Wang wang and all the jazz!

Engineer Einjel thinking out loud:
It has been quite a while since the last time I shared some thoughts in Transportation Engineering Philippines.

Hey, President Noynoy Aquino have been in command for more than a week now. I do remember the way he mentioned in his inaugural speech that there'll be no WANG WANGs on the road anymore in his administration. Then true enough, a lot of VIPs or no VIPs, law enforcers or pretending to be law enforcers, etc who have been using devices to get pass the traffic have surendered their gadgets as said in the news report last night. I hope this will truly be implemented for the rest of P. Noynoy's term.

Then, there were a lot of road accident reports again. It's about time to have a collaborative action among motorists, traffic enforcers, public and private entities about this. Life is a gift. Let us not lose it by mere human error on the road. :)

Transport/Transportation in the Bible

Jeremiah 31:21
Set up road signs;
put up guide posts.
Take note of the highway,
the road that you take.

Long Break

It had been more than a month since the last post here in Transportation Engineering Philippines. The Admin was just too busy to miss writing but there are lots of updates and topics coming up. Traffic after all is still there especially in Metro Manila albeit scourging summer heat. Transportation issues are still present despite the heroine efforts of transport experts. So, be geared up for the next updates!

Road Accidents

Engineer-einjel's note:

More than two years passed since I started to hear and learn about road accidents - its implications in a society's economy, lives lost, damaged properties, and medical costs. I did not have much journals or articles to read but my environment showed me the different issues with regard to road accidents.

Yesterday when I started to work on a road accident database, my perception and understanding of road accidents became deeper. As I read and noted every news clippings that tells about an accident, it gave a heavy burden in my heart. Take for instance this - "A man was run over by a huge truck cutting him into two at his midsection". Whew! A 50-year old house help was accidentally hit by a motorcycle which resulted to her death. The driver of a jeepney filled with teenagers which came from a beach party lose control of the vehicle's steering wheel, causing it to swerve to the right, flipped over many times, and turned turtle.

I remember even the times my father and brother encountered a motorcycle accident, a friend and his brother in another motorcycle accident as well. I could share a lot more accidents...

Only then have I realized how BIG really is the issue on ROAD SAFETY. There's a lot of folders to go through but I have somehow found a desire to finish it all and contribute to the road safety programs of the center.

Ciao! Back to work! =)