The other day i saw this home made sign on both sides of the road on the way to Hayahay, PLEASE SLOW DOWN WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN I presume this was put up by some of the local residents and find it ironic on 2 counts, 1. I find it impossible to drive fast anywhere here unless i want to stop every 5 min to clear bits of motorbikes and bodies from my undercarriage, in fact when i come to sell my car i could say low mileage and 5th gear never been used. 2. If whoever put up this sign does truly love their children why do they let them play in the street unsupervised (because they are playing cards and drinking tanduay ?)
They put speed Humps on our Barangay Roads but they are used as BMX obstacles they in fact put more Kids on the Street to my Mind
There are two speed bumps at a local grade school here. Motorcyclists then go off road around the end of these obstacles. Said behavior resulted in school children being struck by the MC, fortunately none seriously so far.
The signs are more for the motorcycles that are capable of actually getting around town in a reasonable amount of time, not so much for the cars.....but it is possible to speed through town in a car most of the day and night. Traffic is really only bad when people are going to and from work in the morning and afternoon. I remember when i was a kid i wasn't constantly hovered over constantly by my parents. I ran around in the woods, creeks and fields and rode my bike all around town. Letting your kids have some freedom and time to play and explore on their own isn't a sign that a parent doesn't care for or love their child.....i would argue that it is actually quit healthy and normal. You should teach your children how to be safe while they are out playing though.
Parents shouldn't need to hover and hold their kids hands constantly. With how fast some of these motorcycles go down my residential road (60-70hph) a parent could be off to the side while their kid is 20 feet away at the road and not be able to get to the kid in time. These a$$holes on the motorcycle need someone with a steel bat to take it upside their head as they drive by. They have NO care for the neighborhood or it being a residential road.
I must be missing all these fast motorbikes, 99% of the ones i see are going so slow it's a miracle they keep upright, but they still want to hog the middle of the road but when i horn them to move over most of them pay no attention as they are talking to the moronbiker next to them or on the phone or eating, smoking, fvckin around with their hair or far too occupied looking at whats going on at the roadside. Once dirty harry is finished with the drug dealers i hope he starts on these wankers...
Urban environment, avoiding the roads is impossible. You can teach your kids to be safe in the road (I know most here don't) but there is only so much being careful can do.....if someone comes flying around a corner at a speed that a pedestrian can't react fast enough to get out of the way then people are going to get hurt. That is who the sign is for. FYI: The speed limit "through crowded streets, approaching intersections at "blind corners," passing school zones, passing other vehicles which are stationery, or for similar dangerous circumstances." (That pretty much sums up almost any 100m stretch of road in Dumaguete during the day does it not?) = MAXIMUM speed limit of 20 kph. The motorcycles you say are driving too slow are actually driving within the legal speed limit. The absolute fastest speed you should be driving in Dumaguete is 30 kph.
