Bad motoring etiquette: What you hate the most.

[fermontalban]

Naiirita talaga ako kapag binubusinahan ako sa highway na parang sinasabing ang bagal ng takbo ko when I'm already at max legal speed, (100kph or 120kph) and I'm not in the overtaking lane. Minsan lumalampas ng konti but I try to maintain the speed, especially when my family is in the car. I know hipokrito ako kasi sometimes I go way beyond the speed limit pero hindi ako nangbubusina. If i want to go faster, I switch lanes. Your breaking the rules of the road na nga, you'll push someone to break it as well.

[Radical!]

Using the hazard light to 'disable' traffic rules - Want to counterflow? Use the hazard lights. Want to swerve? Aba eh.. i-hazard na yan. Want to text while driving? Ha-ha-ha-hazard! Want to wait at a no-parking-zone? Hhhhhazard lights lang ang sagot diyan. Oh... and if you want to follow an ambulance, don't forget to switch on your hazard lights na din. Using the hazard light will make it alright...

Haha! I'm with you on this. Hazards seem like a switch to turn on the "forceshield" like what they do in sci-fi flicks. Frustrating...

Using hand signals to disregard or violate right of way - Want to cross the intersection even if you don't have the right of way? Easy-- just use your hand signal! Using your hand signal will make things right.

This is one of my pet peeves. I don't understand why pedestrians (and some traffic enforcers) think that if they raise their hands, a 2-ton vehicle will stop on a dime.

[innoBOB[09JmtG]]

• Overstaying at a drop-off point - When you're dropping off passengers, that's the time when you have to give tons of last minute instructions and say your goodbyes. Maybe you'll stay at the drop-off point for 5 minutes. Okay lang... let the other drivers wait for their turn. Hindi na baleng mag back up yung pila. TAPOS -- once you've dropped off your passengers -- aba, mag se-swerve pa (with accompanying hazard or hand signal)

haha meron ganito sa festival, naka audi kasi, bumaba pa driver,nagyosi tapos nakabalandra ung audi niya. kulang talaga sa pansin

[BratPAQ]

These types of encounters usually happen in my subdivision (scouts area). Ewan ko ba... hindi naman madilim sa lugar namin. Bulag ata yung mga drivers doon.

Anyway, one time, I was trying to park in my garage. Tapos may isang Fort na naka park sa tapat ng gate ng isang bahay, siguro nag aabang. Grabe yung ilaw niya tinalo pa yung floodlights ng Ultra. I flashed my lights and the idiot turned low beam. Okay na. A couple of seconds later -- nag high beam na naman. Flashed my lights again, and he goes low beam, then a couple of seconds later, high beam na naman.

Once I finished parking in the garage, I went out and confronted the driver. Ayun! Siya pa yung galit. Know what he said to me?

"Kita mo na ngang madilim ang tint ko at nahihirapan ako makakita, gusto mo pang pahinaan yung ilaw ko? Ano bang gusto mo? Gusto mo bang makabunggo ako ng ibang kotse o tao dahil hindi ko siya nakita dahil mahina ilaw ko?"

No use arguing with a walnut brain like that.

lol, recipe for disaster yan, ang dark na ng tint nya, mambubulag pa sya ng kasalubong nya, he'll/she'll get what he deserve later on

[innoBOB[09JmtG]]

^dapat jan nabubutasan ng gulong hehe

[roberto_minosa]

Mdalas naka high beam yung mga unggoy na jeepney drivers. Madalas kasi sira yung mga headlights nila. Ang pwede lang yung high beam........

Minsan naman, nakatingala pati yung low beam.

[rpacis]

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"Kita mo na ngang madilim ang tint ko at nahihirapan ako makakita, gusto mo pang pahinaan yung ilaw ko? Ano bang gusto mo? Gusto mo bang makabunggo ako ng ibang kotse o tao dahil hindi ko siya nakita dahil mahina ilaw ko?"

No use arguing with a walnut brain like that.

Uminit ang ulo ko dito sa sagot sa'yo ng unggok na yun ah. He he he.. Tama ka, kasinlaki lang ng walnut ang utak niyan. Baka nga butong-pakwan pa eh.

[jave]

Using hand signals to disregard or violate right of way - Want to cross the intersection even if you don't have the right of way? Easy-- just use your hand signal! Using your hand signal will make things right.

You know, we all have the perfect hand signal for these morons.

[Wh1stl3r]

Meron din yung mga nakasignal ng paliko na kasalubong mo. Nakita nang mabilis ang takbo mo sisingit pa rin para makaliko sya. Mapapapreno ka tuloy ng bigla, tapos to add insult to injury, babagalan pa nyan yung pagliko nya para naka full stop ka na by the time he gets past.

[TholitzReloaded]

Just encountered this 30mins ago, while on my way to the office along Shaw I turned right in Samat street dito ako parati dumadaan going to office. Pagpasok ko sa street maaliwalas so I was running a bit fast around 40km, when this idiotic tricycle driver nakasulubong ko bigla nalng ng right turn ng matulin without considering that it was my right of way and mdyo matulin din ako dahil narin downhill ung street, ang kumag ni hindi nga nagstop before turning right biglang liko tlaga... really stupid driver... I hit my break full stop.. sumubsub kami ng kasama ko literally.. grrr...

[grrrlancer]

+ drivers na namba-bluff kung tatawid sa daan or liliko habang ikaw ay mabilis na paparating at you have the right of way naman. ito yung tawag yata eh "inginunguso" yung sasakyan. Kakabanas...

[majinbu]

mas matakot ka pag nakasabay mo ung convoy of big e750s na galing sa BSP minting in east ave goint to BSP-roxas blvd... yan ang di talaga humihnto....

pero as a rule, kung convoy w/ ambulance, and usually 14 vehicles, presidente yun--you are obliged to give way. only the president has that privilage--kaya nga nagkaroon ng fly-over sa ramon magsaysay kasi di pwede huminto ang presidential convoy..

yang 2 lang na yan ang pagkaiwasan mo sa daan, di ka sasantuhin ng mga yan.

ang 3rd na dapat mong iwasan sa daan ay mga emergency vehicles--like fire trucks, police at PRIVATE/some abulances.

otherwise, palusutin mo na, mahirap pa magsangkot pa sa gulo.

agree to this... ilang beses ko na nakakasabay sa SLEX tong mga to.. sobrang nakakabwiset.. kala mo kung sino mangcut.. tapos pag nagalanganin ka.. bababaan ka ng bintana tapos duduruin ka pa.. mga power tripper.. cyempre hindi ka naman agad makakakabig pag pinatabi ka..

may 1 time na nakasabay ko ang convoy ni gloria, sabay nagtrapik sa SLEX.. parang OA nga eh.. pag kahinto na pagkahinto ng convoy, sabay baba lahat ng body guards.. as in sa daan sila inikutan nila yung kotche ni gloria, isip ko naman, parang stupid naman.. mas madali nga sila pagbabarilin o pasabugin ng ganun.. haha pero gwapo, parang action movie.. haha wala lang share ko lang ang bwiset na experience ko with that convoy.. hehe

[JackFlash]

A lot of rants have been posted about PU drivers. Kaya nga sila hanggang PU na lang. My pet peeves involve private vehicles whose owners are supposedly better educated. Some irritating practices:

1. Magkasalubong na kotse, titigil sa gitna ng 2-lane street para mag-uusap yung mga driver or pasahero. Pag binusinahan, sila pa galit.
2. Slow moving vehicle who speeds up when you try to overtake.
3. The headlight flasher who frantically flashes his headlights kahit malayo pa siya sa intersection, hoping that you'd yield even if you were 1st at the intersection.

Btw, is true that in the US, if you flash your headlights at another car at an intersection, it actually means, "After you"? Hindi gaya sa Pinas where it means, "Me first!"

A friend told me about his experience in LA where "first to stop, first to go" is practiced at an intersection. But because he and another motorist arrived at the intersection at the same time, he did this flashing bit, Pinoy style. So the other car moved forward and so did he. Muntik silang magbanggaan. The guy in the other car shouted invectives at my friend. Sabi ng utol niya, "Bakit ka kasi nag-flash? Ibig sabihin niyan dito, 'Sige mauna ka'".

[rpacis]

Btw, is true that in the US, if you flash your headlights at another car at an intersection, it actually means, "After you"? Hindi gaya sa Pinas where it means, "Me first!"


A friend told me about his experience in LA where "first to stop, first to go" is practiced at an intersection. But because he and another motorist arrived at the intersection at the same time, he did this flashing bit, Pinoy style. So the other car moved forward and so did he. Muntik silang magbanggaan. The guy in the other car shouted invectives at my friend. Sabi ng utol niya, "Bakit ka kasi nag-flash? Ibig sabihin niyan dito, 'Sige mauna ka'".

Depende sa state. Sa MN hand-signal ang gamit para magsabi na "mauna ka na..." kasi hindi naka-tint ang mga awto doon. Bibihira lang din yun kasi strictly followed ang right of way, at hindi na kailangang sabihin na mauna na ang isa.

[kevin3000]

how about drivers who occupies 2 parking lanes? hehehe nakita ko ng auto niya hatchback JDM look angas ng parking 2 lanes!

[OldSchoolHack]

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• The High Beam Game - You come face to face with some idiot with headlights brighter than the sun. You blink your high lights to tell that idiot to tone down his/her lights. No reply. You then switch on your high beam -- magbulagan na tayo. Aba! The driver switches off his/her high beam and uses the normal lights. You return the favor and go back to normal beam. As soon as you go back to normal beam, the a-hole goes back to high beam.

Pa add lang. Idiots who install HID on regular headlamps with halogen reflectors. Cheap morons who want HID but cannot afford projectors replace halogens with HID bulbs and spread their light all over the place.

Hindi na nga aligned, sabog pa ilaw nila.

[roberto_minosa]

agree to this... ilang beses ko na nakakasabay sa SLEX tong mga to.. sobrang nakakabwiset.. kala mo kung sino mangcut.. tapos pag nagalanganin ka.. bababaan ka ng bintana tapos duduruin ka pa.. mga power tripper.. cyempre hindi ka naman agad makakakabig pag pinatabi ka..

may 1 time na nakasabay ko ang convoy ni gloria, sabay nagtrapik sa SLEX.. parang OA nga eh.. pag kahinto na pagkahinto ng convoy, sabay baba lahat ng body guards.. as in sa daan sila inikutan nila yung kotche ni gloria, isip ko naman, parang stupid naman.. mas madali nga sila pagbabarilin o pasabugin ng ganun.. haha pero gwapo, parang action movie.. haha wala lang share ko lang ang bwiset na experience ko with that convoy.. hehe

I just floor it whenever they pop up at my rearview mirror. They suddenly disappear...

[coiter]

Btw, is true that in the US, if you flash your headlights at another car at an intersection, it actually means, "After you"? Hindi gaya sa Pinas where it means, "Me first!"

if i can remember correctly, ganyan din dito sa pinas nung 80's. it's actually a sign of courtesy when you flash your lights. yun din turo sa akin ng magulang ko. ewan ko ba bakit biglang nagbago.

one thing I hate is when you're in the slow lane of a multiple lane road at merong nagmamadali at magfflash sayo para tumabi ka. e saan pa kaya ako tatabi? igigitna ko para iba naman maabala ko? nangyayari to madalas sa slex na ginagawa ng mga bus.

[kulotz]

if i can remember correctly, ganyan din dito sa pinas nung 80's. it's actually a sign of courtesy when you flash your lights. yun din turo sa akin ng magulang ko. ewan ko ba bakit biglang nagbago.

one thing I hate is when you're in the slow lane of a multiple lane road at merong nagmamadali at magfflash sayo para tumabi ka. e saan pa kaya ako tatabi? igigitna ko para iba naman maabala ko? nangyayari to madalas sa slex na ginagawa ng mga bus.

ako naman ang turo sa akin sa pagflash ng light eh iba

pag mabilis takbo niya at nagflash ng light it means "oi d na ako makakapreno una na ako"

pag mejo papreno na siya "sige pards una ka na tutal pumepreno na ako"

ako for some reason nakasanayan ko naman na pag naliko tapos me parang kotse na humahabol i usualy flash my lights instead na magbusina scandaloso kasi minsan pag nagbubusina ka at minsan naasar ang driver (yung sentra ko kasi BEEPBEPP ewan ko ba sakit sa tenga ng busina non)

[majinbu]

isa pa palang badtrip is yung mga trucks na may sobrang lakas na ilaw sa side ng truck nila! na sa bagal nila pag nagovertake ka sa kanila tuwing gabi.. sobrang masisilaw ka! parang feeling ko magugulat nalang ako sasabit na ko sa gilid nila! mga bwiset talaga! sarap pagbabarilin ng mga gulong nila! hehe

and kung possible lang yung maglagay ng malakas na ilaw sa likod haha maglalagay na ko.. kainis yung mga nakahigh beam kahit nakastop lang.. para magulat sila bigla ko sila silawin! haha may nakagawa na kaya nito. i want to be the first.. hahahaha wala pa man din akong tint kaya torture talaga...

o kaya naman yung lettering na ilaw, rather that the usual 3rd brake light, ilalagay ko lettering na "HOY ILAW MO" ang maglilight on.. hahaha just a thought.. ;p