Irritating pinoy drivers' Ugali

**toyboxph** · August 7th, 2006 09:30 PM

Post ko lang to vent my frustrations:

- Busina nang busina, ayaw gamitin muna brakes.. And WANGWANG...GRRR!
- Using BRIGHT Lights kahit naka tail gate na. Everyday na lang sa NLEX, di ba nila alam na nakakasilaw sila??? Duh?
- Bullying pedestrians on ped xing. Dahil ba hindi kayang bumili ng cars yung iba, pwede na nating businahan o pinahan??
- Changing/cutting lanes without signalling.
- using the fone while driving. twice nako nabiktima nito, binunggo ako sa likod kasi nagtetext.

Just wanted to post this kasi we may be guilty of some of these and ma realize sana natin na mali ito. It's never too late to change. And when I drive abroad, these are mostly non-existent. Ang babait ng drivers abroad (at least to the places i've been to) and pagbumabalik ako dito, na gagaya ko yung good traits nila. Hope I can help influence to improve pinoy drivers' qualities in my own small way. tsikoteers, sana we start instilling road courtesy everytime.

**CVT** · August 7th, 2006 09:49 PM

toyboxph: I, like the rest of us who chose to stay in this country, share the same aspirations with you. There is still hope. It should start with ourselves. How about this forum?

**toyboxph** · August 7th, 2006 10:14 PM

yes, precisely my intention why i posted this. in our small way, maybe we can put some changes. guilty ako din on some of them.

**OTEP** · August 7th, 2006 10:49 PM

Baka ako yung naka-bright at naka-tailgate sa NLEX. Ayaw kasi magsialis sa passing lane (hindi naman dapat magbabad dun), eh. hehehe. Malayo pa lang ako sumesensyas na ko. Ayan nakadikit na ko, hindi pa din tumatabi. Eng-eng ata ang tawag sa ganun. Hindi ako yun may wang-wang, kulay pula yun. hehehe.

**lakay** · August 7th, 2006 11:08 PM

Left lane is a passing lane and its just for that. But also, flashing your headlights from low to high beam on the driver in front of you only escalate the situation specially at night. Try the other way, turning off your headlight for a second sometime work a lot better, and also when you ask for them to move aside, your asking for a courtesy move, they don't have to move out of the left lane. And its just that Courtesy

**OTEP** · August 7th, 2006 11:11 PM

So they can just spend the whole day there if they don't want to be courteous?

Isn't blocking the passing lane a violation of the NLEX rules?

I don't really flash my lights, I just give them a once-over (pull and release) as well as continuously flash my inboard (driver's side) turn signal to indicate that I intend to pass. Kapag ayaw talaga, I show them my brand of 'courtesy'.

**toyboxph** · August 7th, 2006 11:13 PM

otep, hindi ikaw yun, alam ko license plates mo UKE###. hehehe. kahit wala ako sa passing lane, naka bright pa din. man, do they think??

**lakay** · August 7th, 2006 11:25 PM

Well, if opportunity arises pass them on the right lane. I've seen some drivers that tail other drivers on left lane even thought the right lane next to them is open, just to make a point. Then, what are you accomplishing? the driver in front of you is either terrified or extremely piss, and now they are not paying attention in front of them but rather the jerkbrain behind them.

**mazdamazda** · August 8th, 2006 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by lakay

Well, if opportunity arises pass them on the right lane. I've seen some drivers that tail other drivers on left lane even thought the right lane next to them is open, just to make a point. Then, what are you accomplishing? the driver in front of you is either terrified or extremely piss, and now they are not paying attention in front of them but rather the jerkbrain behind them.

Germans also do that in the autobahn.

They shouldn't be camping out in the passing lane in the first place.

**Radical!** · August 8th, 2006 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by mazdamazda

Germans also do that in the autobahn.

I really hate it when vehicles go behind you in the fast lane and flash their lights esp if you're running the speed limit or following another overtaking vehicle in front of you. I've observed the Germans on autobahn when I had a chance to go ther a few years ago. They are very 'anal' about the fast lane. But one thing I noticed is, they rarely flash their lights to say they're coming from behind which is a good thing. They always give a chance for the car in front of them, to get back to the slow lane which is very rare in the Philippines.