AO-AHS-2008-13 Rules and Regulations for the Use and Operation of Motorcycles on ....

We all will see our own personal Waterloo in whatever form for 100% sure but I can assure you that moving/driving fast putt's ones mind in a state of high concentration and great alertness, so you can estimate and evaluate situations much faster and react quicker.
This does not mean that I am driving brainlessly fast all the time but as soon as the road is open or I can get past, I will move and get past and ahead. Look at most other drivers here, they are hesitating on every decision they are supposed to make, if this is turning, accelerating, overtaking, or just driving a constant speed that's save, this is much more dangerous because they move with out thinking ahead...

 

As you confirmed, once the day will come that we all meet our Waterloo is inevitably, but if I have the choice or better said can avoid preferably not by Philippine traffic. Having said that I do believe your driving skills are far beyond the performance of an average driver on Negros. I also like high speed, on German highways (Autobahn) enjoyed 230km p/h and more on 2 wheels and even for 1 second no fear. But here in the PH, where, like you said are so many hesitating drivers who have not a single clue about traffic rules together with thousands and thousands of street dogs unexpectedly crossing roads every where, 50 km p/h might already be fatal. But I am sure you will know the best where's your limit. Enjoy your speed to your own limits how fast that ever will be, while I'll do mine.

 

c_rymz, I have read and reread this forum many times and i do not see any instance where i have personally attacked you, yet you have said my wife and family have no common sense and basically called me a "Senile Old b@st@rd" .. I am sorry if its your time of the month and you are a little bit edgy.. I wish you well on your visa applications to the US, Canada, Uk or anywhere else you plan to go.. my lips are sealed as its obvious as stated before about common sense.. bye for now..

 

waste of time... will not be a victim of your bitterness anymore... i choose to be happy and nice unlike you.. thanks for the show of madness

 

Having let the pond ripples subside a bit and having read your first post in this thread: -
There are quite a few examples of road traffic law which have been in force for a while,(though never really/officially been enforced), but are only coming to light recently as LTO-7 start their crackdowns, namely early warning devices for 4 wheel vehicles (EWD's). I was stopped a year or so ago in a new car by the PNP and asked where my EWDs were. Having said that I hadn't heard of them and that the new car wasn't supplied with them, I was advised to go and buy a set. I went out Handyman and bought 2 sets for both my 4 wheelers, never used them, but never mind, they're there.
Another little known law, is the requirement for a driver and front seat passengers in cars etc to wear seat belts. I can't remember now if it was a member on here, but I recall that an local expat was fined quite a large amount, for not doing so. I always wear one and ask my front seat passenger to 'clunk, click every trip', simply because after 30 years in oilfield service vehicles it was drummed into our heads that seat-belts save lives. (Also, on a more self preservationist note, if I am ever involved in a 4 wheel vehicular accident and I'm not wearing one, my medical insurance won't cough up). Perhaps the side mirrors on motorcycles could also be considered as life savers, along with all other supplied/working equipment from bike showrooms.
One of the main problems as has been discussed already here, is that the Philippine's driving test and license issuance is not really thorough enough. I'm originally from the UK, where one had to sit a moderately difficult, different test for each class of vehicle one wished to drive, which are taken at different times after each is applied for separately, eg motorcycles, cars, HGV -1, 2, 3 (Heavy Goods Vehicles)etc. One actually had to sit down and read the UK Highway Code and know most of it. From a personal point of view, in all the years I've been here, I've never actually found or seen a copy of the Philippines Highway Code, there probably aren't that many in the local LTO's either. So, of course the average bloke in the street isn't 'in the know', even if he/she could be bothered to make an effort to find out about what is entailed within. I do agree that the National government has failed to inform people about these type of matters but there again it has also failed in so many other ways too, i.e. allowing a lot of people onto the road who have zero idea of how to drive safely, defensively or even at times, intelligently.
Additionally, in the UK, every road vehicle over 3 years old, has to undergo an annual MOT test, an inspection by a Min. of Transport accredited garage, basically a check list of an equipment deemed necessary for road safety, eg working lights, mirrors, brakes, decent bodywork, working exhausts with correct noise levels and emissions etc etc. As we all know the emissions testing here too isn't really as thorough as it should be either.
However, what comes to my mind at least is that: - Ignorantia juris non excusat or ignorantia legis neminem excusat, "ignorance of the law does not excuse" or "ignorance of the law excuses no one".
I do sympathize with you on the subject of having your license taken though, as I was once stopped many years ago, for not having a copy of my bike's current OR/CR with me when stopped at a checkpoint. It was a real pain to get it back, but it taught me a valuable lesson, not to bl**dy forget a photocopy of the originals under the seat again. Perhaps the purchase of a new set of mirrors and the quite ingenious welding trick, not to mention the hassle you had with your money, return of the license in question, perhaps even a fine(?) and the vitriolic nature of replies to this thread, will help you remember in future.