tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post1646131976966477937..comments2024-01-15T18:32:48.269+08:00Comments on My Manila: Lanes? What lanes?Hildahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572824685124656116noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-54182456609412415942010-07-26T13:23:43.477+08:002010-07-26T13:23:43.477+08:00Defensive driving offers 100% DMV & State appr...Defensive driving offers 100% DMV & State approved Online Defensive Driving course and traffic school courses to dismiss traffic tickets and to keep auto insurance rates low. A perfect online solution to keep points off from your driving record.<br /><a href="http://www.defensivedrivingus.com/" title="Defensive Driving" rel="nofollow">Defensive Driving</a><br />http://www.defensivedrivingus.com/defensive-drivingushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03289758051643770495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-64255687850579650872010-02-03T18:16:46.113+08:002010-02-03T18:16:46.113+08:00There is a trend in European urban planning to do ...There is a trend in European urban planning to do away with all road markings and road signs - <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,448747,00.html" rel="nofollow">Controlled Chaos</a>. It looks like Manila is showing us how that works!ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159965456052359554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-71367317670302029172010-01-29T18:15:58.091+08:002010-01-29T18:15:58.091+08:00LOL, Andreea! That's reassuring to hear. The s...LOL, Andreea! That's reassuring to hear. The same thing happens here during weekdays! :DHildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572824685124656116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-90386761958538043032010-01-29T17:14:49.102+08:002010-01-29T17:14:49.102+08:00This looks soo familiar :) Romanians aren't go...This looks soo familiar :) Romanians aren't good at driving within lanes either; it there's no traffic the roads look like in your photo. If there's traffic, those four lanes become five or at times even six :)Andreeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543947975157342835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-21899275520108517712010-01-29T08:23:13.668+08:002010-01-29T08:23:13.668+08:00It sounds as if your drivers and traffic planners ...It sounds as if your drivers and traffic planners got their educations in Tennessee!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923630536753873113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-37373772824367551992010-01-29T06:52:08.255+08:002010-01-29T06:52:08.255+08:00Huli kayo! I hope this pic gets published on the p...Huli kayo! I hope this pic gets published on the papers so the traffic authority can see what's going on - as if they don't already know.<br /><br />Great capture Hilda.Photo Cachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17734663922538063553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-82855907952753459602010-01-29T05:22:46.286+08:002010-01-29T05:22:46.286+08:00Great post and picture!Great post and picture!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07377764527064564353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-24686652756022076732010-01-29T03:54:07.381+08:002010-01-29T03:54:07.381+08:00haha! Love it! The title fits perfectly with the...haha! Love it! The title fits perfectly with the picture! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-48734646557054411442010-01-29T03:09:35.850+08:002010-01-29T03:09:35.850+08:00out of control!out of control!Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-38471657185868719492010-01-29T02:24:37.946+08:002010-01-29T02:24:37.946+08:00Hello Hilda, I had to smile, this is sooooo like P...Hello Hilda, I had to smile, this is sooooo like Paris!cieldequimperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541298876304462514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-24531090947770256872010-01-29T01:47:33.663+08:002010-01-29T01:47:33.663+08:00Sounds scary! Here people are notorious for runni...Sounds scary! Here people are notorious for running red lights, so when the light turns green you don't dare step on the gas without looking both ways first. The city is now installing cameras at certain intersections to catch the red light runners and issue tickets.Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737705457021667861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-17433208467211614262010-01-29T01:08:22.247+08:002010-01-29T01:08:22.247+08:00Hilda, this post reminded me of my days in college...Hilda, this post reminded me of my days in college. Every driver to his own. Load honking of horns, jeepneys stopping in the middle of the road to load, and/or unload passengers... As my brother-in-law would put it, the only rule when driving in PI is to get to where you're going in one piece, period. Hahaha!Teshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712003528519056900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-15474555002460215082010-01-29T00:16:17.629+08:002010-01-29T00:16:17.629+08:00Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you will v...Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you will visit often. Your comment led me to this blog which I like very much. I will follow you from now on. I once had a Pinoy friend who told me a little about his homeland but you are providing a clearer window into your very interesting culture. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10390386422182379201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-91072378080735121672010-01-28T23:54:35.168+08:002010-01-28T23:54:35.168+08:00I will say your roads are impeccable. Nice to not ...I will say your roads are impeccable. Nice to not have pot holes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-13775422922834263822010-01-28T23:09:36.149+08:002010-01-28T23:09:36.149+08:00hee hee!
If Filipinos are some of the world's ...hee hee!<br />If Filipinos are some of the world's best defensive drivers, Parisian drivers are among the world's most OFFENSIVE!Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-77707831849101667332010-01-28T22:08:31.870+08:002010-01-28T22:08:31.870+08:00I like pictures of the streets like this where the...I like pictures of the streets like this where the road seems to lead to infinity.Elaine Yimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473617720902049498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-57593193196773906332010-01-28T21:24:23.147+08:002010-01-28T21:24:23.147+08:00Pinoys really can do more under maneuvering situat...Pinoys really can do more under maneuvering situations ... <br /><br />Indeed, ang luwag!Verna Lugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17860286723863535535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-443264123932856942010-01-28T20:09:56.919+08:002010-01-28T20:09:56.919+08:00Hilda we stayed for more than one week in Cairo an...Hilda we stayed for more than one week in Cairo and believe me this photo is still "OK" there everybody drive like crazy and looking from our veranda's hotel there it was fun more than looking in TV :)maricarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564011193458416933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-11819298316521853342010-01-28T18:44:00.453+08:002010-01-28T18:44:00.453+08:00I read y our post today with great interest and tr...I read y our post today with great interest and tried to imagine some of the turn places you speak about. Then that sort of reminded me of my first trip to Tokyo in 1953. I got in a taxi and was sped through the city to my destination in break-neck-speed with horn blaring and the driver not stopping for anything or any intersection. He was a kamikaze pilot on steroids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-27616111284624693632010-01-28T18:06:48.789+08:002010-01-28T18:06:48.789+08:00Not different from an Italian road in a busy city!...Not different from an Italian road in a busy city! But we are also "aggressive" not only defensive drivers! Ciao. A.lunarossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231055955991137579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-25830953519620203422010-01-28T17:17:01.581+08:002010-01-28T17:17:01.581+08:00Even in Italy we keep lanes slightly better! Now I...Even in Italy we keep lanes slightly better! Now I really believe that defesive driving is in the DNA of the Filipino driver...VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186211344492845052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-83124991748849153882010-01-28T14:11:06.027+08:002010-01-28T14:11:06.027+08:00You explain it so well. The Sunday part is especi...You explain it so well. The Sunday part is especially interesting. <br />Funny that you, Magiceye in Mumbai, and I all posted traffic today.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-5365668264455812892010-01-28T13:55:58.871+08:002010-01-28T13:55:58.871+08:00Cycliste dans les grandes villes, c'est toujou...Cycliste dans les grandes villes, c'est toujours très dangereux. Pour le futur, j'espère qu'il y aura des pistes cyclables partout et qui reliera les villes entre elleOlivierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602980523811128510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-61056998052500166152010-01-28T12:51:11.679+08:002010-01-28T12:51:11.679+08:00I believe they call it survival of the fittest don...I believe they call it survival of the fittest don't they? Leave it to you to be smart enough to take this shot from above instead of at ground level. (Or ground zero)Don and Krisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836979417230059021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999552601430694736.post-71704646857508205962010-01-28T11:04:02.172+08:002010-01-28T11:04:02.172+08:00All out of their lanes...look at that biker placin...All out of their lanes...look at that biker placing himself in great danger.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114786266319948980noreply@blogger.com