Toughest Place to Be a Bus Driver

The Philippines may be one of the toughest place to be for a bus driver due to the fact that it is esurience that governs the people’s mindset considering a number of reasons: the narrow and poorly constructed streets, inefficient traffic management, a very large number of private and public vehicle; poor maintenance of buses and other public transportation that contributes to pollution and lack of discipline among riders and drivers.

Among these troublesome factors are the structure of the jeepneys in the Philippines since it came from soldier cars that were often used in travelling military equipments, it has an efficient engine that can travel for long hours, as said before it was used in the war so it was converted to be an everyday public transportation for the society, thus it is created for necessity rather than luxury, the problem with these converted cars, it has a relatively outdated windshield that is too inconvenient for the driver as they need to lean forward to have a good view of the traffic lights. An example situation of this is the windshield of a local jeepney is a small rectangular glass panel with signboards that bears its place of destination; Rogelio leans forward whenever he is at a road intersection to get a better view of the traffic lights.

Another is the loose implementation of road traffic rules in the Philippines, the traffic lights are often under repair or shut off due to incapacity to hold the signals at the right pace. And the drivers in the Philippines do not follow the one car spacing which requires cars to have a gap of 1 car from another car, for most, overtaking is crossing to the wrong side of the road to pass a vehicle in front; though overtaking is also moving into another lane or line of traffic either side of him to pass another vehicle. This unhealthy driving style often causes road accidents. An event where in Rogelio drove the car and left a safe distance from the car in front of him, a taxi driver cut his...