Road traffic anywhere else has become one of the problems of cities around the world, not to mention the pollution it brings. Heavy traffic congestions are the daily occurrences in big cities like Bangkok in Thailand and of course Metro Manila in the Philippines. Traffic becomes worse during rush hour and smog enveloped the entire metropolis and the motorists started to get used to the problems of urban traffic.
The cause of traffic mess is not only confined to the growing number of cars using the roads in and out of the metropolis, but there are different reasons why traffic is getting worse everyday. Let us consider the following:
1. Drunk driving
2. Rude driving (arrogant, hot temper)
3. Disrespect to traffic rules and regulations
4. The rich or the elite personalities with luxury cars and who acts like they own the roads by signaling other cars to give way whenever they’re traveling.
5. Government officials and their relatives who uses government vehicles just to be recognized so as to let them pass even if traffic lights are red.
6. The bus and jitney drivers who are racing against each other just to get passengers at any cost.
7. No traffic lights
8. Traffic enforcers are nowhere to be found.
9. Traffic signs are not properly established.
10. Unpaved roads.
Those are some of the problems that contribute to traffic mess. And more often that not, road rage is also the usual scene in every roads especially when drivers are easy to flare, eventually killing each other just because of simple traffic misunderstanding. The high incidence of killings among the motorists in Metro Manila, give the impression that road traffic could be fatal not only in a usual car accident, but also the temperament of motorists who are armed and ready to maimed or even kill just because of traffic.
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