Hard to stay safe in the PH

This experience shook me as a beginner driver (I have been driving consistently and constantly for almost six months). I support defensive driving and I always tell myself when I drive is "Basta makauwi". Pero paano ba kung may mga ganitong tao. Huhu. Sobrang kupal lang talaga. Mabuti nalang nasa brake lang ang paa ko dahil traffic. What if I stepped on the gas to merge? Hay. Note ko lang ha, naka-indicate na ang right side light ko dito when the first two SUVs passed. So more than 30 seconds na indicated na pa-merge ako.