What in tarnation~?!
On the way home, I heard this priceless piece of news on the radio: "MMDA* to give away free deodorant to jeepney drivers."
I guess the MMDA thinks having sweeter-smelling public vehicle drivers will somehow miraculously lessen traffic accidents, instill traffic discipline in the most reckless of drivers, improve hand-eye-foot coordination, and quite possibly, promote world peace.
While they're at it, maybe they can give away free shampoo that makes PV drivers actually use their signal lights before wildly careening into the next lane?
*Metro Manila Development Authority - a.k.a., the Manila traffic enforcers group run by the completely irrational Bayani Fernando -- most noted for his bright pink signage contributions to the urban landscape and for closing absolutely necessary u-turn slots and intersections, thereby forcing vehicles to take an extra 15-30 minutes to get to the 'designated' u-turn slots, thereby causing massive traffic jams to form. His greatest achievement might be that most Manileños hate him only slightly more than they hate the President.
I guess the MMDA thinks having sweeter-smelling public vehicle drivers will somehow miraculously lessen traffic accidents, instill traffic discipline in the most reckless of drivers, improve hand-eye-foot coordination, and quite possibly, promote world peace.
While they're at it, maybe they can give away free shampoo that makes PV drivers actually use their signal lights before wildly careening into the next lane?
*Metro Manila Development Authority - a.k.a., the Manila traffic enforcers group run by the completely irrational Bayani Fernando -- most noted for his bright pink signage contributions to the urban landscape and for closing absolutely necessary u-turn slots and intersections, thereby forcing vehicles to take an extra 15-30 minutes to get to the 'designated' u-turn slots, thereby causing massive traffic jams to form. His greatest achievement might be that most Manileños hate him only slightly more than they hate the President.
posted by Cleod @ 9:51 PM
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3 Comments:
though i cannot fathom the improvements to traffic given that rather odd move by the MMDA, i guess a better smelling driver who drives bad is better than a bad driver who really stinks...
ms. cleod, that was funny. but, do ease up on bf, ok? i am a fan of his. hehehehe...
i used to live in commonwealth ave. in q.c. and his "reforms" have dramatically improved travel time. i now live in marikina; where bf used to be a mayor (his wife is the mayor now), and though not perfect, you don't see beggars on the road, the wet market is actually clean and dry, and you have volunteer barangay tanods effectively directing traffic on weekends. by manila standards, it's not so bad. not that i'm contented, but it could be much worse as in other areas of metro manila.
cheers!
something tells me a PUV driver getting shampoo in his eye would contribute to that "wildly careening" thing.
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