I was driving (slowly, mind you) in our subdivision one day when some idiotic high school girl stepped right into the road from behind a parked vehicle (it was a boat hoist/transporter). What did she expect, that I’d see her coming out of nowhere from behind a massive vehicle? I was too late to hit the brakes and clipped her with my mirror. I think she deserved every scratch she got.

It’s great to observe Filipinos walking in front of cars as leisurely as if they were strolling a field of flowers. Just great.

ade: Not where I drive most of the time. And they still jaywalk anyway. Also, at intersections, they don’t need no ped lights because they are not supposed to cross when it’s the cars’ turn to cross. It’s just a bit of common sense, which many many people here lack.

Better late but alive and intact than on-the-dot punctual but skinned-to-the-bone dead.

Aye, aye. Precisely.

In other countries, they’re really strict about this. While we were in Singapore, my mother and I would not even think about crossing the street until the light for pedestrians turns green. Besides the fact that we were afraid to get caught (“I’m watching you,” says the traffic cameras all over the streets), we didn’t fancy the thought of us being roasted pigs.

Maybe some Filipinos just like to exercise their right of stupidity. As my driving instructor says, “Pedestrians are always right.” Yeah, right.

{I have more complaints with drivers than pedestrians, of course)