Two out of three driving school students are female

Philippine roads are still infested by male chauvinist pigs. I still hear public transport drivers remark at certain drives “Babae kasi,” when the driving’s not to their liking. Never mind if manong driver douchebag driving warrants a real punch in...

Bridgestone Philippines comes out with new Potenza tires

Bridgestone’s Potenza tire line has been quite popular. I remember when it was time to swap my old Sentra’s low-profile wheels, I wanted to get Potenzas but back then, stocks were pretty rare due to their popularity. Now, Bridgestone’s Philiipine...

Filipino sculptor carves detailed car models out of wood

All right! Something that we can all be proud of. Top Gear Philippines features Franco Cagayat – a 21-year old sculptor (who is also autistic) from Paete who carves detailed replicas of cars from a single block of wood. Just check out the detail on those...

MMDA head denies Nova bus ties

The case involving the crash that killed UP professor Chit Simbulan has garnered much coverage. So they’ve already got the Universal Driving Star driver Daniel Espinosa into custody, now the latest twist is that Espinosa claims that the Nova bus (the other...

Venezuela suspends first driver’s license

Third-world traffic management is really far from how first-world countries do it. If you’ve seen YouTube clips of some roads in other developing countries, you might be amazed at how we’re (relatively) more organized than them. However, that’s still...

Richard Gutierrez’ Audi caught speeding along Commonwealth

I used to ply the length of Commonwealth Avenue on a daily basis and I’d have to say that the daily exposure to risk-a-la-Russian-roulette of driving along the killer highway honed my driving skills. I would’ve had it differently but thank goodness I...