooo slowly along the way

[BlueJazz]

Just passed by Buendia flyover going to Fort and there was a 5 car accident. Medyo mainit ang ulo ng mga tao because of the damages and sightseeing sa mga billboards na bumagsak.. Damn outdoor advertising.. wala ng pahinga ang mata mo sa commercial..

[mikmik316]

ang general na napansin ko ngayon since almost a year na rin ako di napupunta sa ortigas, makati area... ang daming BOBONG driver ngayon.... sobra na talaga yung mga nag cu-cut hindi tumitingin sa side mirror, mababagal na sasakyan na ayaw pumunta sa tamang lane... mukhang pera lang kasi ang LTO release ng release ng driver's license... ang BOBO talaga ng mga driver ngayon!

[oldblue]

Just passed by Buendia flyover going to Fort and there was a 5 car accident. Medyo mainit ang ulo ng mga tao because of the damages and sightseeing sa mga billboards na bumagsak.. Damn outdoor advertising.. wala ng pahinga ang mata mo sa commercial..

or baka hypnotic dati yun mga billboards ads depicting happy ads. ngaun nawala, yan nangyari hehehe

[Mguy]

I had an altercation with an expat female last monday night. It was so traffic and she kept on blaring her horns and flicking her bright headlights. As we were merging lanes, she kept insisting she had right of way. Damn expat, when its traffic, you just alternately give way.

I would have confronted her if not for the rain and most probably, she'll tell me off by saying "DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY".

[badkuk]

I had an altercation with an expat female last monday night. It was so traffic and she kept on blaring her horns and flicking her bright headlights. As we were merging lanes, she kept insisting she had right of way. Damn expat, when its traffic, you just alternately give way.

she must be from new york. probably late for her personality improvement class


pansin ko nga, right after some sort of storm, people tend to get real stupid on the road. parang mas madaming mga close calls/altercations compared to the usual.

[Driv3er]

actually napansin ko na during the storm...wala na pumpansin sa traffic lights! Maybe it's because they know na walang pulis o MMDA dahil bumabagyo???

[NazQ]

dahil malamang sa stress over the last weekend. di pa nakapagpapahinga yung mga tao. may ibang lugar brownout pa rin, di pa gawa yung mga nasirang properties nila and stuff.

pero immediately after the storm last thurs, driving was suprisingly relaxing, kahit walang traffic takbo lang ng mga tao sa las pinas mga 40kph.

[Poops]

I'm assuming most if not all tsikot people are decent, educated and above average drivers (upper 10% ?). That means most of the other drivers are worse so it's expected that this is a common sentiment but yes, medyo umulan ng kabobohan sa driving si Melenyo at maraming nakasalo sa daan.

Haaaaay buhay...parang life.

[swordsman]

Probably due to:

1) the missing billboards, baka kung saan-saan nakatingin mga drivers na hinahanap billboard ni angelica panganiban
2) ilang araw din sila di lumabas, excited tuloy mag-drive ulit
3) konti lang gumagana traffic lights & fewer MMDA personnels (as mentioned above)

[1D4LV]

Mass hysteria? Post stress traumatic disorder? Hehehe. Ingat lagi

actually, ito din nasa isip ko eh....

[Autobeat]

Possible effects siguro ng loosing the normal routine, due to loss in electric, water, cellfone signals, cable.

Maybe some folks are no longer as rested as before due to the brownouts, and may even be on the road more than normal trying to get supplies, relocating to friends/relatives with electric already, or doing errands needed for family/properties affected/damaged by the storm. The mind and body may already be stressed out working out/thinking of all these concerns/"to do"s not normally handled during the weekend.

[rab]

post partum depression? hehehe.