I've driven in many places around the world and I've experienced rush hour traffic in places like Los Angeles, New York City, Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Madrid. I absolutely abhor driving in cities. What you've described is so jacked. Years ago, I was in Boston visiting a friend. We spent hours driving around our destination because of random one way streets and illegal loading/unloading... oh, and the crowds crossing against the lights. The illegal loader that really ticked me off was a cop who'd blocked traffic to order and then eat his lunch.
HAHA!! WHAT!? The nerve on that cop! Funny enough, there is a cop koan down the line, but this really fits well here haha! I don't know what to feel to have the Philippines (Feelippines?) rank among the worst, but I do agree that city driving is the worst. Driverless cars can't get here fast enough.
Sorry you had to relive that memory, but I thank you deeply for sharing that awesome (well, it depends on the perspective really haha) story :D
It's far enough in the past now that it's a funny story. lol. That said, to this day, I refuse to drive in Boston. I'm back and forth on driverless cars. I know that automation is more efficient. Driving is about freedom of movement and self-driving cars seem like a real drag to the American idealization of hitting the open road. Man, I love a road trip. But a road trip in a Johnny Cab seems like a lot of extra work.
Well, with that regard, I guess there's an impasse with fully automated cars. Maybe semi-automated would work? You're able to drive aside into a lane of manually driven cars whenever you feel like so you won't impede with the travel of the automated ones. It's quite useful if you want to get form Point A to Point B quickly, but yeah I get that it takes away a lot of freedom.
I could probably live with a mixed situation. I do love driving! :D
Haha that's great for you. Personally, I'm a bit of a lazy driver >.<