Arrogant police escorts in Quezon Avenue.

**Bogeyman** · May 23rd, 2006 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by bender

...it wasn't a fire truck or an ambulance. It was a police convoy.

It so happens that police convoys are just as authorized to use sirens and blinking lights as fire trucks and ambulances. Of course, in all cases, dapat properly marked ang sasakyan, and the personnel wearing complete uniforms.

Originally Posted by bender

Any policeman whether in a patrol car or a motorcycle routinely use their sirens to the point that there is no way to distinguish their intentions for using it. Are they using it to signal you to stop or give way? Are they on official business? Are they trying to apprenhend you for a violation? Are they part of a funeral convoy?

Alas, there is virtually no way to determine if they are using their equipment on official grounds, unless you actually flag them down and question them. Who's to say that firetrucks aren't used for personal business? Who's to say that ambulances aren't used for personal business? Would you actually go to the extent of flagging down every single squad car, fire truck and ambulance on the road, para lang usisain kung saan gagamitin yun? And on whose authority would you do that, anyway?

As long as they fulfill the visual requirements (complete markings and uniform), we'll just have to give them the benefit of the doubt when they want us to give way. Otherwise, kung mga private motorist lang yan na nagpa-power trip, samahan pa kitang gitgitan sila. :D

**lm723** · May 23rd, 2006 05:13 PM

hi sir i share your sentiments, ako din ganyan pag alam kong nasa tama ako. but lately, na isip ko if ever nag ka gulo nde ko naman sila kayang talunin even may tsikot.com/media. Money/Power wise wala akong ganun. So i just let them go, isa lang sinasabi ko someday you will meet your match, good luck na lang.

But, in some other cases na wala talaga akong choice. Baka lumaban na ako, but before hand iwas na lang.

**skyglider** · May 23rd, 2006 05:17 PM

naalala ko tuloy... mga 3 to 4 months ago na siguro yun sa may Roxas Boulevard... may mga VIP na dumadaan, nauna na yung mga police escorts...

tumabi na ako sa 2nd to the right lane kasi medyo trapik... hinampas ba naman nung isang gago na escort yung trunk ko... inis na inis ako kaya lang wala akong magawa kundi magmura... naisip ko na lang, darating din yung araw nila....

**bender** · May 23rd, 2006 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by skyglider

pagbigyan na lang natin sir... darating din yun time na sana wala ng escort ang mga pulitiko natin.... para maranasan nila kung paano maghintay sa trapik at ng masolusyunan nila...

ipagdasal na lang natin na sana nga dumating yung araw na yun...

That's what i hope. So that these politicians or bureaucrats can feel what ordinary citizens like us face everyday in our chaotic traffic situation. Awareness of a problem is the first step towards working for a solution.

**theveed** · May 23rd, 2006 05:40 PM

Pareng Bender, Pilipinas to eh... It's not about who's right, it's about who has the means to inflict harm... I wouldn't have stopped the car as well just for them, especially if I'm not driving slow to begin with...

Sa Pinas, dapat may nakamount ka na videocam na umaandar lagi sa harap at likod ng oto just to be able to have "proof" of any wrongdoings of people in power (aka public servants).

**BlueJazz** · May 23rd, 2006 05:48 PM

wala ka talgang magagawa sa mga abusadong escort.. akala mo isusugod sa ospital ang mga amo nila.

bakit nde kaya tayo magkaisa at magkabit lahat tayo ng wangwang..tapos daan tayo sa batasan ng lahat bukas wangwang.. para malaman nila kung gaano nakakairita ang tunog nito..

**theveed** · May 23rd, 2006 06:06 PM

hehe paramihan ng wangwang nalang hehe

**HardCharger** · September 30th, 2006 01:49 PM

Hi All!

Think of it this way Dude, would you want to be around those yokels when (just a matter of time) they are ambushed and blown to smithereenes?

:asta: :burn: :boom1:

Let them pass and watch the fireworks when it happens.

**Fast Eddie** · October 1st, 2006 03:38 AM

ang maganda dito bigyan na lang ng daan at tumabi at mag slowdown.
kasi, isa-dalawang minuto lang naman mag slow down tayo eh.
isa pa wala kang laban sa mga ito kahit sino pa sila. sakit lang ng ulo,
at masisira lang ang araw mo sa mga ito. ang hirap kaci sa atin mga
pilipino di marunong magbigay, kahit konting respeto sa mga naka convoy.
so ayun kung gusto mong makipag matigasan, tayo din ang
talo. simpleng bagay masisira lang araw mo, sa dahil ayaw mong
magbigay ng daan. so guys, better exercise your little respect to these
convoys. it doesn't happen every day to your way.

**SnakeEyes** · October 2nd, 2006 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by bender

Sorry,what i meant to say is i did give them the leftmost lane. i was on the 2nd lane to the left. What they wanted to do was to leave the entire portion of the road going to the underpass to themselves.

Who wouldn't ignore them? i was already in Quezon avenue when they were in Elliptical circle pa. Also, it wasn't a fire truck or an ambulance. It was a police convoy. Any policeman whether in a patrol car or a motorcycle routinely use their sirens to the point that there is no way to distinguish their intentions for using it. Are they using it to signal you to stop or give way? Are they on official business? Are they trying to apprenhend you for a violation? Are they part of a funeral convoy?

I wasn't trying to beat any traffic light or committed any violation. The road was clear and nothing would have happened if they let me pass.

I can picture what you're trying to say. two lanes lang nga yung underpass along Quezon Ave na tatawid ng Edsa. Alangan nga namang mag U-turn ka pa sa Edsa to stay on Quezon Ave para sa kanila. kung talagang VIP sila eh di mag chopper na lang sila.

crazy thought... don't you just wish na sa last second nung pahampas na sya ng side mirror mo biglang nag sudden brake ka at napaswing sya sa ere at sumemplang. if you caught a policeman or hagad on video while hitting ur car, di ba pwede yun kasuhan?