In line with the Philippine government’s call for the implementation of austerity measures, I have a proposal: let’s not waste taxpayers’ money to purchase road paint.
(Hey, road paint is expensive. They’re supposed to be luminescent, visible even at night. Trouble is, they’re usually not. Luminescent, that is. Contractors mix a lot of water in them, to cut costs and increase their profits.)
Painting our roads is a waste of paint. Take pedestrian lanes, for instance. No one bothers to come to a full stop before them, as is intended. Filipino drivers ignore them and, as a result, end up blocking the path of pedestrians, who are forced to weave themselves in between cars to get from one side of the street to another.
The same thing goes for the demarcation lines between lanes, and marking them so that drivers know which lane to occupy when one wishes to turn left (or right). It’s hopeless. Main avenues like Ortigas or EDSA are chaotic, with vehicles incessantly going in and out of their lanes to get ahead of the other guy. As for the lanes supposedly reserved for those making a turn at given intersections, forget about it. You have people on the leftmost lane delaying people on that lane because they want to go straight, and you have people in the middle lanes stalling traffic for everyone on that lane because they want to turn left. It’s insane.
I say the hell with it. If Manila’s drivers are going to drive like idiots, let them be. If they want a free-for-all, so be it.
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