barubal na driver at mga u-turn slots ni BF sa edsa

[ian_rex]

last saturday, while driving home to bulacan, this damn driver of Isuzu HiLander almost totaled with my ride. The reason? He just simply swerved to the left most lane of the road in Camachile carelessly. FYI, the pavement in Camachile toward NLEX is under restoration, while this inner most lane is paved already. Ok lang sana kung nag-signal siya para ma-anticipate, kaso nagsignal nga late naman. bw.s.t!

ok sa u-turn slots tayo.the problem with u-turn slots in edsa is that it takes 2 to 3 lanes para sa mga gumagamit. thus, making the edsa leaving only one lane (bawal tumapak sa yellow lane right?) para sa mga dumideretso. minsan pag sinuswerte ka, sabay ang dating ng rumaragasang bus at yung nagyu-u turn kaya talagang nagpapatrapik. take the munoz area in the edsa, grabe ang trapik dun. ewan ko ba kay BF, minsan feeling ko by impulse na lang mag-implement ng kung ano-ano regarding sa trapik. hindi porque effective ang isang bagay sa isang lugar, e effective na sa lahat...

[1D4LV]

hmmm. u-turn slots.. agree with you, dapat at least man, may bakod pa din yung iikutan, para limited pa rin yung lanes na masasakot after the u-turn.

[FrankDrebin]

Para sa akin, effective naman ang U-Turn slot pwera lang siguro sa ibang area ng España at Quezon Ave. (Hindi ko tuloy mabasang mabuti yung Ad sa Pegasus, Et. Al.) na masikip ang daan at kapag rush hour esp. sa may malapit sa Examiner.

Effective ang U-T ni BF kapag matino ang mga driver kaya lang hindi matino eh kaya ayun.

[boybi]

maganda ang concept ni BF, continuous flow ang traffic, walang traffic light. sa infrastructures ang problema ng U-Turn slots.

[badkuk]

just this morning, me fineature sa MUB...banggaan between two buses sa bandang edsa-munoz u-turn slot...one bus was trying to make the u-turn, e hindi pinagbigyan ng other bus....ayan, 5 lanes naging one lane na lang


imho some of the u-turn slots are awkwardly placed, i.e. nasa long stretch of road where drivers usually drive fast...delikado lalo na kung gabi, since parang pang dekorasyon lang ung lamp posts natin

[Altis6453]

Let's face it. Sometimes, the U-Turn slots work for some areas...and sometimes they don't. An example of the latter would be the stretch of EDSA at ground level near the intersection of East-Avenue to Timog Ave.

Cars coming from Timog going to East Ave. can no longer cross EDSA. Instead, they have to turn right to EDSA and make a U-Turn under the fly-over. The problem with this is there are two (2) bus terminals right in front of the U-Turn slots.

Add to that, buses regularly stop to load and unload passengers at those areas. So...what use is the U-Turn when you have two-thirds of the highway blocked by buses and the remaining portion left for those who make a u-turn to go to East Ave. or go straight to EDSA-Cubao? Looks like the MMDA created a bigger problem by making a chokepoint or bottleneck on that stretch since there are a lot of vehicles which go from Timog to East Ave. and there are an equal if not greater number of cars which come from Q.A. or East Ave. going straight to EDSA-Cubao.

If the MMDA wants this scheme to succeed, maybe they should eliminate the bus terminals in those areas so that there are no gridlocks caused by buses loading their passengers.

[Dieseler]

maganda ang concept ni BF, continuous flow ang traffic, walang traffic light. sa infrastructures ang problema ng U-Turn slots.

This is assuming ALL drivers marunong magbigayan, maayos mag drive. Notice, the opposite is the case in Manila. Drivers hog the lane, others try to create their own lane, etc.

[Dieseler]

Ok lang sana kung nag-signal siya para ma-anticipate, kaso nagsignal nga late naman. bw.s.t!

I found out that the signal lights are not for signaling that one is about to go in a certain direction.

Eto mentality ng karamihan ng drivers ngayon: Kasi pag nag signal ka, say to the left, you will always be cut-off by another vehicle coming from that direction. Eh pano, signal lights mean to the approaching driver: "hoy bilisan ko dapat yung takbo ko, dapat mauna ako sa nag-sisignal, bawal pagbigyan siya... " I've seen this happen lots of times. Minsan sobrang obvious na mabagal ang takbo, tapos pag pasok ko sa lane nya, biglang bibilisan ang takbo, sabay biglang preno at busina.

So the guy is assuming that you are that kind of a driver, and behaved accordingly, hayop talaga.

So nowadays, swerve muna in the direction of where one is going, then kung pasok na or malapit na maaksidente, switch on the signal light. Reason here is kung naaksidente ng tuluyan, eto ang sagot "... eh naka signal naman ako ah! Ikaw ang bumangga sa akin etc. etc. ... "

Haay ganun na talaga ang mundo... can't do anything about it.

[BoEinG_747]

minsan kahit ano ganda ng batas..kung wala rin disiplina ang tao ..wala din saysay

..dami talaga pasaway na driver lalo na ang jeepney at tricycle...

lalo na jan sa caloocan ..jan yata may pinakamadami viahe ng tricycle.. gggrrrr

[creepy]

Based on my experience, ok naman ang mga U-Turn slots. The ones near the intersection of EDSA/North Ave (and Q Ave-Araneta) have helped ease traffic A LOT...

[papao]

Eto mentality ng karamihan ng drivers ngayon: Kasi pag nag signal ka, say to the left, you will always be cut-off by another vehicle coming from that direction. Eh pano, signal lights mean to the approaching driver: "hoy bilisan ko dapat yung takbo ko, dapat mauna ako sa nag-sisignal, bawal pagbigyan siya... " I've seen this happen lots of times. Minsan sobrang obvious na mabagal ang takbo, tapos pag pasok ko sa lane nya, biglang bibilisan ang takbo, sabay biglang preno at busina.

ganito talga drivers satin,esp un mga delivery truck saka iba pang malalaking sasakyin(jeep/bus), pati mga private cars ganito din..e2 nung isang araw lang sa c5,nagsisignal ako pumunta ng left lane..tapos sobrang layo pa ng truck sa likod ko..ng nagsignal ako biglang binilisan tapos flash ng lyts nya...ano kaya trip nun,wala naman mawawala sakanila pag nagpadaan sila ng sasakyan...tsktsktsk

[woulfe27]

hindi maganda ang batas kase walang nagpapatupad

[espeago]

hindi maganda ang batas kase walang nagpapatupad

Amen to that.

[ILuvDetailing]

Eh kung huliin nila yung mga bus na lumalagpas ng yellow lane, yung mga jeep na naguuturn sa no uturn, sa mga pasaway na driver na di marunong sumunod sa batas, eh gagaan daloy ng trapiko natin, di mawawala ang traffic pero gagaan kahit na konte. Eh yung ibang MMDA at Pulis puro kotong lang nasa icip wala din kwenta yung mga proyekto, tapos sabayan mo pa tong si Mayor Binay na panay kontra kay Bayani wala naman ginawa nung MMDA chairman siya. Haay...

[BoEinG_747]

hindi maganda ang batas kase walang nagpapatupad

meron nag papatupad ..

hindi lang maganda ang klase ng pagpapatupad nila

[Mguy]

Maganda naman ang U-turn schemes . .. daming na walang traffic. However, drivers talaga problema dito.

To be constructive, dapat may seminars or lectures in the proper use of the U-turn slots. If you notice, lahat ng u-turn slots may concrete barriers para i-redirect ang traffic away from the cars turning. However, ang ginagawa ng ibang drivers ay they go past the lane covered by the barriers thus they wait until the on-coming traffic to ease up thus clogging the u-turn slot. They should instead approach the u-turn in a manner that they would take the inner lane when making the turn.

[OTEP]

Yung U-turn sa EDSA-Balintawak badtrip din. All the lanes are hogged by the ones making the U-turn.

Don't worry so much about driving on the yellow lane. No choice ka talaga sa lugar na iyon. Kapag hinuli ka, lecturan mo na lang ang enforce about doing his job properly.

So far, hanggang tingin pa lang naman sila sa akin when I drive on the other side of yellow.

[oldblue]

I believe u-turn slots are not for the faint-hearted. kung minsan yun takot pa gumamit noon ang naging cause ng accidents. hindi naman kasi dapat naimbento ito
kung d dahil sa mga jeepney na walang pakudangan magbaba at magsakay sa mga
intersection.

ako nga minsan gusto ko sagasaan yun mga commuters na pumupwesto mismo
sa U-turn slots, lalo nakaka-pressure. just like those commuters who place themselves at the foot of flyovers. kaya nga nimbento ang flyover para iwasan sila
eh.

[Engr]

alam niyo ba na may plan na palang lagyan ng flyover/interchange ang intersection ng EDSA-North Ave. at Muñoz. nabasa ko sa Inquirer minsan, tapos ayaw daw makipag cooperate ng MMDA sa DPWH kaya hindi matuloy tuloy. damn! bakit kailangan pa nila cooperation ng MMDA?! kung ayaw ng MMDA e di tuloy na lang ng DPWH yung project! deadmahin na lang yung MMDA. tingin siguro ng MMDA, ok na yung u-turn slots nila dun. e putcha, lagi ngang may traffic. tapos ang layo pa ng u-turn slot from intersection, sayang sa gas! in-a-advocate pa naman nilang magtipid ang mga tao ngayon dahil sa tumataas na presyo ng gas.

tindi ng pride ng MMDA, ayaw tanggapin na hindi effective ang u-turn slots nila in some areas.

[RedHorse]

Gma has decided, it's BF who has the SAY with MM infra's...

And the dpwh secretary knows it. Yong nag-iingay, tinamaan sa cancellation ng project, pun intended! he he he

dpwh take is that in 10 years, di na raw kaya ang volume ng cars ng mga U turn slots. BF's answer to that is an elevated U-turn slot which is way way cheaper than a multi-level flyover/interchange designed for Munoz and in North-Edsa.