Nissan Grand Livina (aka Livina Geniss) [ARCHIVED]

**chualie** · June 1st, 2010 12:05 AM

Originally Posted by Vin-Gasoline

sir chua..saan mo ito pi na install..ganda..

Sa jaffas sa banawe ko binile and pinainstal yun HU at headrest monitor ko.

**ilongga** · June 1st, 2010 07:45 AM

stumbled into this. Nice

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Brilliant ideas for improving driving safety and courtesy

June 01, 2010

I was driving past midnight the other day when I found myself at a deserted intersection. The streets were totally empty, but since I had a red light in front of me, I stopped. Meanwhile, the drivers of the two cars that came up from behind gave me a weird look as they ignored the red light and passed me. I could almost read their minds: “Stupid person! The road is empty and he doesn’t want to move along.”

I wanted to chase and interrogate them: “What part of STOP isn’t clear to you?” “Where does it say that red lights are to be followed only until 11pm?” “Why do I look stupid to you when you’re the one committing the traffic violation?”

Of course, I didn’t do it. I remembered Bong Revilla and Jinggoy Estrada had topped the senatorial elections, so I just heaved a sigh of resignation. But the irritating incident gave me the concept for this list. It’s a list of brilliant ideas that I think will help improve driving safety and courtesy in the Philippines. Feel free to agree or argue later.

1. Let’s make it a crime to honk at or taunt a law-abiding motorist just because he or she won’t move an inch until the light turns green. We encounter this all the time--the ill-tempered driver at the back who has no regard whatsoever for traffic discipline and blares his horn incessantly until you move out of the way (even if doing so will mean a traffic violation on your part). If being an accessory to a crime is punishable by law, why not pressuring someone to break a traffic rule?

2. Let carmakers wire a sensor into the steering wheel, such that if you take either one of your hands off the wheel for longer than three seconds, the car will sound a deafening alarm. This will prevent men from using their mobile phones--and women from applying cosmetic makeup--while driving.

3. Let’s require carmakers to incorporate a compact but very accurate breathalyzer in the steering wheel. If the system senses the presence of alcohol in the driver’s breath that’s over the legal limit, it will immobilize the car, lock the doors, and place a call to the nearest police station. I bet you no one would even dare attempt to drive after a drinking session.

4. Let automotive engineers equip every car with an electric force field, such that anyone who comes within a foot of your car will be electrocuted. This will prevent reckless motorcyclists from squeezing through tight spaces and scratching your paint job. Okay, this might also electrocute beggars on the street, but come to think of it: This will finally stop mendicants from standing in the middle of the road--which is always dangerous to begin with.

5. Let’s attach a parallel odometer to the driver’s seatbelt. If the driver doesn’t buckle up, the odometer in his seatbelt won’t run, which will result in a discrepancy between the belt’s odometer and the main odometer. When the owner of the car files for registration, he or she will be slapped with a prorated penalty for every five-kilometer difference between the two odometers.

6. Let’s pressure the car industry’s R&D centers to roll out a mood-detection system in the driver’s cockpit. This will monitor the driver’s current state of mind. If the system senses that the driver’s temper is steadily flaring up, it will override the in-car entertainment and play a really funny skit, like Russell Peters’ “Somebody Gonna Get Hurt” or Chris Rock’s “Bad Phone ***” or Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s “State Of The Nation.” This should toss road rage out the power window.

7. Now, what about those drivers with serious anger-management issues? Surely, not even the voice of midget politicians will amuse them. No worries: Let’s ask automakers to install cameras all around the body of every car. If they can equip mobile phones and MP3 players with decent cameras, why not cars? Actually, high-end cars already have cameras, but these are mostly used as parking aids. The cameras I’m proposing, on the other hand, are for documenting the foul actions of drivers afflicted with road rage. The other driver flashes you the middle finger? Photographed! The other driver rolls down his window and brandishes a gun? Captured! The other driver tries to run you off the road? Recorded! Then you post the photo on Facebook or the video on YouTube. The other driver will regret the traffic outburst for the rest of his life (okay, maybe just for a few months, depending on the number of comments from your incensed Facebook friends).

8. Speaking of those cameras, let’s go a step further and make them feed images into an on-board black box. This black box--which functions like that found on an aircraft--boasts several terabytes of memory and records footage from the car’s most recent trip. So, if the car gets into an accident, the black box can reveal if its owner has been driving like a jerk and is thus responsible for the pileup.

9. Let’s arm our traffic officers with GPS-enabled remote immobilizers (which apparently already exist), so they can bring to a rolling halt any erring vehicle whose driver is trying to run away from culpability. We always witness lawbreaking motorists completely disrespecting our fine traffic officers by refusing to stop when flagged down. Let’s see them beat that red light again just because the traffic aides don’t seem to have any means of giving chase.

10. Finally, let’s put on our car what is basically the equivalent of the “PROGUN” sticker of yore in terms of its ability to intimidate other motorists: the Wowowee logo. By professing to be a fan of the tasteless noontime TV show, you are essentially declaring to the world that you’re someone who doesn’t think and has no class, which then implies you won’t flinch from a traffic altercation if provoked. On second thought, why settle for the show’s logo when you can plaster the face of the fallen host?

**zbrando** · June 2nd, 2010 04:15 PM

Wow ang tahimik..:shhh:

Guys may napapansin ba kyo na lumalangitngit sa ceiling ng livina, somewhere around 2nd and 3rd row. Mahina lang naman pero irritating kase hindi ko makita kung saan.

Thanks!

**cht2wenty4** · June 2nd, 2010 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by zbrando

Wow ang tahimik..:shhh:

Guys may napapansin ba kyo na lumalangitngit sa ceiling ng livina, somewhere around 2nd and 3rd row. Mahina lang naman pero irritating kase hindi ko makita kung saan.

Thanks!

Un sakin naman sa may pinto, driver side.. pag mejo malubak parang may nagkikiskisan.. di ko rin makita.. hassle

**gergeray** · June 3rd, 2010 12:06 AM

yan din ang nakaka irita sa GL na to, sa sobrang tahimik ng makina kahit konting langitngit dinig na dinig. hahaha...

**xuaeenr** · June 3rd, 2010 02:06 AM