A taxi driver’s live streaming to discuss how hard it is to earn money put his operator in trouble after his vlog was monitored by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on social media. The operator of the taxi with license plate UWH 279 became the first casualty of the...
Quezon City police flagged a colorum tricycle and its unlicensed driver after a viral video showed the vehicle speeding recklessly along Congressional Avenue late Monday night. At around 11 p.m. on July 6, a tricycle bearing Body No. 918 of Luzon TODA with plate number 362TEA was caught on video...
DRIVING THOUGHTS This week, I 'd like to introduce readers to Road Trek, a Toyota event that began as a routine annual ride-and-drive in 2005. Today, it has become a classic. For corporate communications and marketing professionals, event organizers, and companies hoping to create one...
A 71-year-old man was injured after the sports utility vehicle (SUV) he was driving plunged into an open creek along G. Araneta Avenue in Barangay Manresa, Quezon City, on Saturday night, July 4, with authorities later saying he tested positive for alcohol. The Metropolitan Manila Development...
A 59-year-old man allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol escaped unharmed after his sport utility vehicle (SUV) slammed into concrete barriers along the eastbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City before dawn on Saturday, July 4. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Traffic...
A jeepney driver found himself jobless now after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) suspended the operation of the public utility vehicle (PUV) he was driving for turning a busy road in Quezon City as a location for his daredevil stunt. And such offense is serious,...
DRIVING THOUGHTS A very sad thing happened a few days ago. A senior citizen was boxed, kicked, and repeatedly assaulted by a shirtless young man who had boarded a jeepney. A video circulating on social media captured the entire incident. It was painful to watch. The elderly man appeared to have...
DRIVING THOUGHTS A few days ago, I read a New York Times article about the world 's leading deepfake expert who no longer trusts his own eyes when determining whether a video is fake or real. Although he helped develop software designed to identify deepfakes, he said the technology used to...
A 27-year-old motorcycle rider died days after a June 13 collision with an SUV driven by a man allegedly under the influence of alcohol in Marikina City. On Monday, June 22, the Marikina City Police Station released a statement regarding the incident following the death of the victim on June 20....
A motorcycle rider and his passenger were killed, while two bystanders were injured, after their speeding motorcycle slammed into a gutter along San Mateo Road in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City, before dawn on Sunday, June 21. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said CCTV footage showed...
DRIVING THOUGHTS A few weeks ago, I did something I had not done in more than half a century. I applied for admission to a master 's degree program. The last time I took a school examination was in 1973. To put that in perspective, that was before personal computers, before the internet,...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Road safety often captures public attention only after a tragic crash makes headlines. For a few days, there is outrage, finger-pointing, and calls for stricter enforcement. Then attention shifts elsewhere until the next tragedy occurs. Yet road safety is not a problem that can be...
