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  1. Join Date
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    #1
    Hello everyone!

    i just hate it when a motorcycle is heading my way "counter flow"...

    we cars also do this but its temporary only, aka over taking... but these motorcycles are just like inviting a head on collision that wont go back to their lane once they see on coming traffic and it just scares me...

    is there something we can do about this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jresperanza View Post
    Hello everyone!

    i just hate it when a motorcycle is heading my way "counter flow"...

    we cars also do this but its temporary only, aka over taking... but these motorcycles are just like inviting a head on collision that wont go back to their lane once they see on coming traffic and it just scares me...

    is there something we can do about this?
    Ran over them!

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    Ginigitgit ko sila hanggang tumabi sila. Pag malapit na sila stop lang ako sa pwesto ko basta't pasok pa rin ako sa lane ko at todo busina...

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    you coudl report it to mmda.

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    MMDA personnel will just shrug it off. They're guilty of committing the same abuse whether or not their on their MCs while in uniform or in civvies. Hell, if something happened while you're in your correct lane and the mc is past his lane, eating yours up despite that solid line marking on the ground, they'd still blame you for it.

    Personally, I keep to my lane though I steer much closer to the center line dividing my lane from theirs to keep them in check. If they can't be made to stay within their lines, at least make them slow down or be cautious enough to cross over into mine. Then I hope someone with more time on his hands stops each and every one of them in their tracks.

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    The west service road in the South which runs parallel to SLEx is a one way north bound street from 6am to 10am from Monday to Saturday. This is clearly stated at the access point to the road where Sales Bridge is. However, motorcycles always violate this and counter flow heading south bound. This is very dangerous and cars usually have to give way to them. I do not understand why the traffic enforcers just allow these riders to go in. If it is a one way street, then they should not be allowed to go through it. Though they are smaller, they are not excempt. It's only a matter of time before one of these riders smash against a four-wheeled vehicle on one of the turns on the service road and when it does, I hope they do not blame it on the car / van / SUV.

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    Dati may nag counter flow saken na motor na wala pang headlights. Muntik ko pa tuloy ma massacre. Angkas pa ng rider yung asawa't anak nya. Mga manol talaga.

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    if i'm pissed or had a bad day i play chicken with them with headlights on and full blow horn

    when i'm on a good mood i give way kahit sila pa ang mali

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    Let them know you are the boss. High Beam, Non-Stop Horn ++ more speed.
    Isa sa mga advantages ng may maingay na muffler (ricer) is nakaka intimidate ung tunog.

    ^_^ SPOILED

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    hayaan nyo na lang. mga tanga yang mga yan e. one way or another, mawawala din yan kaagad sa mundo dahil sa katangahan nila. evolution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robot.sonic View Post
    hayaan nyo na lang. mga tanga yang mga yan e. one way or another, mawawala din yan kaagad sa mundo dahil sa katangahan nila. evolution.
    The problem here is pag nabangga mo cla ng hindi mo naman sinasadya. Ikaw pa rin ang lalabas na may kasalanan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by victorevolution View Post
    if i'm pissed or had a bad day i play chicken with them with headlights on and full blow horn

    when i'm on a good mood i give way kahit sila pa ang mali
    i also do this hehe, eh right of way ako eh! kaso one time i witness may ka head on ako motor cycle then i HONKED the horns, bumalik sya sa lane nya kaso di nya natantya at sumabit yng gulong nya sa bumper ng AUV na nasa likod niya... not my fault anymore here... get out of my lane!!!

    ang problema, ang tatapang makipag sagupaan eh mali naman sila at wala naman mga pang bayad...

    pero minsan nakaka sawa na sa tenga iyong tunog ng busina... sa umpisa lang masarap ang tunog ng HONKKKKK>...

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    i once asked a motorcycle driver why he was doing this. he said, "motor ako, e." he actually believes he has every right to do it! and our authorities indirectly approve of it, because they turn a blind eye to it! they even do it themselves!
    Last edited by dr. d; May 24th, 2013 at 07:58 PM.

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    Kapag maluwag yung right ko, pagbibigyan ko. Pero kapag hindi ako makakapasok sa lane sa kabila, flash lang. So far lahat naman ng nakakasalubong ko bumabalik naman kasi takot din at alam nilang mali sila. Saka pansin ko mastakot sila sa masmalaking sasakyan na kasalubong. :D

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    ako sinasalubong ko sila. sila tatabi. linya ko eh, ako pa pipitikan nila ng ilaw. tapos pag ako oovertake, napakalayo pa, makapitik sila ng ilaw kala mo babanggain ko sila.

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    #16
    aminin man natin o hindi karamihan ng mga nagmomotor sa atin ay kulang sa kaalaman palibhasa natuto lang magpatakbo pakiramdam nila magaling na sila mag maneho ng motor at karamihan pa na nakikita mong nadidisgrasya ay yung motor na walang clutch.

    pero ganun pa man kapag may nakita ka ng may na ka-counterflow na motor sa lane mo pagbigyan mo na dahil kahit ikaw pa ang nasa tamang lane makakasuhan ka pa rin kapag nadisgrasya mo pa saka abala din kahit masagi mo lang sila.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boy_tino View Post
    aminin man natin o hindi karamihan ng mga nagmomotor sa atin ay kulang sa kaalaman palibhasa natuto lang magpatakbo pakiramdam nila magaling na sila mag maneho ng motor at karamihan pa na nakikita mong nadidisgrasya ay yung motor na walang clutch.

    pero ganun pa man kapag may nakita ka ng may na ka-counterflow na motor sa lane mo pagbigyan mo na dahil kahit ikaw pa ang nasa tamang lane makakasuhan ka pa rin kapag nadisgrasya mo pa saka abala din kahit masagi mo lang sila.

    uu, tama ka nga na abala yan talaga pero once na nakalabas siya sa lne niya at pasok siya sa lane mo tiyak na talo siya sa kaso. At ewan ko lang kung makapag-file pa ng kaso ang mga yan, baka yung kakainin nila eh ipambayad pa nila sa attorney na kukunin nila. Pero syempre hindi naman lahat ng nagmomotoy ay ganyan. Sa totoo lang sa mga ganitong sitwasyon ay mas inaalala ko pa yung matatamong gasgas sa sasakyan ko...

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    Quote Originally Posted by boy_tino View Post
    aminin man natin o hindi karamihan ng mga nagmomotor sa atin ay kulang sa kaalaman palibhasa natuto lang magpatakbo pakiramdam nila magaling na sila mag maneho ng motor at karamihan pa na nakikita mong nadidisgrasya ay yung motor na walang clutch.

    pero ganun pa man kapag may nakita ka ng may na ka-counterflow na motor sa lane mo pagbigyan mo na dahil kahit ikaw pa ang nasa tamang lane makakasuhan ka pa rin kapag nadisgrasya mo pa saka abala din kahit masagi mo lang sila.
    panoorin nyo iyong last part... yong number 1 eh motor nanaman ang may kasalanan!


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    Quote Originally Posted by jresperanza View Post
    panoorin nyo iyong last part... yong number 1 eh motor nanaman ang may kasalanan!

    Ayun so kapag maliwanag na motor ang may kasalanan walang pananagutan ang nakabanggaan nya. Akala ko kasi palagi tayong agrabyado mapa mali man yung motor.

    So kapag nabangga mo yung nagcoucounterflow, wala kang pananagutan?

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    Quote Originally Posted by noitimed View Post
    Ayun so kapag maliwanag na motor ang may kasalanan walang pananagutan ang nakabanggaan nya. Akala ko kasi palagi tayong agrabyado mapa mali man yung motor.

    So kapag nabangga mo yung nagcoucounterflow, wala kang pananagutan?
    syempre, common sense... ano sila mga dyos na excempted sa traffic rules...

    ang malala nito eh mag uulan na at bigla nalang titigil ito mga naka motor sa ilalim ng tulay ng edsa para sumilong... FYI edsa is a highway, no stopping anytime due to high speed cars on route

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