Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Cheap Value People place on their Own Lives

This is a scene along EDSA, the busiest main thoroughfare in Manila. The particular spot where this picture was taken shows a car racing down a Flyover which is just a few meters away from where the two bright guys stood--waiting to cross.
before crossing
The sign used to say "BAWAL TUMAWID. NAKAKAMATAY" (eng- Do Not Cross. It causes Death) but according to the guard of a bank on that corner, the sign was changed to "BAWAL TUMAWID. MAY NAMATAY NA DITO" (eng - Do not Cross. Somebody Already Died Here) after a woman was killed a few days before the picture was taken having been hit by a motorcycle coming down from the Flyover. The woman's body was thrown about and tumbled several spins along the highway.

Was the sign effective? See the picture below-

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