Abusive, arrogant traffic violators

COUNTER-FLOWING is when a vehicle goes to a lane where traffic flow is in the opposite direction. It is a traffic violation and it illustrates an inconsiderate character on the part of the counterflowing driver. Sadly counter-flowing seems to be the favorite traffic violation of motorists, and I have not seen anyone nor heard of anyone having been arrested for this traffic violation. It seems like the traffic enforces just like to look the other way when it comes to counter-flowing. On my way home from work today, from the San Carlos Talamban area up to the Cebu Country Club area along Archbishop Reyes Ave., I spotted more than 20 violators, and this is just a two-kilometer stretch of road. After my count reached 20, I stopped counting. All of these were motorcycles. the LTFRB as the violator was a Bus of the Rainbow Bus Company. This incident happened in Manila.

The video shows the offending bus traveling at the wrong lane overtaking a long line of cars properly lined up in their lanes in what was a heavy traffic jam. The bus and the car, which was traveling in the correct direction for that lane and equipped with a dash-cam, both stopped before they hit each other. Totally out of line, it was the bus driver who was furious, gesturing and yelling at the driver of the car in the correct direction. Obviously, traffic was getting worse and worse with neither of the drivers giving way to the other. After a couple of minutes a traffic aide was on the scene and the bus driver tried to move back to his lane wherein he almost hit another car. Again, the arrogant bus driver got mad at the driver of the car he almost hit. A traffic enforcer arrived on the scene. The traffic enforcer asked for the driver’s license from the bus driver who refused to give it and the bus driver even locked the doors of the bus so that the traffic enforcer could not access him. No ticket was issued and the bus moved to the proper lane with the bus driver trying to hit the car