Kabayan, Drive With Caution

Joseph Guerrero in Tips and Advices

Aug 29, 2019 • 2 min Read

These are driving tips to our kababayans who will be visiting or currently vacationing in the Pinas. Paalaala po para iwas aksidente at lalong maging makabuluhan ang inyong bakasyon at pamamasyal sa ating bayan. The awareness will help you safely drive and navigate our roads especially when you are in Metro Manila.

Changing Lanes

Exercise extreme caution in changing lanes especially when you use your signal light. Our kababayans have some sort of a driving fetish such that they drive faster and occupy the lane that you intend to go to the moment you on the signal light. Ensure that you have enough distance from the incoming vehicle, and maybe, just on the signal light at the last moment, para di na po maka pag pa bilis yung nasa likod na sasakyan at harangan kayo. Anyway, that makes driving fun. It will help though if we will give way to vehicle that signals to change lane as matter of safety and courtesy.

Motorcycles

These are the new kings of the roads in the Pinas. If you have been out of the country for some time, take note that the white and yellow lines (broken and solid) on the roads are not just lane dividers but these are being used by motorcycles as their lanes. You will be impressed on how they drive on these lines while blaring their horns. Motorcycles usually blare their horns whether they are behind or beside you. Kaya po pag may maingay alam na nyo na may motorsiklo at ingat na po kayo.

Pedestrian Crossing

Similar with other countries, you stop at pedestrian crossing and let all pedestrians cross before rolling forward. Ang kaibahan lang satin, bago po dimeretso ang sasakyan siguraduhin natin na walang tao sa kabilang kanto na hahabol at tatalon sa harap ng sasakyan nyo para tumawid. Alam naman nyo tayong mga Pinoy, may pagka stuntman.

Paalaala (Reminder) We will be sharing more of these realities to have a laugh at some of our unexplainable subconscious reactions. Lahat po tayo alam natin ang tama at minsan nagugulat tayo bakit iba yung nagagawa natin. The positive side these subconscious reactions is the fun of figuring out why we did such. Magdasal lang po tayo na walang masaktan o mapinsala habang ang sub-conscious reactions natin ang gumagana.