There’s so much ways to enjoy the road whether you use personal vehicle or public transportation. People often complain that the streets in Jakarta is not very enjoyable. Traffic jams, crazy drivers, lurking polices, air pollutions, holes or noise pollutions are an interesting attributes of our beloved streets. But, we can still enjoy the journey along the road with some tricks and tips. This post is written for this competition.

Ground Rules :

1. Always obey traffic rules eventhough it makes you frustrated.
2. It’s better to lose one minute of your life than lose your life in one minute.
3. People drive slower than you is not an idiot, and people drive faster than you is not a crazy maniacs.
4. Pray for protection and safety to the Highest Authority.
5. For vehicle owners, always check your vehicles. Is it safe to use?

If you can avoid using the streets, then do it :

1. Use delivery service. Almost everything today is deliverable. You can stay where you are doing anything else, while the expert deliver your goods.
2. Use texting, cellphones, emails,  webcams, instant messenger to communicate with others.
3. Go online if you really bored at home. There’s gazillion of distractions there.
4. Need to workout? Have you ever heard about wii fit?
5. Make your home, your workspace or make your workspace, your home.

If you want to use the streets, remember this :

1. Make sure you know the location of your destination. Check where the one way streets are, the popular place of attraction around there. Have the complete address of the location if you want to ask people in the neighborhood.
2. Avoid rush hours or accept the consequences.
3. Learn the behavior. Example : for some reason, Monday Morning and Friday Night is more crowded than other days in roughly the same time. So it’s best to leave earlier or later. Other examples : there’s markets that’s only open during weekend (Pasar Kaget) on several streets, so keep updated.

If you’re using your own car :

1. Carpooling. Charge your passengers at reasonable prices. Everybody is less frustated if they can make money out of their despair. There’s nothing more pathetic than seeing someone driving alone. It’s like as if his friend didn’t want to accompany him.
2. Outsource your driving. Meaning : hire your own driver. You can read newspapers, play videogames, or chatting with your lover in the backseat.
3. Use public transportation. Do you see the gas price nowadays?

Bikers? Here’s some suggestions :

1. Proper helmet is necessary. You still need your brain to live.
2. Don’t think yourself as Valentino Rossi.
3. Or Casey Stoner.
4. Sidewalks is for pedestrian. You’re not pedestrian.

Last but not least, tips for public transportation users :

1. Go Online. There’s a lot of mobile messengers nowadays or mobile browser.
2. Optimize your ears. Whether you use it to listen to your IPod, audiobooks, chatting with your friends on cellphones, overhear what other passenger talk about.
3. Daydreaming, planning or imagining things with your mind.
4. Sleeping.

So, enjoy the road!