Sometime middle of January 2017 the Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP), issued a statement condemning the recent 2017 boss ironman challenge xii held last November 2016. In said race, many complaints were raised by private individuals such as this video posted on Facebook showing race participants blinding oncoming vehicles with their bright lights. Here is another video showing several participants […]
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Why Traffic Happens Part 1.
Here is a .gif I found explaining how a single driver changing lane can disrupt traffic on a busy four lane highway. The red car switches two lanes to its right, therefore causing those lanes, including the one it came from, to slow down. As the lane slows down it backs up traffic behind it. And before […]
Four Thoughts On the 2016 Muffler Act &
This is late, but I just wanted to talk about the recent ‘Muffler Act of 2016’, which has been reported by the excellent local website Yugatech. One of the commenters posted an interesting ‘Noise Level Chart‘, which compares the dB levels to examples like home and yard appliances. In it, we note that the 70db limit […]
As Per MMDA, There Are A Hole Drivers. I...
Here are screencaps I took of their video, where it starts by taking a view (from as far away as 500 meters?!), of Edsa South Bound, where it crosses the Pasig River between Mandaluyong and Makati.It zooms in on either an Isuzu Highlander or Mitsubishi Adventure, whose driver stopped, got out and moved the cones […]
ABS Publishes Dark And Sinister PNP Chec...
ABS CBN News published this image to remind motorists what to do in a checkpoint. Basically it’s an artists’ rendition of the PNP’s own list of what to do in checkpoints. Which is great, except I noticed there isn’t anything there that suggests or says ‘Cooperate With Police’, or ‘They are here to help’. In fact it […]
What’s Interesting At The Transport Show
I must’ve gone to at least 15 of those 19 years the Transport Show has been around. And today I found myself there again. I’m not 100% sure, but the earlier years seemed to be more exciting. There were far more people and a whole lot more excitement as a result of. Then again it […]