The pedicab is the poor man's transport

@Alexandoy Yes kids in there

@RebeccasFarm that is the issue with those pedicabs, the risk of accident when they are in the main roads.

Especially that passengers are children. If a vehicle bumps it in the rear, that will cause an injury.

@Alexandoy oh. You have tricycle and pedicabs in your village?

@rakski yes. People do not like to walk long distance.

There are lots of that here. In our village there are more than 50 together with the same number of tricycles.

That is my point in those issues that the authorities are still waiting for an accident to happen before they make a regulation. But in fairness to the authorities, there is a regulation already but the problem is the enforcement.

@jstory07 It's the weakeness of every government....i don't know why(though they know what should be done)

Not in all busy roads because the pedicab is actually banned in major thoroughfares like that one in the picture, it is actually a provincial highway.

@DianneN even the motorized tricycles are also banned on main roads but sometimes there are violators.

@Alexandoy I’m happy they are banned on busy roads. It’s awfully dangerous for those poor kids.

It is really unsafe. But people here are so good with improvisations that they can create such a transport method.

@amitkokiladitya why praise the parents when their children are exposed to danger in the street?

@Alexandoy and hats of to the parents who send their kids with this.

You are right that they are not allowed in the main road. But in the picture is the Cainta junction, it is a main road. The authorities will not act until an accident happens.

@Alexandoy He illegally enters the prohibited area. Here if they do that, the CSU will catch them.

@ZedSmart authorities here are lax

@Alexandoy True they are environmentally friendly since they do not burn fuel. But it takes a lot of effort from the driver to move it just to earn some money. I have no problem they ply certain routes but for safety I would not recommend them to ply in major roads where fast vehicles are running.

In our village transport vehicles are tricycles and pedicabs. I always ride on the pedicab because it is not noisy. I don't remember the last time I paid the exact amount .

@rsa101 the issue I am seeing in the pedicab is the health of the driver. In our village, most of the drivers are thin. Some of them I know by name since I always give them a tip. There is even one who comes to our gate on Christmas day to ask for a gift (fortunately I always have extra for people like him). Some of them get sick due to fatigue, maybe.

@Alexandoy Yes, in alot of areas here they are actually illegal.

For a tourist ride that would be great because they are not in the main road.

@Alexandoy Is it inexpensive?

@much2say the pedicab charges almost the same fare as that of the motorized.

In fairness to the pedicab, that's what I take when I go to the market and in going home. It is a quiet vehicle since there is no engine unlike the motorized tricycle that is noisy.

@Alexandoy It works on petrol

@allknowing oh, there is pollution.

Auto means it is motorized or electric?

I always thought many people used bicycles @Alexandoy

@rebelann not many people here use bicycle because this is a tropical country so you will sweat a lot. Only the messengers and couriers use the bicycle and at other times only for leisure or exercise but not really for traveling.

You are right with the zero pollution unlike the motorized tricycle. In our village, I always take the pedicab instead of the tricycle.

To think that one passenger there is your kid, that is really scary.

There are electric bikes here but I have yet to see when they use it for transport.

You are right. I won't let my kid ride in that pedicab.

@Alexandoy That would be a costly decision....many unpredictable things happen in major highways

Over here they are also not allowed so I wonder why they are there in the main road.

There are jeepneys here which is like a small bus. But the pedicab is the cheapeast form of transportation.

The regulation should be enforced strictly here.

They are banned in the highways and main roads but some stubborn drivers are still there.

Those are the tuktuks, named from the sound of the engine.

Being poor is also the reason of some people here. Maybe that is one factor why our country cannot make progress. It is always the poor that is the reasoning.