Ingat stop light-Cops in Makati

[jessecuster]

Mga pare ingat sa Makati area. Particularly at stop lights. Recently I was charged with a violation- wreckless driving daw. I was at pasay road waiting for a green arrow light to turn left, going to greenbelt-1 McDonalds. Since I'm not familiar with makati traffic, I wasn't sure if there is a green arrow light.

Kaso ang lumalabas lang green and red. tapos green nanaman ang tagal. Di ba dapat pag may left turn na green arrow light, eh yun kagad yun susunod? Kaso ang naging sequence nung ilaw ay green-red-green-red. Wala sumunod na green arrow.

I ended up paying the cop on the spot para di kunin license ko. Coz i had to go out of town. I also wasn't able to get the cop's name.

i hope I'm wrong coz I'd hate to think that they have victimized other people who are unfamiliar with the area

[silhouette]

Kaso ang lumalabas lang green and red. tapos green nanaman ang tagal. Di ba dapat pag may left turn na green arrow light, eh yun kagad yun susunod? Kaso ang naging sequence nung ilaw ay green-red-green-red. Wala sumunod na green arrow.

Bro, nangyari na sakin yan. although i'm familiar with the traffic light in that area. hinarang ako ng traffic aids. hinintuan ko naman. kaso sila ang pinagalitan ko. at never ko binigay ang lisensya ko.
like what you mentioned, dapat kung may green arrow for GO, meron din dapat red arrow for stop. hindi yung green lang. syempre pag nakita natin yung green going straight at wala namang any sign going left or right. ang tendency is to proceed straight, left or right with caution.

[greenlyt]

sorry to hear that.. pero what i recall is yun sequence nyan is green with green arrow (meaning pwdeng mag left turn) then mag green na lang then red na sandali tapos green ulit tapos red na matagal.. then ulit ulit yun sequence.... been passing there for years dati..... ganon pa rin pala yun sequence nyan medyo nakaka lito sa mga first time na dumaan dyan.

[Marc MD]

teka hindi ba no left turn na dun?

[the_wildthing]

sorry to hear that.. pero what i recall is yun sequence nyan is green with green arrow (meaning pwdeng mag left turn) then mag green na lang then red na sandali tapos green ulit tapos red na matagal.. then ulit ulit yun sequence.... been passing there for years dati..... ganon pa rin pala yun sequence nyan medyo nakaka lito sa mga first time na dumaan dyan.

Yep, tama ito... ngayon yata pundido na yung yellow, hence green+green left arrow, green, then red, then green, then red for a few seconds then green again.

[Skywalker]

teka hindi ba no left turn na dun?

Kung ito yung kanto ng Pasay Rd at Paseo, pwede mag left turn doon.

[aann]

naku matagal tlga yng traffic light dyan...yng mga enforcers dyan nagtatago para makahuli ng mga drivers na d familiar sa lugar na yan...imbes na nandun sila para i-guide at ayusin yng traffic, mgtatago pa tlga yng mga iyan tpos naghihintay ng mag vviolate...

mga ogag yan eh...

[KCboy]

d mo din masaba, malay mo sadya nila talaga ilan ilaw lang paganahin, they do have control over the lights.

[quiksie]

oonga. Just recently along the intersection of q.ave and araneta ay nagloko ang traffic light. Every 10 sec nag stop and go ang lights of both directions ang labo sobra traffic tuloy. mGA 11 na ng gabi yun. It ended na yun mga commuters nalang ang nagtrffic for the motorists

[baurtwellXUV]

pag mga gutom mga enforcers andyan yan palagi. pag naman ok na. dami na silang nakuha. uwi na sila.. hahaha!

[morrissey_05]

ingat din kayo sa Anza-Polaris St. (sorry di ako familiar sa name). Location: if you are on Makati Avenue heading towards JP Rizal and Mandaluyong, its the first street on the right after Jupiter. this street connects to Polaris and Jupiter, so you can head towards Pasong Tamo and Zobel Roxas ata. no left turn sa Jupiter kasi dba

Yung isang friend ko turned right into this street. One Way pala pero nakatago yung sign ng puno at pasok sa street. before you can see the sign, pasok ka na at huli ka na. She tried to reason out pero nag-insist yung OGAG na MAPSA. Nung sinabing icocontest, which should be her right, aba e dinagdagan pa yung violation! so aside from entering One Way may disregarding traffic signs pa daw! aba e OGAG talaga! yung ibang motorista na nahuli nung time na yun, ayun na alis na

a few days later, nahuli din yung isang kaibigan kong babae dun din sa same spot. ayon icocontest din.

trap talaga ang street na to at ginagatasan lang ng lagay ang mga ulol na MAPSA ang mga unsuspecting motorists dito. halata e, ang daming sinabi ng MAPSA, halatang naghihintay ng padulas ang mokong.

sabi ng mga kaibigan ko sa Makati City Hall, marami daw nahuhuli dito sa street na to. Sus yumayaman na ang mga tarantadong MAPSA dahil sa mga lagay dito. TAMA BA YUN!?

ATTN: MAYOR BINAY! alam nyo ba ang ginagawa ng mga hunghang na MAPSA na ito sa kalye na ito? palagay ko hindi. pero kung oo, pwede ko na ba i-assume na nakikinabang ka rin? nagtatanong lang po.

susko ang puso ko! hehehe

sa mga nahuli na rin dito, sulatan nyo si Meyor Binay at magreklamo. yung dalawang kaibigan ko, ganun ang ginawa. sabi ng mga kilala ko sa City Hall, nakikinig naman daw si Binay sa mga daing na ito. EWAN LANG HA, pero there's no harm in trying. at ginagawa lang natin ang tama, kesa naman manahimik na lang diba?

[OTEP]

Buti pa sa Marikina kanina I made the mistake of entering a one way street. Wala kasing sign and hindi ako tiga-Marikina.

Instead of apprehending me, one of the enforcers (madami kasi sila) just informed me that it was a one-way street and told me where I should turn to get to the street I wanted to be at.

[jabbronx]

ingat din kayo sa may makati fire station...baka mapa U-turn kayo pabalik ng ayala ave heading to Edsa...madami pa ring nanghuhuli kahit 10 pm na....

although may No U-turn sign naman marami pa ring nagbabakasakali...madami pa ring MAPSA pag ganung oras

[squala]

Don't stop if they have no means to get hold of you anyway. And if it's dark and no one's looking, you may even want to run them over. :lol:

[jabbronx]

Don't stop if they have no means to get hold of you anyway. And if it's dark and no one's looking, you may even want to run them over. :lol:

haha..pwede!!!

sa makati fire station meron silang mobile...KIA police car...naka-NOS daw yun eh...:p

[chieffy]

marami ngang MAPSA na loko lalo na dyan sa Makati Fire Station...totoo yung sabi ni jabbronx, kahit 10pm dyan may nag aabang pa rin ng madidilehensyahan...

ingat lang lalo na sa mga one way streets...laki penalty ng makati dyan sa violation na iyan...

[ghosthunter]

Just remember, the Makati MAPSA people have a very good incentive to be vigilant and present at certain "hot-spots". They get around 30% of your penalty as commission.

Downside of this, the MAPSA people tend to prefer to catch "offenders" than to direct traffic flow to prevent congestion.

[morrissey_05]

anlabo talaga dyan sa Makati. nakaka-inis!

[ultimate]

TIP: Kotong spots are Fire Station, P. Tamo Ext./Vito Cruz Ext., Jupiter and Makati Ave. (Maybe they get bigger commissions on these areas?)

[baurtwellXUV]

deadly yan ah. hot spot din yung sa pasay area. yung sa may san lorenzo vill...