Anatomy Of A Road Accident: Philippines
Uh huh, when there's a road accident.., what do (we) Filipinos do? Ninety-nine point ninety nine percent (99.99%) of the time.., we try to go as near the incident or scene as possible, do nothing but gawk, gawp or gape, with no intention, at all, whatsoever, to lend any help! Other than probably animatedly tell others there has been an accident - even if we don't know details! Aminin yan! Osyoso, usisero, uzi! Well, things changed a little bit in the 21st century. We all are now armed with gadgets of many kinds, that we use to take pictures, videos, even selfies of/at the scene and/or the personalities involved, be they known, unknown, popular or not, without care if we get in the way of responders to the accident! Aminin! It happened to me! Here's the story.., On the way from Tacloban to Catbalogan, after I had fun watching kids jump from the Balugo Bridge .., we were nearing Jiabong town center, and strangely, traffic (on the national highway) literally stopp