[talk-ph] philippine speed limits

[Ronny Ager-Wick - Develo Ltd.]

Hehehe, I was quite surprised myself!
Usually when they pull me over, the police will invent some laws on the
spot or refer to an ancient sign that everyone, including themselves,
ignore - if it's even visible. But of course they decided to enforce it
right now, while 350 other cars are breaking the exact same law during
the time we argue about it - yey! Yep, can't help but to love those guys
:) Can't be easy though, enforcing laws most people don't know exist.
Fines also seem to be random, but luckily it's possible to bargain...
Would still prefer a more structured and fair system though.

People lose respect for the law when it's ridiculous, irrelevant or both
- something which is painfully evident.
I think they should make the traffic laws a wiki! At least someone would
update them every now and then :)
Ronny.

Jim Morgan wrote:
> Wait ... there are traffic laws here!? ;-)
>
> Jim
>
> maning sambale wrote, On Thursday, 25 June, 2009 10:46 PM:
>   
>> In the absence of max_speed data in osmph roads, I'm looking at
>> putting default values for garmin gps routing.  The Philippine law is
>> not very helpful and is probably obsolete:
>> http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1964/ra_4136_1964.html
>>
>> See
>> CHAPTER IV TRAFFIC RULES ARTICLE I
>> Speed Limit and Keeping to the Right
>>
>>     
>
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