back in december, on my way home when I was traversing the East Service Road from Sucat to Alabang, a jeepney suddenly turned left entering a gas station, without warning or clue.

i pushed my left handlebar to swerve away from the jeep, trying to avoid collision. the skill saved me. i needed to reduce speed to properly maneuver and return to my lane so i slowly squeezed the brake lever. surprisingly, my front wheel suddenly lost traction. then i kissed the concrete in the most torrid fashion i ever knew.

the next events should be posted in a different story.

now we have been talking about this matter for a while and came up with a handful of thoughts, in a very general way. a handful indeed, that this post cannot deal with it all at once. so i will speak about what i can remember clearly.

if you ride or drive, or you acquired a license in a legal way, you should know at least that vehicles with defective lights are not allowed to travel. you should also know that you should reveal your intentions other motorists; thus our vehicles have fog lights, brake lights, hazard lights and turn signal lights. we should use them accordingly.

apparently, most of the things that we see on the roads are hazards, the very antonym of our idea about road safety. this paradox is embodied by that jeepney.

me and sweety, embarked on a jeep (my motorcycle was damaged so i was back to being a normal commuter) talking about the accident and why accidents happen

me: ilegal nga yang jeep, dapat jan hinuhuli (the jeep runs illegally, the driver should be apprehended).
sweety: pano mahuhuli? e wala naman nagsusumbong... (how, nobody gives a damn squealing about them?)
me: ah alam ko na. walang nahuhuli kasi walang nanghuhuli, kasi walang nagsusumbong. walang nagsusumbong kasi wala namang umaaksyon. (i think i know now. nobody gets apprehended because nobody apprehends. nobody apprehends because nobody gives a damn. nobody gives a damn because at the end of it all, nobody acts a damn).

we finished the small talk shortly after my last phrases; we were not making any sense anymore. for the same reason i should stop right here. i could believe that small talks tell a lot.