Nov

A Brush With The Law

This afternoon, I was heading home from the Cubao area when a police man stopped me. I was exiting Ermin Garcia and merging into EDSA southbound. I had to stay on the rightmost lane as I was going to make a U-turn before EDSA corner Aurora Blvd. He said I was on the wrong lane and that the rightmost is only for public utility vehicles. I had to explain that I was going to make a U-turn up ahead. I added that I had been here several times before and was never flagged down.

After asking for my driver’s license which I readily gave to the first cop, a second police man came up to ask where I was headed. He told me that I should have taken the second lane upon making the right turn from E. Garcia. The first cop then asked the other one whether he wanted to give me a ticket or not.

I stared at them as I waited for the verdict. The older of the two decided to return my driver’s license to me with a reminder to never commit the same offense in the future. As I reached for my license, I had to tell him that his proposition is quite dangerous. And to think that the two rightmost lanes on this part of EDSA are occupied mostly by buses. He waved his hand somewhat dismissively as if to tell me, “Go now before I change my mind.”

I drove away disgruntled. No, I didn’t get a ticket today. But I was reminded how nonsensical some of our rules are.

Good thing I didn’t miss my appointment at 2 pm.