Did urban biking today; a hot day

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This post tried riding to km 10 today at MM.   Surprisingly traffic was light, and not so hot.   I felt stronger as I negotiated the fly over at 36 x 15.   Formerly it was at 36 x 32.   So much better now.  

The only difficulty this post had was with an MC who overtook me from my right near an LTO testing center.  How could they be so unsafe?   And unmindful of traffic laws?

Nearly collided crashed into MC rider overtaking from the right

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As this post rode out yesterday, getting out of M Diaz, an MC following me suddenly overtook me -  AT THE RIGHT side, startling me, nearing colliding crashing into him as I was brining the bike to the edge of the road.   On a narrow 3 ft wide remaining section of the road, he accelerated and overtook me.

I thought, through my long years of driving a motor vehicle (licensed honest to goodness) it is illegal to overtake from the right.   And so I thought.

Am grateful, I did not meet an accident.   The guy must be told.   Lack of education, lack of knowledge of LTO law.  (How many drivers are like that?)

Saw many times that MC and even cars overtake from the right; is it legal?

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Is overtaking from the right legal?  I have seen so many times that motorcycles and even cars overtake from the right. In a long ride this weekend, I called out several mtb riders who overtook from the  right, one cut me as soon as he overtook me, and saw at least two dozen MC who overtook from the right, two vans and one car overtook from the right.

To settle once and for all the issue, the post referred to the net.  

Here is what Section 39 of the LTO law RA 4136 says 

Section 39. Overtaking a vehicle. - The driver of any motor vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass at a safe distance to the left thereof, and shall not again drive to the right side of the highway until safety clear of such overtaken vehicle except that on a highway, within a business or residential district, having two or more lanes for the movement of traffic in one direction, the driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle on the right. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a driver overtaking and passing, upon the right, another vehicle which is making or about to make a left turn.

The post says it is not illegal if there are two or more lanes  However it is a dangerous.

The post mentions of a bus running over an mc that overtook from the right.  It is the blind spot of the  bus.

Shall we be legal or shall we be safe?

Dangerous incidents last Sunday

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Rizal Philippines

5.31..2021

I experienced two dangerous incidents last Sunday.

1.  As I was leaving for the destination ride, a lady biker overtook me from the right and we were close on colliding.    I had to say a few words to her that overtaking from the right is illegal and dangerous, and unthinkable 

2.  Going home on the same spot I was all ready in the midline about to make a left turn and a speeding MC overtook me.  (well from the left - we could have collided too)

A lot of mindless non safety conscious riders abound.   Let us be careful.  A number of celebrity has died in USA due to car crash.  

Let us pray they do not happen here.