Nice Article by Ramon Tulfo

[Dieseler]

Keep your cool in Manila's traffic

On Target
by Ramon Tulfo
Posted: 7:18 AM (Manila Time) | Jan. 16, 2003
Inquirer News Service


IF you can avoid it, don't get into an argument over a traffic incident in the streets of Metro Manila.

Keep calm and don't raise your voice on the other guy involved in the traffic incident, especially if you sense that the guy is armed.

Tempers flare and violence may erupt during a traffic incident.


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Jose Luis R. Llamas, a promising Ateneo law graduate, was one of countless victims of traffic altercations. A La Salle graduate was shot dead in Greenhills a couple of years ago over a traffic altercation.

If your differences with the other fellow over traffic are minor, let him go. Make your insurance company pay for the damage wrought by the other fellow.

Forget your ego and don't argue.


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Believe me, it's easier said than done. I myself am hotheaded. I wouldn't want to lose an argument over traffic especially if I knew that the other fellow was at fault.

But I'm now trying my best to keep cool in Metro Manila's irritating traffic jam.

I've had a bitter experience over a traffic situation and have learned from it.


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While I was crossing an intersection in Makati some years ago, a speeding taxicab screeched to a halt and missed my car by a few inches.

I had the right of way because the traffic enforcer gave me the signal to cross while he motioned the cars traversing the other side of the intersection to stop.

I was so shaken by the incident that I got down from my car and confronted the driver.


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One word led to another. I sensed that the cabbie, who was reeking of liquor, was about to make a move to strike me. Instinctively, I struck him first.

I paid dearly for that mistake. I had to settle with the driver out of court because I would surely be convicted. I paid him a big sum so he would no longer pursue the slight physical injuries case against me.

In a traffic altercation that results in violence, you kill or hurt the other fellow, or the other fellow hurts or kills you. Either way, you lose.

So, cool ka lang!
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[P!lya]

aha! sana mabasa ng mister ko yan, very nice!

No.1 na di nagpapatalo un sa road, laging umiinit ang ulo kapag may aanga-anga sa daanan. :roll:


peace :mrgreen:

[ssaloon]

ako din mainit ulo sa kalsada, pero lately, nacocontrol ko na hehe :mrgreen:

no point din kasi wasting your time on that eh.

[NightRock]

Sana nga lahat tayo laging COOL para wala ng sumunod na barilan heheheh.. Minsan talagang napaka hirap iwasan ang ganyan. lalo na pag alam mo na sobrang mali sya tapos nakaka lalake pa uhh kaka gigil

[jaspi11]

dati maiinitin din ulo ko pero sa mga nababasa ko at nababalitaan dun ako natatakot baka mangyari sa akin kaya ako ayaw ko bumili ng baril baka magamit sa di maganda pag maiinit na ulo mo.

[theveed]

www.pbase.com/theveed/hate_traffic

ako pinipicturan ko nalang... not worth wasting my voice on those lowlife...

[pajerokid]

nice collection theveed!!! :lol:

[Leon275]

dapat yata sa panahon ngayon, pag nabangga ka at kailangan mo bumaba itaas mo na dalawang kamay mo kagad. he..he..he..:mrgreen:

Dapat talaga keep cool, problem lang easier said than done.:|

[k3rk]

pansin ko lang sir theveed mukhang lagi mong dala ang digicam mo ah..:P

[k3rk]

dapat yata sa panahon ngayon, pag nabangga ka at kailangan mo bumaba itaas mo na dalawang kamay mo kagad. he..he..he..:mrgreen:

Dapat talaga keep cool, problem lang easier said than done.:|

hehehehehe ayos yan! :lol:

[kiper]

ako ginagawa ko to keep cool..

pag alam ko nang traffic.. tapos talagang nagsisiksikan na..

handbrake ako, pinagbibigyan ko lahat. sarap panoorin dumadaan sa harap ko..

masmasarap umandar kapag maluwag na. hehe..

[TaNgENgot]

semi parking na iyon ..hahaha ...naka stop kahit gO cignal ...hehehe

[baiskee]

ala eh...katagal na pala nire. asus!

[giopopo46]

totoo yan kaya nga pag umuuwi ako ng pinas taxi na lang muna ako.Hay naku pareho lang dito sa taiwan noh wala masyado traffic diyos ko naman yung mga tiwa(taiwanese) mag drive akala mo mamatay na talaga naman mapapamura say ko na lang sa pinas ginawa yan patay ka na. ilan beses na ko nabangga dito sa bumper sory lang wala pay kasi di inihonor yung intl license na galing pinas pero pag kano wala tanong bigay agad ng taiwan license mga hinayupak mga bekong sila noh. Maganda lang dito wala pulis sa maghapon bihira lang tsaka walang lagay sa awa ng diyos in 3 yrs di pa ko nahuli.

[lolo pepe]

kala ko bagong thread...luma na pala pero applicable pa din sa ngayon...

be cool always...

[k2tingx]

kung alam mo nang walang pinag aralan o walang kinatandaan ang other party.. better to refrain and dont go down with his level.. what will make you different from him kung papatulan mo?

the best way to put down fire is not by fire... cool lang mga 'igan!!!

[niky]

Bwahaha... super double thread resurrection!

totoo yan kaya nga pag umuuwi ako ng pinas taxi na lang muna ako.Hay naku pareho lang dito sa taiwan noh wala masyado traffic diyos ko naman yung mga tiwa(taiwanese) mag drive akala mo mamatay na talaga naman mapapamura say ko na lang sa pinas ginawa yan patay ka na. ilan beses na ko nabangga dito sa bumper sory lang wala pay kasi di inihonor yung intl license na galing pinas pero pag kano wala tanong bigay agad ng taiwan license mga hinayupak mga bekong sila noh. Maganda lang dito wala pulis sa maghapon bihira lang tsaka walang lagay sa awa ng diyos in 3 yrs di pa ko nahuli.

Hmmm... my time in Taiwan was... interesting. Parang Pinoy ang mga Taiwanese, pero they don't seem to care as much about dents as we do... so sometimes, parang... wala lang.

Other times, nakakatakot... sobrang devil-may-care. Way before the scooter boom and the resulting death toll of novice scooter drivers here, ganyan na ang nangyayari doon.

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RE: Mon Tulfo? Admitting he's hotheaded? How bizarre!

[seonadancing]

Napakadaling sabihin na keep cool but it's not that easy. I consciously leave the house thinking i'm not going to get pissed off no matter what but hell, a bus will still block you, a cab will be picking up passengers in the middle of the street. I mean you keep cool and they keep doing it. Di naman yata tama yun puro pasensya. Physical injuries is something else though, tama na yun mamura sila o may side swipe sa bangketa.

[j_avonni]

Follow Mon Tulfo's advice, especially if he's the other party. Magkano kaya ang binayad nya sa taxi driver?

During my first years of driving, I was a hotheaded too. But now, I already learned how to control myself.

[oldblue]

drive an automatic, it can help