Bakit ba ang mga pinoy, ang hilig magpalit ng gulong - sa gitna ng daan?

I recall sa Sta. Mesa, where there is only a 2 lane st. at around 6:45am, may taxi na nagpapalit ng flat niyang gulong. He apparently wasnt able to move his car to the rightmost lane completely kaya he was occupying almost half of the left lane causing traffic.

On his right is a sidewalk, and on the right of the sidewalk is - A huge, empty parking lot. Yung entrance of the parking lot is right in front of him...

Can't he just roll the car a little more to the parking lot, tapos kausapin yung guard para few mins lang siya magpapalit ng gulong?

Ive seen this often. Sometimes, may gasoline station naman na katabim pero sa kalye pa rin sila magpapalit! Ang labo talaga. Kaya tama rin si Bayani, kapag naflat ka sa EDSA, you run it flat until you find an emergency bay. If malayo pa ang emergency bay, then enter any of the sidestreets and do the repair there.

I get the impression that many drivers want to be seen para maawa sa kanila yung iba.