Traffic Nightmare ( be Ready for even more unexpected chaotic Driving)

And that will not be changing anytime soon.....no matter which way the traffic is supposed to flow on any given street.

How many traffic enforcers does the LTO even have? How many would a city of equal size that doesn't have these crazy traffic issues have? I would also say that any traffic lights and signs at intersections act as "traffic enforcers" (or tools that seriously reduces the amount of human traffic enforcers a city needs).

How many intersections are there in Dumaguete that have absolutely no sign that directs traffic on who has the right of way? (My best guess is that less than 1% of intersections in the city have any type of traffic sign.) With very few traffic signs in the city telling drivers what they should do how can anyone expect people to do anything but what they feel is right the right thing? Every single person driving in Dumaguete does what they feel is the right thing....and with so many people coming from different countries and (driving) cultures there will surely be conflict and frustration.

This one-way streets idea is completely idiotic. It will do nothing. The city needs traffic lights/signals and people to enforce those traffic lights/signals and other traffic laws already on the books. The city also needs to require drivers education in the public school systems (parents aren't going to teach that to their kids because they were never taught themselves). None of this is likely to happen anytime soon. Dumaguete traffic will get nothing but worse as the daytime population continues to skyrocket. Get used to it, only drive at night, pay someone to run all your errands for you or don't live in Dumaguete.

I personally hope nothing changes at all. I like the freedom that the lack of enforcement offers. I know that when I'm there I don't have anywhere I need to be (aka work) and that the local population actually does have to do that dirty 4 letter word and might want things changed...but fortunately (for me, unfortunately for them) they have the government they elected and deserve and the chances of any intelligent idea being put forward by the idiots they have elected is very very slim. Corruption is far too deeply engrained in Filipino culture (and at every socioeconomic level, from Malacañang down to the poorest shantytown) for any real and helpful changes to happen in any reasonable amount of time.

 

Dumaguete is no better or worse than most cities in the Philippines. There are exceptions, of course, but most cities face the exact same problems with traffic that Dumaguete does (not enough traffic enforcement). Go try to drive around Cebu, CDO, Iloilo, Bacolod, Manila, Angeles, Olongapo, Lagaspi, Ormoc, Batangas or any other city with a large daytime population during the day. You will find gridlock/traffic jams in every one of those cities....and some of those bigger cities will have you sitting in that gridlock for hours.