How to ride a jeepney

This  driver has to move his windshield wiper per hand. 

One of the first things I've learned (I'm learning) is how to ride a jeepney. Besides of

 motorcylces, tricycles, cabs (or cars) are jeepneys a quite common means of transportation inside the city. There are no certain stops, in some places (like where there are yellow markers) more jeepneys waiting or stopping but in fact you can get on and off where ever you want. If you want to take one you have to beckon the driver so that he will stop and you can get on. But not all jeepneys take people or the same route so you have to read the little

 signs in the front window. Even that could be tricky (for foreigners) because the signs are written in shortcuts and they're quite small when they're coming from far away. On my way to school most of the jeepneys are already pretty crowded but luckily they never get full enough! I have to take a double ride to the school which takes about 45 minutes. Once you're inside you always have to duck to see where you are going. Usually a ride within 5 km costs 7 Peso (0,10 €) and with a tricycle it's 5 Peso/5 km. These two vehicles have no windows (open air) and leave a big grey cloud behind them, sometimes I even get a headache from all the exhaust gas pollution (combined with permanent beeping and honking sounds). To escape some dust you see people, mostly women, on the street carrying a napkin and holding it infront of their mouth ("to breath throu"). 

The last step: getting off. There are several ways to stop a jeepney, they stop where ever you have to get out. You can say "para" or "lugar (lang)" to stop the driver. Some people make a sound as if they would call a dog or a cat, that works too. Alternatively you can also take a coin and knock against the iron stake.