RORO Bus and Ford Everest Road Mishap

[Boy Bastos]

Four wheels... three rows of seats... was it four-wheel drive? Nope... Van is about right.

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This is something I was discussing with the emergency preparedness trainers while we were driving up north... Always honk your horn a few times before going through a blind curve or long sweeper (I do)... to let people on the other side of the curve know you're coming. Because there are a dad-blamed lot of idiots who don't understand what double-yellow lines are.

Hindi ko rin ma-gets kung bakit laging nagmamadali ang mga naka-convoy. Hayuf sa counter-flow at overtake. Especially yung mga galing sa mga vacation places like Baguio. Makakasabay mo naman sa mga rest area tapos puro mga bata ang sakay.

[vinj]

Hindi ko rin ma-gets kung bakit laging nagmamadali ang mga naka-convoy. Hayuf sa counter-flow at overtake. Especially yung mga galing sa mga vacation places like Baguio. Makakasabay mo naman sa mga rest area tapos puro mga bata ang sakay.

Yeah. To think they're on vacation.

When we go on vacation as a family with several vehicles, we just travel at a loose convoy or kanya-kanya talaga. I can say most of us drive at a quick clip, passing cars, buses and trucks with redline 2nd-3rd gear shifts and we use our signal lights to let those following know whether it is clear/safe to pass or if its time to move in as there are oncoming vehicles or a blind curve. At the end of it, we all keep to our own pace and kung magkaiwanan, walang problem since we all see each other at the rest stop or when we get to our destinations. Yung ibang convoy kasi, parang mamamatayan kung nasinigitan or nagkaiwanan sila.

[OTEP]

kailan pa naging safe mag overtake sa blind spot?..at kailan pa naging safe mag patay ng headlight sa gabi?

ang pinaka safe na paraan...ay mag stay ka sa lane mo...kung blind curve yan most probably may solid line yan..

Hindi naman ata papatayin ng matagal sir. Nakita ko na din iyan ginawa ng mga ibang driver. Mabilis lang na on and off. Parang look see lang. Ganun din ginagawa nung mga kasalubong na pagbibigyan ka.

[ozcity]

Hindi naman ata papatayin ng matagal sir. Nakita ko na din iyan ginawa ng mga ibang driver. Mabilis lang na on and off. Parang look see lang. Ganun din ginagawa nung mga kasalubong na pagbibigyan ka.

pwede siguro kung hindi blind curve.......

OT:
ano ba ibig sabihin pag nag flash ka ng headlight?..mauna ka?...or mauna ako?

[Chikselog]

^Subjective yan. Depende sa tao.

Minsan "wait lang, ako muna"
Minsan naman "bilisan mo mauna ka na!" :bwahaha:

Pero mas madalas yung una.

[12vdc]

If youl notice in some vehicles yung signal stalk ng flash may nakasulat na pass then may arrow pataas.

That means you are signaling the opposite traffic that you have to pass and you are claiming the right of way, and they need to prepare to yeild.

Sometimes it means that your light is blinding the opposite traffic signaling you to switch or check your beams.

Kung namimickup ka along the road, it means you are signalling your presscence and dapat lapitan ka.

[12vdc]

Kung lagi ka nag lo-long drive sa gabi at naranasan mong bumuntot sa gumagapang na trailer truck along pagbilao to atimonan all the way to calauag na puro blind curve, maiintindihan mo kung pano nag evolve ang ganyang technique..

Gawain yan ng bus at mga regular byahero, alam nila ang signal ng headlight. I just signal the vehicle in front with few burst of high or low beam, turn signal light, then patay headlight on lang ang foglight then uL know if passing will be safe.

Tama si Otep, short burst para makita kung may incoming vehicle sa opposite lane. Napakadilim kasi sa roads at mostly asphalt so reflection ng light ang guide mo kahit blind curve pa. Hindi ko marerecommend sa other drivers to, pero sa 20yrs kong bumbyahe sa south at kabisado narin ang daan, wala naman problema.

At daytime, no choice but to wait if opposite lane is clear, lalo na yung uphill na blind road madami din nadadale dyan sa umaga.

Sa case ni everest driver, kung gabi nangyari ang accident malamang mabilis ang approach nito sa curve at 3 bus ang sinibak nya bago salubungin si Roro. Miscalculate nya ang curve at no chance to go back to the lane, or maybe tutok, pina, sabay kabig to overtake ayun sapol.

[OTEP]

The feature is called flash to pass. It means the one flashing is claiming right of way. The correct local answer would be a quick off and on of your low beams if this was at night. However, a growing number of motorists also drive with their headlamps on during daytime and the same off and on gesture is appreciated.

[frake]

RIP sa mga biktima and condolence sa mga naulila.

[miked]

they (the one in front of you) may even (hand) signal you to pass them. or they will turn their right turn signal lights to signify that they're letting you pass them. kumbaga a matter of trust and honesty plus courtesy na rin.

kahapon as i was travelling to the north somewhere (just passed)urdaneta, may convoy ng mga suvs, hiaces,etc. na naka-on ang mga headlights. lead car (a hundred meters away from me) signalled with his lights then akala ko sya lang andami pa pala humihirit sa likod. nung malapit nako ako na rin nagflash ng headlights ng sunod sunod. ayun bumalik ang mga loko sa kanilang mga linya. kala mo eh sa kanila daan.