I was along Espana waiting for the light to turn green coz I was going to turn left at Lacson. Traffic was kinda heavy that time. Suddenly I heard a "blag" sound. I looked at my passenger side mirror a MC rider "carefully" squeezing his MC in between my car and the car beside me. I thought he didn't hit me but I felt the car shook.
When I arrived at my destination, tadah! Color green and black color circle marks and a long white thick line on my rear fender. I saw it right away coz my paint is red.
Good thing I was able to remove it with Meguiar's steps 1 & 2 and there were no dings or bumps. That stupid rider.
hi unang-unang post ko dito ever, matagal na akong lurker dito. dahil due to galit, inis, gusto ko lang ilabas. nagtataka lang ako kung bakit ibang klase na talaga magmaneho sa maynila kumpara mo even just 10 years ago.
ito kasi ang pinaka-ayaw ko na ugali ng mga mc...
2 saturdays ago, it was around 6:50 a.m. i was driving my wife to her work near west ave. area. was along q.ave eastbound near roosevelt, i decided not to take west ave and u-turn na lang pa roosevelt. wala pa masyado mga sasakyan so pila sa u-turn (siempre signal), checked left side bago liko, took the turn slowly, checked right for oncoming cars slowly merging, then bulaga! may puting yamaha sz-16 (pretend big bike na bago model, 160cc, for registration) sa tabi ko...kahit mabagal takbo ko pero dahil dikit siya, sigurado hagip kung di ako naka-preno agad! ok sige, pinabayaan ko na at binusinahan ko na lang. pero aba tumigil pa at masama ang tingin! tapos harurot sya, ok na sana i'll let it pass, ang problema nagbagal at pa-swerve swerve sa harap ko - ayun umakyat na dugo ko, nakakalalake na ito. sorry pero hinabol ko at ki-nut ko ng muntikang papitik. (kahit mc yan, 2.0 naman sa kin na bago-bago pa na mid-size kaya mahihirapan din sya) preno sya tapos sumunod, i-brake check ko nga, tigil sya ulit. tumakbo sya pa roosevelt at tumigil doon sa fisher mall. huminto rin ako at tiningnan ko kung ano gagawin nito. tumigil na mga sasakyan at meron na usyoso. nagbaba ako ng bintana, bahala na, may dala ba ito? kung meron, ilalabas ba? pero mabuti na lang wala, isang lang mama na excited sa mc nya at nagbarumbado dahil akala nya superhero na siya. ayun nagmurahan na lang kami (u-turn daw yun kaya pwede singit??? sa blind side ko habang lumilko ako?) at umalis na rin ang kulang sa pag-iisip na mama na ito. hindi na talaga ako nakapagpigil, mahaba pasensya ko pero may hangganan. yun ang mali ko, buti na lang i was with my wife na umaawat sa akin. ang ganda ng umaga ko pero it came to a point that i was reaching under my seat, ready to give lead if it comes to it. of course IF it comes to it. kinilabutan ako when i realized that.
if ever na may mc riders na makabasa nito, saludo ako sa mga matitino sa inyo - sana dumami ang kagaya ninyo. ang mga kupal na mc users, ingat lang dahil minsan mas may siraulo na cagers, o kaya trak, o bus. i am a very disciplined driver, maybe timing-timing lang ang lahat at talagang nasa limit na talaga ako after a very busy week. sorry nawala pasensiya ko.
Last night, I was at the corner of Ayala Ave ext and Metropolitan Ave headed toward Jupiter (diagonally across Toyota Makati). I was first in line on the left turning lane as I was going to South Avenue. When the light turned green, I saw on my left side mirror an MC immediately getting out from my lane (he was a car behind) and counterflowing. I thought to myself, mga puny3t*ng ito, di makapag intay, kelangan mauna. Lech3!. Before he got to the corner, however, a tricycle coming from Ayala turning left to Metropolitan Ave beat the red light. Di sila nagpang-abot, pero muntik na. Todo tawa ko, napatanong yung mga bata kung anong nangyari at napatawa ako ng malakas. Sayang.
3 weeks ago, i was coming from Novaliches proper east bound and on my way to SM Fairview. There was a motorcycle who was counterflowing westbound naman. I thought he would go back to his lane but he did not so we almost collided. I went ahead but i saw him making a U turn and he finally caught up since i deliberately slowed down when I saw him less than 20 feet from me. A shouting match occured and i told him that he even had the balls to be angry at me since it was him who was counterflowing. Pa-baba na ako ng kotse tsaka lang siya umalis.
Dami talagang Ogag na MC riders. Ang yayabang pa....
salamat sir sa paalala, i'm not exactly young anymore and i remember a time when it wasn't like this with mc riders in the metro. ngayon kasi parang tayong mga cagers lang ang kailangan o napipilitang magbigay, magpasensya, magpasingit, maabala, maperhuwisyo? again no offense sa mga matinong riders, nag-momotor din ako noon. but where there are more rotten apples, the whole bunch must be thrown away.![]()
Yan ang hindi ko ma-gets sa mga gungggong na yan. Bakit kailangan sumingit sa U-turn.
Unlike you, nabangga ko ang sumingit sa akin. Gumulong sya sa EDSA. I was driving my dad's truck na may bullbar (that's what hit his "for registration" scooter). Binaba ko, akala ata gugulpihin ko sya (mukha kasi akong bumbay na muslim, accdg to my friends) biglang lumayo at sumesenyas na pasensya na. Actually, balak ko lang naman sya tanungin bakit nya naisip na magandang ideya ang sumingit sa kanan ng nag-u-u-turn na sasakyan na obviously nakabantay sa on-coming traffic.
The other day, same story, pero di ko nabangga, buti malakas preno ng sasakyan ko kahit malaki (1.3 tons na sedan). Bago pa kase but I'm worried that the ABS might activate and lenghten my stopping distance. Sa mga biglaan na preno, napaka-crucial ng ilang pulgada. Eto talaga problema sa mga electronic gizmos ng mga bagong sasakyan ngayon e.
^Natakot din ako sa description mo sa sarili mo, Horsepower. Hehehe!
This morning, may mokong nakasiksik sa malapit sa sidewalk. May tinitignan pa sa gilid, nagpapa-cute ata sa chick or whatever. Nung paglingon sa kaliwa, may mga kotseng dumaan na malapit sa kanya, ayun nagpanic. Nagpagewang-gewang, sayang di natuluyan.
Tapos may mag-asawa at batang maliit. Yung bata lang ang hindi naka-helmet. Leche!
Most MC riders here in the Metro feel so entitled. Palipat-lipat na nga ng lanes without signal and looking at their side mirrors, tatabihan ka pa at titingnan ng masama kapag binusinahan mo. Some people are just asking for it. :mad2:
Kaya nga pag malakas ulan at natyempuhan ko na nakasilong sa overpass o waiting shed at my longing baba dun, binibilisan ko para mabasa mga kups ;-)
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Sorry sa auto correct. Meanth pay may "konting baha, Hindi longing baba"
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Hehe. Mabait naman ako in person.
Wag naman. Just because maraming siraulo sa hanay nila, gaganunin na. They are just people who are riding motorcycles for the meantime because they can't afford a car yet. May kapitbahay kami dati, from motorcycle, to owner type jeep, to corolla, then ngayon, S-class, BMW at Jaguar na. Of course, he tells he was happier during simpler times.
Ako mahal ko pa rin mc ko. May times pasaway ako sa stoplight mauna. Singit pag traffic. Pero i never dared na sumingit sa tumatakbing traffic. 2 lang gulong ko eh
Di ko ma gets kung bakit yun iba e bumabalik pa, ngangat ngat, makipagtalo sa cage. Brod 4 gulong nyan.
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Kagabi few blocks.away papasok sa amin may motor na mabagal as in sobrang bagal. Alanganin umovertake ako kasi may kasalubong from the other side. Yun pala nagtetxt. Binusinahan ko nagalit at may palingon lingon pa. Ginawa ko ni rev ko makina at hinabol ko. Natakot naman. Hahaha
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10+ years ago, halos walang silbi ang right side mirror pwera na lang kung umaatras ka or 2 lanes or more ang side mo sa kalsada. Ngayong mga panahong to, lagi ka nang sumisilip sa right side mirror mo kahit liliko ka pakanan sa kanto dahil baka may sumingit pa na MC na parang mauubusan ng kalsada at gusto ka pa unahan sa pagliko mo.
At ilang lubak na rin sa daan ang dinaanan ko alang alang lang na di sila masabitan dahil madalas sila nakikishare sa lane ko.
I agree with this.
Had a "not so nice experience yesterday" while making a right turn. Nakasignal ako a few meters before turning right, it was clear so i proceeded. However while turning, may MC na biglang nag "zoom" on my right side and almost hit my right fender. (Buti nalang nakaiwas sya.) He went down (and his companion) and approached me and uttered cussing words. (Grabe sobrang baho pa ng hininga.) I calmly asked him "Magkaano-ano kayong dalawa? Magka mag-anak ba kayo. Magkapatid?" Then I showed them my dash camera and pretended that I'm playing the scene where the MC "almost" hit me... Bigla ba naman sila bumait, nag "sorry", at humingi ng pasensya.
So after that, we parted ways na at walang nasaktan.![]()
Hats off to MMDA ang higpit nila sa C5 hinuhuli lahat ng pasaway na mcriders na wala sa MC Lane.
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