did i do the right thing?

Well, everything is situational. You had an urgent thing to do so you didn't want to be delayed which had you bribing the officer. I guess you'd be different next time. You'd know your lanes and accept consequences when found responsible for an unlawful act. Don't beat yourself too much about it, you learned and that's enough.

i'll do the right thing the next time. and read and understand all the laws in the road so that i would not do the same mistakes that i' do. thank you.

i also think that i made the wrong decision in bribing the traffic enforcer and felt very awkward with the whole thing. please don't imitate me im a traffic offender.

i made a very bad decision, hope all of you can forgive me.

here in our country the philippines almost all the traffic enforcers do that to drivers especially to drivers of public transportation. i know i am wrong in bribing them but i think it will not give me more headache by going to a seminar and paying after it and i think i help the traffic enforcers financially because i know they only have low salaries and by giving in with their demands i can help their families as well.

i regret doing it but for some reason i think i did the right thing because having your license confiscated is a hard thing there are many things to do to get it back so i think its ok to do that. and to others who are answering in my discussion don't be so CLEAN. ever driver here in the metropolis have done that once or maybe every time they have a traffic violation. those who are mad at me for doing these are the one who don't have a car and haven't drive ever in their entire life.

i paid them 500 pesos for that silly violation. i know that i must never bribe them to get away with my mistake but having thought of having a whole day of seminar with traffic rules and then fall in line to just get my license back it's so exhausting for me. i know that by doing it traffic enforcers will not do their job seriously and rely on the same tactics when an offender will do other mistakes at the road but what can i do i don't want my license to be taken away from me?

well honey.. he maybe posted the wrong title of his discussion but this doesn't mean that he wanted to gain points.. oh well.. just to remind you that we are here to gain points and to earn money. he just wanted to share what had happened to him, and I think there's nothing wrong with it.. MYLOT is a site where we can share what had happened to us.. its a day to day discussion you know?.. I believe that he doesn't have the intention to insult our cops.. and he doesn't give a bad picture about our country.well, if we'll going to back read on what he wrote in there, he just narrate what had happened to him and doesn't give any bad comments about the cops who actually accept the money that he gave. neither he mentioned that all our cops accepts bribe. well, if you find it too insulting, I guess it's not his problem anymore. Love for our country isn't enough. we have so much more to do to that can help with the progress of our country aside from loving it.. and.. [b] "no one will bribe if no one accepts bribe"..[/b]

The term loving it should not be taken in verbatim. It meant showing concern, being patriotic and that includes how we paint our countries image as well. We have already been tainted with so much bad publicity base on how the media tells the world about us. I said it is insulting because even us locals, add more to the bad press which does no good to help improve the country's image. We often complain how poor we are, how the government does nothing to help improve on the quality of life but neither wants to accepts that all are contributors to such demise. We often wonder why Thailand and Vietnam already left the pack. It is because the locals have concern or love their country enough to protect its image. You won't hear them discuss something that would bring bad image to their country. They are also very patriotic. All may be here for the money. But also be cautious on the repercussion. I don't think you will allow want yourself to be ridiculed and insulted for a price, any price at that unless one is really desperate for money. Your ego wont allow you to be stomped on. Don't you think your country's ego should be treated the same way. We are insulted when TV shows like Desperate Housewives made an insulting comment about the country. Fellow Filipinos even went to the extreme and picketed, asking for public apology and retraction. Have we ever consider that doing this discussion we are doing just the same. We are fueling negative views the world has on us.

finally i have someone who understand my situation. thank you so much. will you the same thing that i do?

i feel awful and never will i do these shameful act. hope the world can forgive what i've done.