
Originally Posted by
SerialMaus
Ahem .... ang daming mga car owners dito na MATAPOBRE at ano tingin niyo sa sarili niyo, you have more rights on the road just because you think you are financially above another person because you are driving a car/cage and the other is driving a two wheel? Don't be too sure, since I am anonymous here, I'll give myself as an example, do you really think you are financially better than those motorbikers? Take me for example, there are a lot of bikers doing better than me, I already earn almost a 100K in salary alone, my wife also earns somewhere near that, plus we have a business in the province, we own two house and lots, and lots of real property in the province, but on the road you will more likely see me riding my 220cc tour bike or even on a Motorstar 110cc UB (underbone) or even a SYM or RUSI tricycle than riding our car and van. So, you think motorbikers have less rights on the road because you think you are richer than them? Baka mamaya, yung biker na inaapi mo, masmarami pa taxes contributed sa construction ng road na pinagmamadamot mo sa kanila.
1) The roads are made from the tax payers money. Question: Are you a tax payer? Are they tax payers?
2) The roads are made for vehicles. Question: Are you driving a vehicle? Are they driving a vehicle?
Excuse me, some of us car/cage owners (like me, we have more than one) still prefer riding motorbikes (again we have more than one from an underbone to workhorse standard bikes to tour bike type, even tricycles believe it or not). Why?
1) Traffic Jams. Motorbikes can filter through traffic way better than any vehicle, that is not a bad thing, and should not be hated by us car drivers, it's an innate capability of all vehicles, yes ALL VEHICLES. We car drivers are also doing 'filtering' unknowingly, just by switching lanes, overtaking, getting in between two vehicles to squeeze through. It's just that the motorbikes can do this a lot more efficiently, a lot more effectively, and a lot more frequently. Though its a lot more risky for the rider than a car/cage driver.
2) Mileage. Motorbikes consume less. Less petrol, less tire rubber, less engine oil, less brake fluids, has less mechanical maintenance cost.
3) Love. Some of us are motorbike enthusiasts. Riding on two wheels can be exhilirating, and a breath of fresh air.
Andyan pa yung nabasa ko nampipina ng rider ... alam mo na palang may intention to overtake ang isang motor at kasya naman siya sabay sasaraduhan mo ng sadya ang daan? Ang tawag dun ay BASTOS sir. Ginagawa din yun ng kotse ah, yung sisingit at o-overtake, nasa timing lang yan at nasa tamang acceleration plus tamang space computation. Pagmali, sasabit, mabibitin kahit kotse ka pa o motor. Pero kung yung motor e kaya naman bakit mo sasadyaing harangan? Maling attitude yun, gawin kaya sa iyo yan ng kapwa mo kotse o bus o truck? This kind of attitude is dangerous, that antic could have caused the rider to panic and crash, what an idiotic thing to do. Just let them pass, you don't lose anything when you do that, because in the end, you are still stuck behind another cage/car.
And let me explain another thing I read here, someone wondering about the habit of riders to come together in an accident. This is not a plain 'kampihan' thing. This is rider to rider helping hand attitude, one thing in motorbiking culture that car drivers do not usually have. Motorbikers usually will help each other and even car drivers, it is a mindset in the biker culture. Let me explain further, other motorbikers will stop to block the vehicles involved in the accident because one thing we learned is, cagers/car drivers will run away from an accident leaving the poor rider on the ground. That is why one of you experienced the box-out event and then the rider let other cars pass once the vehicles involved are stopped. It is not about who was wrong or right on an accident, it's about getting the parties resolve a problem. Do not quickly assume that the car/cage was in the right when an accident happens between a motorbike and a car/cage even if the motorbike hit the back of the cage/car. For all we know the cage/car could have cut through and suddenly stopped without warning. That is another thing we learned, car/cage drivers care less about motorcycles, they do not bother looking at the side mirrors, rear mirrors to check if they are going to hit a motorbike, they care less because they are sitting-pretty inside their caged vehicles.
Let me also explain another phenomenon with motorbikes trying to be at the front on a stop light:
1) If motorbikers are behind a cage/car, they are inhaling your fumes. Question: are your cages/cars not puffing black smoke?
2) If motorbikers are pinned surrounded by cages/cars, the heat from your car/cage engines and even exhaust pipes radiates around your vehicle, hence, the biker absorbs all these. Remember bikers do not have air conditioning.
3) In intersections, some vehicles at the back fail to stop and hit motorbikes infront, so we usually use another car/cage as a shield against those vehicles from further back that may fail to stop and turn us into sandwich spreads. Having no vehicle up front also enables as to have more reaction choices for any problems that may arise from behind.
4) Motorbikes usually accelerate faster than cage/cars, and being in between them will only add us as traffic obstacles for all of you. We will only be hit by unruly jeeps and buses that suddenly turn left or right on a go signal. If motorbikes are upfront, they clear the traffic faster, leaving less number of vehicles battling during a 'go' signal.
I do see alot of riders are also stupid and reckless, but that does not give you the right to:
1) Generalize
2) Ridicule the group
3) Maltreat the group while on the road
ADIOS.