Selected Traffic Enforcement Stories

[earthdome]

Last year had a guy intentionally hit my car tire with his motorbike when we were going very slowly then tip over on his side and claim accident. At first we ignored him but he chased after us. So my wife finally showed him the dash cam and suddenly he admitted that neither he or his motorbike had been hurt and went away.

[earthdome]

I have a BIL in PNP in Pasay. Should I keep his number on speed dial?

[Possum]

What we find amusing is comparing the average human pedestrian to the average canine pedestrian. While in the roadway with a vehicle approaching the canine will look at the vehicle and hurry out of the way. The human will glare at the vehicle and either slow down or stop.

[baronapart]

29 minutes ago, Possum said:

What we find amusing is comparing the average human pedestrian to the average canine pedestrian. While in the roadway with a vehicle approaching the canine will look at the vehicle and hurry out of the way. The human will glare at the vehicle and either slow down or stop.

I have to disagree. Here the dogs just lay in the road when I approach them on my motor.  Even at high speed and horn blaring. Maybe it is a province thing.  I tell my wife my fate will be death by dog or death by dong while driving here.

[hk blues]

3 hours ago, Possum said:

What we find amusing is comparing the average human pedestrian to the average canine pedestrian. While in the roadway with a vehicle approaching the canine will look at the vehicle and hurry out of the way. The human will glare at the vehicle and either slow down or stop.

I was driving in the countryside today and got stuck behind an elderly lady pulling a plastic chair behind her ( no idea - didn't want to or need to know) and she stubbornly refused to move over enough to let me pass safely but kept waving me past.  My wife opened the window and asked her very politely to move in a little but she merely stopped but didn't move aside. 

My wife suggested she was disabled hence pulling the chair  - I wouldn't be surprised if her disability was the result of being struck by a car!

[Mike J]

On 7/18/2024 at 3:39 PM, hk blues said:

I was driving in the countryside today and got stuck behind an elderly lady pulling a plastic chair behind her ( no idea - didn't want to or need to know) and she stubbornly refused to move over enough to let me pass safely but kept waving me past.  My wife opened the window and asked her very politely to move in a little but she merely stopped but didn't move aside. 

My wife suggested she was disabled hence pulling the chair  - I wouldn't be surprised if her disability was the result of being struck by a car!

I have seen this multiple times.  It was always people taking chairs to some kind of function where there was not enough seating for everyone.  So the take their own chairs.  I suspect she may not have been strong enough to carry the chair?

[RBM]

On 7/18/2024 at 12:24 PM, baronapart said:

I have to disagree. Here the dogs just lay in the road when I approach them on my motor.  Even at high speed and horn blaring. Maybe it is a province thing.  I tell my wife my fate will be death by dog or death by dong while driving here.

Yes one of the major causes of motor cycle accidents here.

[hk blues]

6 hours ago, Mike J said:

I have seen this multiple times.  It was always people taking chairs to some kind of function where there was not enough seating for everyone.  So the take their own chairs.  I suspect she may not have been strong enough to carry the chair?

Nope...she was just being a stubborn old git. 

[Possum]

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/09/28/2388444/nbi-nabs-bulacan-lto-chief-fixer-scheme

 

Seems the LTO chief is involved with the fixers. But the fixer's family owning the driving school and the land where the LTO is located is not surprising. It is surprising he got busted, maybe he forgot to pay someone. Sharing is caring as they say

MANILA, Philippines — The chief of the Land Transportation Office in Bustos, Bulacan was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for allegedly conniving with fixers operating within the area.

Catherine Nolasco-Illescas, NBI Public Corruption Division (PCD) chief, said the LTO head, whose name is withheld, was arrested after ordering his staff to process a fixed application for renewal of driver's license.

Illescas said an NBI-PCD agent posed as an applicant for license renewal.

A fixer allegedly offered an expedited processing for P7,000, promising that the applicant need not take the required exam.

When the agent agreed, the fixer assisted the applicant in filling out forms and also instructed him to pretend to be taking the exam, even when the answers were already provided.

Illescas said that despite the applicant bypassing several steps, including the examination, the LTO office approved the license.

“Based on the transaction, the fixer handed all the documents to the chief, and then the chief handed them to the staff to process,” Illescas said.

The NBI alleged that the fixer’s family owns both the driving school and the land where the LTO office is located.

Both the fixer and the LTO chief are facing charges for violating the Anti-Red Tape Law and the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

Edited October 1 by Mike J
Added article text per forum rules

[Lee]

On 7/18/2024 at 11:51 AM, Possum said:

The human will glare at the vehicle and either slow down or stop.

In my experience, the Filipinos won't even bother to look while crossing a roadway---certainly not both ways.

Edited October 1 by Lee