Best Posts in Thread: 1st Traffic Light in Dumaguete

If they can only afford one set of traffic lights then they should have put them in a location that is very dangerous at some times of the day and that is where the diversion road crosses Jose Romero road.
A lot of people are very impatient crossing here and as there is not even a sign to show which road has right of way it's complete chaos.

 

When i first saw the signs at the Rovira road traffic lights stating that you could turn right on a red light i knew that would never work here with the me first mentality of most people here.
Sure enough the other day we were heading to the boulevard and the right lane was blocked by vehicles intending to go straight ahead, same thing in the other direction also.
Funny thing was that people behind them who wanted to turn right did not horn them and just waited, i think that's part of the reason why things don't go as they should here, people just accept crappy behavior so it becomes the norm.

 

There are traffic lights installed (not functional yet) where the diversion road meets the national highway at the Bacong Dauin boundary. My neighbors have started a pool guessing when an overloaded sugarcane truck will take the lights down.
DPWH installed some small concrete islands to encourage drivers to enter and exit the diversion road from the proper lanes. So far this has not gone well as trucks coming from Dauin need to be in the right lane on the national highway to turn left onto the diversion road. Large trucks have great difficulty making that left turn. I sat one day watching for 5 minutes as a truck tried to negotiate the turn.
Once the lights are operational it'll be time to start the party. LOL