Friday, November 27, 2009
I usually trail down the streets of Laray to my place in Tanke, Talisay City as it has became a part of my daily routine. I've learned from numerous exercise advice that a 15 minute brisk walking daily is a great exercise.
Walking down that street would require me to cross the national highway SRP (South Road Project) where all types of private vehicles including trucks of disparate sizes pass.
Last tuesday night, as I was near to crossing the crossroads of the highway going to my place, a titanic truck abruptly crossed the street at the speed of light even when they yellow light already gave the warning. Now this scene shouldn't be new to us Filipinos since we know that we are infamously known to be great traffic violators. However, I've never seen any vehicle ran the red light at a turbulent speed as fast as a light. And it made me recall the ghastly pictures of a smashed body of a motorcycle driver that I had received from my friend through an e-mail way back. The man's body was literally dispersed in the street.
Having described my experience, I am calling the attention of Talisay City and Cebu City government to come up with effective measures regarding this horrifying issue. We may not successfully efface all these incredulously evil truck drivers; but I'm extremely positive there is something that can be done. It's a crossroad for crying out loud! Hundreds of people cross there daily. Thus, we shouldn't wait for a someone's demise to be an eye-opener before action will be taken. And this includes but not limits possible vehicular accidents.
Labels: traffic rules