Being Overtaken While Overtaking

[niky]

Just in defense of the TS... from the information given, it is not clear whether the PUJ behind her also signalled its intent, which it probably did not, but this is a common bad habit amongst Filipino drivers. If the car in front of you is in the process of overtaking, you shouldn't try to overtake it at the same time. That's also common sense and also on the LTO site:

Where Passing is not Safe

1. When there is a long time of cars ahead.
2. When you intend to turn or stop very soon.
3. When an incoming car is too close.
4. When the car ahead is going at or near the speed limit. Speed limit is still applied when passing.
5. When sight distance ahead is limited.
6. When the maneuver would have to be completed in a no-passing zone such as hill, curve or intersection.

As a newbie, the TS doesn't have the experience to use her indicator signal... (few people actually do), but common sense is... in a queue, let the person at the head of the queue go first. What the PUJ driver did was try to jump the queue by pulling out immediately and gunning it, even though the vehicle in front is showing an inclination to also pass. That's poor safety.

In this incident:

PUJ number one did something illegal, speeding up while being passed.

PUJ number two did something deemed unsafe, which is passing from the end of a line of vehicles... and, from the given situation, was apparently counterflowing on the left side of the road trying to edge past... which is both unsafe and illegal.

TS got caught between the two, performing a technically illegal action of accelerating while being overtaken, but consider that PUJ number two was trying to execute an illegal overtaking maneuver in the first place.

Personally, I think your initial instinct was right... basically if you're the first overtaker, your job is to get around the obstruction quickly so that anyone following you will not be in harm's way. But even though PUJ number one was doing something illegal, speeding up while you were overtaking him, common sense dictates that you should just let him through... no need to get into an accident on the account of the pig-headedness of others. Next time, given the state of idiocy on the road, watch your mirrors. Road sense lang yun. ;)