Earth Hour: Don't Shut Off Street and Traffic Lights!

[buriroy]

I almost figured in an accident last Saturday around 8:20PM
at the intersection of Fifth ave. and Mckinley Road in Makati
due to unusual darkness caused by shut-off street and traffic
lights.

The traffic enforcer manning the intersection wasn't wearing
reflectorized gloves nor using a "star-wars" wand. I only noticed
him when I was already well inside the intersection and I had to
swerve and brake hard to avoid him and some cars
coming from Forbes. Take note na patay din yung mga street lights
so and dilim talaga sa area. Naka blue pa yung enforcer and medyo
egoy so hindi mo talaga mapapansin kaagad.

This is a perfect example of our local authorities lacking
common sense. Sure its okay to observe Earth Hour wherein electricity
is shut-off every night at 8 to 9PM but this should be limited only
to residential and commercial establishments like bars and restos
and only on a voluntary basis. But please don't include street
and traffic lights as this compromises public safety.

I was in C-5 going up the ramp to Market!Market! on that night
and all the intersections I passed at The Fort had "blinking"
traffic lights and very dark streets.

Calling on Mayors Binay and Peewee Trinidad (I learned he's also
shutting off street lights on the Pasay portion of Roxas Blvd.
during Earth Hour every night). Mga Sirs, alam ko na okay makisama sa mga
worthy causes like global-warming awareness but not at the
expense of public safety!

Mga Sirs, bawasan ang papogi at dagdagan ng konti ang
common sense!

[flakez]

nyak pati ba naman street lights sinama nila? mahirap nga yan lalo na may mga jeep pa na hindi gumagamit ng mga headlight

[scharnhorst]

Kelangan nga nila ng common sense.

I was just thinking about the horrors of trippers who would take earth hour too seriously, and drive at night without any headlights.

[danesjr]

anakngteteng, yan pala yun kaya pala nagpatay din ng ilaw sa macapagal. amputs, sobrang dilim!!!
kelangan siguro nila ng common sense, grabe, earth hour muna bago safety i don't think it's worth it...

[buriroy]

Alam mo kasi ang pinoy pag gumaya mas matindi pa!

OK lang for Australia and other developed countries to observe
Earth Hour by shutting off everything including street and traffic lights
kasi yung mga intersections nila manned by cops wearing complete
reflectorized gear, plus maingat mga motorista nila. Also their streets are not so crime-ridden so kahit patayin ang ilaw sa lansangan ng 1 hour, wala masyadong krimen.

Dito sa atin hindi pwede mag patay ng ilaw sa trapik at kalye.
Firstly, masyado barumbado mga driver natin mas lalong matindi
sitwasyon kung walang street and traffic lights. Also, mag lilitawan
na parang anay out of the woodwork ang mga holdupper and agaw-
celfone, adik, etc. kung walang street lights.

Masyado kasi tayo nakiki-uso, wala naman sa lugar!

[city_hunter]

Napatay rin yung utak nila nung Earth Hour:praningat hindi na sumindi):praning:.

Ayos siguro sa Makati, naging invisible si Binay (buti di nasagasaan).

[GerardTagayty]

nun saturday night nagulat ako i was traversing macapagal. biglang namatay lahat ng ilaw. buti na lang maliwanag na onte coz of the lights of the cars. buti naman gumagana yun traffic light sa edsa intersection. kundi it would have caused a major gridlock for sure

[LexTer]

Ayos siguro sa Makati, naging invisible si Binay (buti di nasagasaan).

:bwahaha: :bwahaha:

[chua_riwap]

Eto.......sa Roxas Blvd.

[mazdamazda]

IMO - Earth Hour is pretty much stupid really... no offense to the organizers and supporters but this thread pretty much shows the consequences of a pretty lame gesture to "save the Earth".

They should just focus on the real environmental issues at hand (like garbage segregation, proper vehicle use, industrial waste dumping, etc.).

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[rai2k8]

It was bad idea to turn off street lights lalo sa parks. Sana yung mga restaurants and houses na lang ang kasama para at least dinner by candlelight kagaya ng resto sa tapat ng office namin. E kung maholdap ka pa sa park or mabangga sa highway?

IMO, maganda naman ang goals ng Earth Hour. Yun nga lang hindi dapat pinatay yung sa mga places the dapat may proper lighting for safety.

[1D4LV]

tsk.... i almost had an accident too at the corner of mia road/coastal road intersection because of that turned-off traffic lights earth hour.

mukhang hindi nagisip yung mga local mayors natin that time.

[scharnhorst]

IMO - Earth Hour is pretty much stupid really... no offense to the organizers and supporters but this thread pretty much shows the consequences of a pretty lame gesture to "save the Earth".

They should just focus on the real environmental issues at hand (like garbage segregation, proper vehicle use, industrial waste dumping, etc.).

Besides, I don't think they shut off the power plants during earth hour.

[ringostarr]

mas mautak ang SM Malls, nagpatay sila ng ilan sa mga ilaw. laki natipid nila sa kuryente nun pero bawi pa din sa CUSA charges

[drag_addict]

naku mamaya may magsamantala, 1 oras rin un marami nang kalokohan pwedeng gawin dun

[shadow]

^^^^tapos na po yun earth hour..hehehehe so far wala naman nabalitaan na meron nag take advantage...hehehehe

[zero]

mga O.A. ang local government units natin.
mga ilaw sa bahay lang naman ang sinabi sa announcement, diba?

[m777]

i also was in buendia in makati last saturday at 8:15pm. all the street lights were shut off due to the "earth hour"

I didnt know at first what is this earth hour, kaya nagulat ako ng biglang magshutoff lahat ng street lights at buendia ave that time. wag na nga sana nilang isama ang street lights dahil delikado sa mga motorist pag madilim ang mga kalye kahit na 1 hour lang yun.

[drag_addict]

^^^^tapos na po yun earth hour..hehehehe so far wala naman nabalitaan na meron nag take advantage...hehehehe

hala, di ko man lang nakita hehehe... oh well sana naman wag na sila gumawa ng gnun.

[ringostarr]

noon nga nag-drive ako sa Ortigas tapos patay ilan ilaw, binuksan ko bintana ko tapos sabi ko sa misis ko, parang lumamig yata o may malamig na hangin ang galing

tapos binara ako ng misis ko, eh bakit pag brown-out ang init-init!!!

tama nga walang kwentang earth hour