Road Rage

I just hate it when traffic in Metro Manila is completely messed up. You would sometimes imagine that you just drove a tank and ran over all the other vehicles on the road. But that’s just one of them. You know your driving experience is not going well if you encounter some of the following on any given day;

• The car in front of you is in the middle of two lanes and would not move to the side even if you blink you lights or honk your horn.
• When the traffic lights on an avenue stretch is not synchronized. 1st block it turns green, but the stoplight on the next block is red. You haven’t even reached 30 meters and you have to stop again. Try passing Santolan and you will know what I am talking about.
• Trucks and buses who think they are Ferraris and Porsches that swerve from the innermost lane to the outermost lane at 110 KPH.
• When an intersection does not follow the stop light because the traffic enforcer has other things in mind when directing traffic.
• When motorcycles try to squeeze between cars during traffic and hit your side mirror.
• Public Utility Vehicles that suddenly stop from a speed of 80 KPH to zero in the middle of the road to drop off or pick up passengers.
• They build an expressway but have a speed limit of 80-100 KPH. Specifically SCTEX. Hello, did you guys ever look up the meaning of “Expressway”.
• Buses that suddenly spew out smokescreens and impair your driving visibility and your windows are rolled down. Whenever this happens I feel like I am in a Death Race.