Another crash happened at a location where a similar crash occurred not so long ago. This was along Marcos Highway where Antipolo, Cainta and Marikina practically converge. The landmark is the Phoenix gas station along the westbound side of the highway. Large trucks may be found parked along Marcos Highway at night and early mornings before dawn, timing their travel with the truck ban being enforced in Metro Manila. According to reports, the car was supposedly making a U-turn and it slammed against one of the parked trucks. I would assume that a turning vehicle in the area would be doing so carefully and would not be speeding. It would be difficult not to notice a parked truck in the area. I would know as this is one of my alternative routes on my daily commutes. The result, a total wreck as shown in the photo below, betrays the speed of the vehicle as well as how risky a maneuver the driver was trying to pull off. Does this look like the aftermath of a slower moving vehicle making a U-turn and slamming into a parked truck? The damage strongly suggests a fast vehicle with the driver losing control (for whatever reason or condition he was in) and slamming mightily against an immobile vehicle. 

This one was also fatal, claiming the lives of the passengers of the car. Even with arguments on how our roads are supposed to be car-centric or the product of car-centricity, the inconvenient truth is that a major problem with road safety are the ones behind the wheel and driving these vehicles. Even with a ‘perfect’ road, aggressive and unsafe driving or riding behavior will always imperil people. There are also reports of many speeding (even racing) along Marcos Highway. These will likely involve impetuous young people looking for a thrill. They endanger other people with their behavior. So the challenge is for authorities to look into the matter and do their work to reduce the incidence of speeding and risky maneuvers along Marcos Highway and other roads like it.

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