Trikes and bikes and the Philippine savanna

Tricycles are annoying sometimes. I still ride the tricycle frequently, and still like the ride. Problem is when im not riding one. Tricycles, and their cousins, motorcycles, act like annoying little creatures on Philippine streets. They are the ones who appear to be the least mindful of road courtesy (if there is one). Whenever Im driving, I see those tricycles and motorcycles running like they are the kings of the road. Silly three wheeled creatures, and foolish two wheeled vehicles. Everyone knows the kings of the Philippine roads are the stainless steel jeepneys. As for buses, they're just big bullies. For private vehicles, they are just a variety of creatures who think they are better than the public vehicles.

One annoying day, when i got stuck in traffic, i sort of amused myself. i was watching tricycles and motorcycles pass by and i thought, the Philippine roads are like the animals on the African savanna. The jeepneys are the lions and the buses are the elephants. When you see the jeep and the bus on the same road, you see them fight over passengers. The jeepney showing no signs of fear over a bigger opponent, well, sometimes. Actually, elephants are much nicer than our buses. I wouldn't consider elephants as bullies. But in a battle between an elephant and a lion, size is the only thing an elephant can rely on, the same way a bus depends on its size to bully the other vehicles on the road. Most of the time, only jeepneys are the ones who are tough enough to challenge these big bullies on wheels.

As for the tricycles, they are like the African hunting dogs because when they are waiting in their tricycle terminal, they look like a pack of three wheeled vehicles, and more so when a number of them get passengers at the same time, like going out on a hunt, and the trike drivers seem to have a social system in their toda. Usually, trike drivers of the same toda know each other and of course, cooperate with each other.

And the motorcycles are the hyenas just because i find both to be annoying.