On automobile accidents
This morning I chanced to see an auto incident involving two private vehicles. They were both making a right turn in an intersection. The car on the left turned too early, hitting the rear of the car on the right. (they were going in the same direction).Usually you would expect them to move their vehicles on the shoulder, but nooo, for some 5 minutes the drivers of both vehicles were having words at each other, blaming each other. Finally, after some valiant effort, the traffic enforcer had convinced them to move their vehicles on shoulder.
This is one of the things that disgust and amuse me about the Philippine way - how we take towards automobile accidents. I remember months ago, when one of my friends visited Manila, commented at how immature we are when dealing with a minor dent or similar. The main point is that no one got hurt. And repairs to cars are simply repairs. Secondly, well.. you see what a sucky attitude people have when they know they are not at fault. Instead of just helping to alleviate the stress brought about by the event, they have the nerve to lambast and curse the driver.
Let's not even talk about the repair aspect of an automobile accident - if you can even call it one. When you see news reports of automobile accidents in countries like America, it makes our simple dents and bumps look like a joke.
Personally? Well I know we make mistakes, but raising your voice in anger is but a "10-second emotion" and it seldom helps. But the golden point about all this is well.. in other countries, they just say "are you hurt? are you insured? then, ok have a nice day".
So polite. Looking back at the streets of manila I say to myself "So disappointing".
It's just a car for f_ck's sake...
posted by Urban Warrior @ 8:42 AM
2 Comments:
this is why i don't like to drive.... i can lose my temper and could kill. ;)
hmmm, this post made me ponder for awhile....i think i need to reevaluate my attitude as well =P
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