Bad motoring etiquette: What you hate the most.

[IMm29]

GTE (Garage to Terminal) AUVs.

He's on the leftmost lane along Ayala avenue close to Ayala Tower 1, and I'm right beside him (literally alongside him). He realizes he's at the wrong place so he wants to turn to my lane -- into me! He actually starts but I don't give in -- hey, it's my lane and we're right beside each other, you dumb *#*#$*!!! Our side mirrors almost come to blows, and I was close to rolling down the window to give him a piece of my mind, but the wife gets on my case. Bakit ko pa daw papatulan? Grrr!

Anyhow, he slows down (which is what he should've done) and goes around me to get the right lanes. Pwede naman pala. May patingin-tingin at pasalita-salita pa.

[Picard]

I once envisioned a side-facing horn, yung nakatapat mismo sa driver side ng jeep! hahaha

When it comes to keeping your cool on the road, maximum tolerance and permanent tolerance are two very different things. You will really lose your cool one way or another.

[vinj]

It's also my wife who restrains me on the road from opening my window and giving a piece of my mind to those PUV drivers (and once, from throwing the eggs i just bought at the windshield of a bus driver).

Just today, nakapila ako to go under the Shaw Underpass and then the GT Express cuts in at a very sharp angle. Sayang naman yung maayos na daloy ng traffic (slow but it was moving) since the cars had to come to a stop just for that van coming in.

[stavros]

GTE (Garage to Terminal) AUVs.

He's on the leftmost lane along Ayala avenue close to Ayala Tower 1, and I'm right beside him (literally alongside him). He realizes he's at the wrong place so he wants to turn to my lane -- into me! He actually starts but I don't give in -- hey, it's my lane and we're right beside each other, you dumb *#*#$*!!! Our side mirrors almost come to blows, and I was close to rolling down the window to give him a piece of my mind, but the wife gets on my case. Bakit ko pa daw papatulan? Grrr!

Anyhow, he slows down (which is what he should've done) and goes around me to get the right lanes. Pwede naman pala. May patingin-tingin at pasalita-salita pa.

Alam mo problem kaya umabot sa ganyan, nakita mo na yung gagawin nya pero sabi mo, hindi mo talaga ibinigay yung daan. Worth it ba kung sakaling mabunggo ka instead na ilang seconds lang ng pagbibigay? Wala ka din pinagkaiba dun sa driver GTE hehe!

[IMm29]

Alam mo problem kaya umabot sa ganyan, nakita mo na yung gagawin nya pero sabi mo, hindi mo talaga ibinigay yung daan. Worth it ba kung sakaling mabunggo ka instead na ilang seconds lang ng pagbibigay? Wala ka din pinagkaiba dun sa driver GTE hehe!

Well, i'd agree with you if he were ahead, and I was trying to close him off. Would've been futile to stop some GTE driver from taking up open space. Pero ang kinainisan ko is magkatabi kami nung ginawa niya. There was no open space coz ako yung nasa tabi niya.

[muse]

Well, i'd agree with you if he were ahead, and I was trying to close him off. Would've been futile to stop some GTE driver from taking up open space. Pero ang kinainisan ko is magkatabi kami nung ginawa niya. There was no open space coz ako yung nasa tabi niya.

they are psyching you out by making you think they'll collide to you so you'll swerve out of your lane. what i do is that i just keep driving and sometimes just to mess with them, i too "merge" next to them.

[Noel Salisipan]

Bait mga wife nyo, thoughtful at di mahilig sa gulo!

Ganyan din wife ko, pero pag solo-flight medyo mas maganda laban sa kalsada(drive at my own risk).hehehe

Tama rin na kung kayang iwasan ay iwasan, pag di kaya e di sampulan gya ng ginawa ni Imm29.

Nakakainis lang kasi sa open intersection, pag pinabigyan mo yung isa ay aabutin ng tatlo tapos ikaw na ngayon ang nakabitin sa intersection. Syempre gagawa ka na ng move na makapasok sa pang-apat, masakit bubusinahan ka pa at iilawan for their right of way!

Hirap dito sa Pinas ano, its more fun.Hehehe

[IMm29]

they are psyching you out by making you think they'll collide to you so you'll swerve out of your lane. what i do is that i just keep driving and sometimes just to mess with them, i too "merge" next to them.

Exactly. Grrr!

[Snake1]

My number one pet peeve..... there's a long line of cars (traffic) on the opposite direction.. everyone there is moving slow in line and along comes a lone passenger jeep or even some private vehicles...counter flows into my lane so he can get ahead of the pack... who cares if my lane is relatively traffic free.... I stop right there and point to the driver to get back in line...

This usually happens when I go home during the weekend.. driving solo and I have all the time to myself... the goon has no choice but to try to cut infront of some vehicles to get back in line.....hehehehe.... but when Im with the wife.. ay.. pag bigyan ko na raw... I tell her... if every driver eh pag bibigyan ang mga yan they will do it all the time... baka daw one day I might get shot....

I wonder how much a second hand bank armored vehicle is....hmmmm

[IMm29]

My number one pet peeve..... there's a long line of cars (traffic) on the opposite direction.. everyone there is moving slow in line and along comes a lone passenger jeep or even some private vehicles...counter flows into my lane so he can get ahead of the pack... who cares if my lane is relatively traffic free.... I stop right there and point to the driver to get back in line...

This usually happens when I go home during the weekend.. driving solo and I have all the time to myself... the goon has no choice but to try to cut infront of some vehicles to get back in line.....hehehehe.... but when Im with the wife.. ay.. pag bigyan ko na raw... I tell her... if every driver eh pag bibigyan ang mga yan they will do it all the time... baka daw one day I might get shot....

I wonder how much a second hand bank armored vehicle is....hmmmm

That's also a pet peeve of mine Bro. Include counterflowing motorcylces as well.

[CVT]

My number one pet peeve..... there's a long line of cars (traffic) on the opposite direction.. everyone there is moving slow in line and along comes a lone passenger jeep or even some private vehicles...counter flows into my lane so he can get ahead of the pack... who cares if my lane is relatively traffic free.... I stop right there and point to the driver to get back in line...

This usually happens when I go home during the weekend.. driving solo and I have all the time to myself... the goon has no choice but to try to cut infront of some vehicles to get back in line.....hehehehe.... but when Im with the wife.. ay.. pag bigyan ko na raw... I tell her... if every driver eh pag bibigyan ang mga yan they will do it all the time... baka daw one day I might get shot....

I wonder how much a second hand bank armored vehicle is....hmmmm

That's also a pet peeve of mine Bro. Include counterflowing motorcylces as well.

Marami niyan dito sa LPC, - the Counterflow Capital of the Philippines!...

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[belzer]

biglang cut ng walang signal sa bumper to bumper na traffic

[Picard]

biglang cut ng walang signal sa bumper to bumper na traffic

Kasi pag nagsignal siya mas lalong siyang hindi pagbibigyan. hehehe!

[renzo_d10]

^exactly. dito sa pinas kailangan mo gulatin para maka-merge ka. kung magsisignal ka didikit nung isa bumper nila dun sa kotse sa harap para hindi ka makapasok.

[zel.chikot]

^exactly. dito sa pinas kailangan mo gulatin para maka-merge ka. kung magsisignal ka didikit nung isa bumper nila dun sa kotse sa harap para hindi ka makapasok.

Aminado ako, kapag may gusto magcut sa lane ko hindi ko talaga pinagbibigyan, lalo ako tumututok sa harap ko pero not all the time. Kapag alam kong kailangan talaga mag merge example, from 2 lanes to 1 lane, alternate dapat, bigayan. Pero kung napakalinaw na may pila or slow moving tapos may ccounterflow bigla tapos sisingit sa harapan mo, nako, makikita ko palang sa side mirror nagiinit na ulo ko. hinding hindi siya makakapasok sa harap ko, dun siya sa likod ko.

[AC]

+1... ako din pag lipat lane.. di ako nag sisignal.. humahataw mga sasakyan eh pag nagsignal ka lane.. i just make sure.. hindi exacto lang ang distance... and forsure hindi niya kailangan mag slowdown pag nagmerge ako..

anyways.. nakwento ko ito sa uncle kong nakatira sa US... ganun din daw sakanila.. pagnagsignal ka.. bibilis din yung sasakyan sa tabi mo.. hehe

[mda]

+1... ako din pag lipat lane.. di ako nag sisignal.. humahataw mga sasakyan eh pag nagsignal ka lane.. i just make sure.. hindi exacto lang ang distance... and forsure hindi niya kailangan mag slowdown pag nagmerge ako..

anyways.. nakwento ko ito sa uncle kong nakatira sa US... ganun din daw sakanila.. pagnagsignal ka.. bibilis din yung sasakyan sa tabi mo.. hehe

Hehe. Ako baliktad.

Nagsisignal ako kapag magpapalit ng lane.

Nagbibigay din ako kapag nag ssignal yung nasa harapan ko, pero binibilisan ko at nagbubusina kapag may nagbibiglaang change lane. Pero kapag clearly naghahanap ng bangaan yung nag cchange ng lane, pinagbibigyan ko na. Not worth the hassle.

[IMm29]

Appropriately placed road signs and lane markings that are ignored.

I mean, let's face it, some folks (or should I say a lot of folks) behind lane markings and road signages nowadays do not have logic on their side when they execute their plans. The results are signages being too small to read, or too late to read, and lanes leading to nowhere, or to accidents just waiting to happen.

It's not that I'm espousing anarchy by disregarding traffic signs and lane markings because they're illogical -- depending on your logic or if you're a PUV -- but it's doubly bad motoring if you disregard traffic signs and lane markings when they completely make sense.

Was leaving Subic Bay for Manila yesterday when there was a vehicle, about 3 cars in front, just waiting to break free from the rest of the pack -- but doing it in the least responsible fashion. He was trying to overtake on the right (shoulder) where the big signboard said "No overtaking on shoulder". Then, he tried to muscle his way thru by positioning to overtake on a solid yellow center line.

Grrr! Anyhow, he got a dose of his medicine when the van he overtook prematurely and cut into did not react. His SUVs' collides with the van as he overtakes.

[Snake1]

That train is never late!!.... as expected going home to Bulacan for the weekend.... bumper to bumper traffic along Quirino Highway approaching a bridge which will cross over to San Jose Bulacan. this 2 lane highway funnels into a single lane as it snakes into this bridge crossing.... and while the rest of the civilized world waits in line for 30 - 45 mins... I see idiots (from my lan) from my side mirror counterflowing into the opposite direction.... kapal noh...

What takes the cake is an freekin 10 wheeler truck that tries to cut into the space infront of me.... as in trying to singit to the max.... I roll down my window and ask the pahinante...." Anong plano nyo? sisingit kayo?" the Pahinante affirms.... I say.." di na kayo nahiya? lahat nakapila dito..."

Phinante mumbles somethings.....(probably how kinakawa silang mahihirap..hahaha) but I just close down my window and make sure when I move forward... I do it slowly to give the vehicle behind me a chance to close the gap so the idiot cant get in.....

[vinj]

Hehe. Ako baliktad.

Nagsisignal ako kapag magpapalit ng lane.

Nagbibigay din ako kapag nag ssignal yung nasa harapan ko, pero binibilisan ko at nagbubusina kapag may nagbibiglaang change lane. Pero kapag clearly naghahanap ng bangaan yung nag cchange ng lane, pinagbibigyan ko na. Not worth the hassle.

Same here, most of the time i signal my intent even if it means the car lazily following on the next lane will speed up and block me off like an idiot. I also don't signal and switch at the same time (yung ibang drivers kasi, sabay na yung signal at lipat without even checking properly if they are being given space). Also, when a person signals properly and waits to go to my lane, and is coming from a proper lane just as well, i will slow down and give way as long as there is space; kung katabi ko na siya and my car is ahead, i'll just go ahead (huwag lang ako pinahin at magpumilit).

Phinante mumbles somethings.....(probably how kinakawa silang mahihirap..hahaha) but I just close down my window and make sure when I move forward... I do it slowly to give the vehicle behind me a chance to close the gap so the idiot cant get in.....

"Naghahanap buhay lang daw"

I also do that when there are those who are counterflowing or are coming from the the wrong lane (i.e. shoulder) and are trying to merge with the proper lane. I keep to my line and allow enough speed to ensure the person following behind me also doesnt get cut off. Yung mali kasi ng ibang drivers is that when they are being forced by another car to cut in, they avoid them by speeding up and moving the car off their line so in effect, this allows the car to cut off the person following behind in most cases, unless the following car is likewise stubborn and will stick like an eel to the car in front.