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Joint Order (F)Laws Part 2

by Back Seat Driver - July 4, 2016 - 12:00am

Over a month ago, I started writing about the screw job that the Land Transportation Office (LTO) did on the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) 2014-01.

Are we there yet? Curfew

by Back Seat Driver - June 13, 2016 - 12:00am

I know that I mentioned in my last article that I will continue to talk about how the transport office and the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) they put together are totally not in sync. However, something...

Pure genius

by Back Seat Driver - April 17, 2016 - 10:00am

Let me begin by saying that I was never asked or mandated to do what I am about to do.

Plan B

by Back Seat Driver - March 13, 2016 - 10:00am

Ever since the Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2009 (Republic Act No. 10054) took effect a couple of years ago, there has been much controversy surrounding its implementation.

Visibly invisible

by Back Seat Driver - February 28, 2016 - 9:00am

Inasmuch as there has been so much honking about the ambiguity of some items of the Land Transportation Office and the Department of Transportation and Communications’ Joint Administrative Order 2014-01.....

Are we there yet? Not in Nottingham

by Back Seat Driver - February 21, 2016 - 9:00am

Being one of the thousands of unfortunate motorists who have to grind through the horrid traffic brought about by the numerous, ill-timed road repairs being undertaken by the public works department, I find myself...

Are we there yet? Differentially unable

by Back Seat Driver - February 14, 2016 - 9:00am

While half the city’s motorists were gritting their teeth, wading through what some journalists were quick to label “carmaggedon,” I was browsing through a popular social media network.

Slow days at the office

by Back Seat Driver - January 24, 2016 - 9:00am

A few days ago, the new head honcho of the land transport office signed and released a memo reminding his employees of the job they should be doing on a regular basis.

Total recall 2

by Back Seat Driver - January 17, 2016 - 9:00am

The whole SUA or sudden unintended acceleration issue, or non-issue for that matter, had me digging through the Internet to look for similar such claims.

Sudden Unintended Acceleration

by Back Seat Driver - December 20, 2015 - 9:00am

Recently making rounds (again) in the news is the subject of sudden unintended acceleration, or SUA.

Said and done

by Back Seat Driver - November 22, 2015 - 9:00am

For over two months now, I’ve had the privilege of enjoying a relatively, hassle-free drive every other week.

Pea-sized nuts!

by Back Seat Driver - November 8, 2015 - 9:00am

A week ago, I was planning to write about how the spaghetti deadline had come and gone and no business permits were revoked.

Passenger seat

by Back Seat Driver - October 25, 2015 - 10:00am

Despite calling myself a backseat driver, I, more often than not, find myself behind the wheel of an automobile rather than at the backseat.

Caution New Driver

by Back Seat Driver - October 18, 2015 - 10:00am

A couple of weeks ago, I made an appeal to include driving school in our academic curriculum.

S.S.D.D.

by Back Seat Driver - July 26, 2015 - 10:00am

Many times over we have heard, seen and been part of the eve worsening traffic situation in the metropolis.

Are we there yet? Brick in the wall

by Back Seat Driver - March 29, 2015 - 10:00am

Never has there been a time when I was travelling from one place to another that I didn’t get to follow a motor vehicle with a “Caution: New Driver” signage strategically placed to warn the trailing...

Are We There Yet? Paging CTMS

by Back Seat Driver - March 23, 2015 - 12:00am

I was planning to write about something that had bothered me for some time as this was something that greatly affects all of us motorists.

Ironic, isn’t it?

by Back Seat Driver - March 16, 2015 - 12:00am

A few days ago, I came across a post on a popular social networking website about an incident that, just like that pest of a needy relative, has happened several times before but, somehow, always seems to be hushed...

Are we there yet? Statement of fact

by Back Seat Driver - March 9, 2015 - 12:00am

It is a fact that, weeks prior to the closure of part of the road at the North Reclamation Area (NRA), the main city’s traffic enforcement group placed visible signage on all roads leading to and from the NRA...

Observe

by Back Seat Driver - March 2, 2015 - 12:00am

This word, painted black on a signage in big, bold letters, are they words you read as you approach the old bridge that links Diaper Island to the wannabe Kapitolyo City.

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