Friday, April 10, 2009

Tales From the Far North: The True Kings of the Road

In the metro, there is a certain tricycle driver culture, wherein the tricycle drivers know their place in the traffic scheme. When travelling on a national road, or even on smaller roads, they move aside to let bigger vehicles pass.

But such is not the case in the northern provinces. Tricycles think they are on equal footing with eighteen-wheeler trucks.

In a two-lane highway, a tricycle moving at 40 kph will not yield to an SUV travelling at 120 kph.

I love you, you suicidal and maniacal yellow tricycles of Ilocos Sur.

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