Take extra caution on the road.
It is something that need not be put as a reminder; but needs must, in light of recent events. Baguio has seen a string of vehicular accidents of late, over and over.
Two this week. Three dead. Hundreds of accidents in the past five months.
The numbers are not good, even less good than can be unfortunately expected. Any number above zero in accidents and deaths is bad, and we are now in the hundreds of accidents and, thankfully, not yet in the hundreds of deaths.
Official figures peg most of these accidents as being due to human error and not due to mechanical failure. Entirely correctable.
On the road, in a vehicle, you are no longer only considering your safety. You must know you are a potential risk to all on the road with you.
A single mistake on the road is all it takes—when moving at speeds human bodies are not designed to move at, in a moving steel box with enough weight and force—to turn a living human into a fatality or a vegetable.
That mistake is all it takes, and it cannot be undone. Best case scenario: minor injuries and a repairable car that’ll cost a few thousand pesos and some elbow grease. Worst case scenarios see families rendered incomplete forever.
It is likely annoying to have to be talked down to and lectured about traffic rules and safe driving, but the lectures must continue until conditions improve.
Three-hundred-and-seventy-five. To date alone, that is how many accidents have taken place. Every accident has led to some injuries, and some have led to death.
So, pretty please, with sugar on top, take care in your cars.
