DO NOT Ask for Directions in Manila and Pasay!!!

[vh3r]

amp sarap gulpihin mga ganyan.

gusto ko maka tyempo ng ganyan tapos pag sinigawan ako eh ibang usapan yun sa malamang bumaba ako ng auto ko at baka masapak ko ng wala sa oras yun while my wife recording video ng pag aaway namin :D

[vefyjeph]

Nahuli din ako dati dahil nagtanong sa TE. Sa Subic yun... Galing ako Zoobic zafari / ocean adventure paglabas ng long and twisting roads. Marami ata kami nadali ng mokong. May nauna sa akin na magtanong kay TE.

[Ry_Tower]

Perhaps we are better off if the Government can relocate these scalawags to Scarborough or Spratlys

Couldn't agree with you more.

[Stoner]

...but the PUV's stopping anywhere and everywhere for who knows how long, they ignore.

Galing.

[oj88]

Indicated ba sa GPS if one way ang daan?

In most cases, yes. It's doesn't "say" na one-way yung street. It just won't route you through the said street if you have to pass through it going the wrong direction.

[Retz]

...but the PUV's stopping anywhere and everywhere for who knows how long, they ignore.

Galing.

may lagay eh.

[pop3corn]

nagagalit na kasi ang mga tiga maynila at Pasay, kasi pag nasa Fort or Makati or Pasig or San Juan naman kayo kabisado nyo lugar. tapos pag sa kanila, lagi kayo tanung. naiinsulto na sila sa pagtrato sa bayan nila as 2nd class cities.

[boybi]

Indicated ba sa GPS if one way ang daan?

In most cases, yes. It's doesn't "say" na one-way yung street. It just won't route you through the said street if you have to pass through it going the wrong direction.

In Garmin, most major one-way streets have arrows indicating the one-way direction.

[dondonposadas]

This happened two days ago to Cecile Van Straten, one of the more famous Bloggers:

Traffic was bad in Manila, but moving. Somewhere along Recto, our driver felt lost and rolled down the window to ask directions from a traffic enforcer. Instead of helping us, the traffic enforcer told him to pull over and started to scold him about some traffic violation we were not aware of.
Our driver tried to reason calmly as the traffic enforcer continued to yell and power trip.
Of course we are well aware he could be calmed down by some kind of bribe money, which I hate.
So I pulled out my Press ID and told him I was covering an event at this place and I was going to be late.
Upon seeing my Press ID, the traffic enforcer changed his voice, gave us directions and let us go.A few minutes later, the same thing happened on Rizal Avenue. Our driver felt lost, rolled down the window to ask help from a traffic enforcer. I was shocked when instead of helping us, he told us to pull over again.
He started to scold my driver in a way that made me angry. So I pulled out my Press ID and told him the same thing, that we were going to be late for an event. But seeing my ID only made his voice louder, and I lost it.
I told him we had not violated any traffic law, and I can’t believe he is the second guy doing this to us in the same area. I told him I would take his picture and told him, “Huwag kang rumaket.”I was kind of scared but more angry about the bribe situation. I just find it ridiculous that these people are supposed to help us, and making us pull over to scream at us really just worsens the traffic.
As our voices got louder, I think he realized he wasn’t gonna get any bribe money from me. Finally I said good bye to him, and he said the same thing! Thank God it was over, and we left.

I onced stopped for directions in Pasay and the same thing happened to me. I thought it was a fluke until I read the above.

BEWARE

Cecil should change his driver. Tip, plan your trip ahead.

[marg]

Cecil should change his driver. Tip, plan your trip ahead.

No matter how much you plan your trip, sometimes you still have to ask directions.

This was my personal experience: I once stopped for directions in Pasay and the same thing happened to me. I thought it was a fluke until I read the above.

TIP for you dondon: This is an Extortion Racket that has been exposed

Don't defend these dishonest people.