Best Posts in Thread: Road safety

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.

 

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.