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Reunited
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - February 21, 2007 - 12:00am
My 1993 Nissan Sentra Super Saloon is finally back on the road. After six months of slow repairs at Nissan North EDSA, I drove it out last Thursday February 15. It wasn’t...
Stupid Drivers Club
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - July 19, 2006 - 12:00am
If I were a duly authorized traffic policeman (emphasis on the "duly"), I’d be a rich man. I’d ask my superiors to allow me to extend my shift and I’d share with him the "graces"...
Manny Pacquiao Shows Us How
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - January 25, 2006 - 12:00am
By now, Manny "The Pacman" Pacquiao’s victory over Erik "El Terrible" Morales must have spun a few hundred stories from sports writers, newsmen and columnists. After all, Manny had just given...
Shattering Motorcycle Myths
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - December 14, 2005 - 12:00am
It used to be that when I tell a friend, a casual acquaintance or a relative that I’m into motorcycling, they would normally give me a look like I’m suicidal. The conversation will always end with something...
Drunk Driving and Road Rage
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - September 28, 2005 - 12:00am
At about midnight last Friday (September 23), I was jolted from sleep when I received a call from my sister who was in a rather precarious situation.
Policing the Pulis
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - August 3, 2005 - 12:00am
Last July 15 at around 7:00 pm, my wife Shawie and I were heading towards Timog to have dinner after dropping off our daughter Vette at my in-laws’ house in Cainta where she was spending the weekend. We were...
Driving the family car
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - July 6, 2005 - 12:00am
I learned to drive in our family car. Like any teenager with testosterone build-up in his body, high octane in his veins and wanderlust under his feet, I wanted to drive a car earlier and faster than the law allows....
Long term vision
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - June 8, 2005 - 12:00am
If you have been following our Backseat Driver column for the past few weeks, you‘d probably notice that a lot of our readers who text their reactions are in favor of MMDA Chairman Bayani "BF" Fernando’s...
Traffic Beater
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - May 11, 2005 - 12:00am
I give up! For the life of me, I really don’t know why the authorities are dragging their collective feet in solving this traffic jam we constantly find ourselves in around Metro Manila. If you go around the...
The Price of Progress
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - April 13, 2005 - 12:00am
It’s been often said that progress comes at a price and it isn’t cheap. There has always been a metaphor about the "road to success" or the "road to progress", but are we really on that...
Ironic
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - March 16, 2005 - 12:00am
"Hi, Lester! Where are you?" chirped the cheerful voice at the other end of the line. The voice belonged to Shan Mapa, Ford and Mazda’s marketing specialist who was checking on the media participants...
Whatever Happened To…?
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon - February 9, 2005 - 12:00am
One overcast Monday afternoon, I drove down from the EDSA off-ramp heading towards Boni Avenue in Mandaluyong when a jeepney stopped at the corner after the off-ramp to wait for passengers. Naturally, our lane was...
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