
Originally Posted by
Juan Martinez
Something is amiss here…
If you take a second hard look at the video, there is really more to it than meets the eye.
Consider these things: first, the jaguar came from that intersection at the right side followed by the Toyota Innova; second, the jaguar (0:18 seconds) tried to merge with incoming traffic and switched its headlights on; third, apparently piqued that the car with dashcam did not give way a little bit but drove straight at him, the jaguar veered to its left and made a stop; fourth, jaguar’s driver got out of his car (0:24) pointed his finger and shouted something like an invective and said something like “maluwag sa kanan” or to that effect; fifth, then he got back inside his car (0:30), reversed and merged with the traffic flow. At this (0:42), you could hear bleeping sounds indicating that a door was being opened. At 0:43, you could still see the backside of the jaguar. At 0:51, you could hear voices “di mo yan daanan, eh”. At 0:57, a clicking sound of a door being opened then somebody calmly said, “hindi kita hinarangan, ikaw ang humarang dito o,” another butt-in “hindi mo yan daan eh”, then somebody with subdued voice “ang luwag sa kanan pare…” but he was cut in mid-sentence by another at 1:03 “sir, hindi mo yan daanan” then somebody retorted “wag kang makialam” (or to that effect) then a voice said, “ anong di makialam trabaho po namin to.” At 1:07, the front-seat passenger of the Innova wearing a Black shades got out. At 1:10, the video ended.
My point is, if that jaguar came from that intersection and tried to merge the flow, then he was not really counterflowing maliciously because we could clearly see that the traffic of the road he was going to merge was heavy and in a way he could be counterflowing while trying to merge. He even switched his headlights on. It could happen to any of us. We could get mad if we were asking for a favor and the other motorist just stonewalled. What was wrong was when he got out of the car and shouted invective. But, look, he redeemed himself; he tried to reason with the people in the car with dashcam rather subduedly that "maluwag sa kanan pare." The mild demeanor of the driver was understandable because he knew it was recorded. Why did somebody said "trabaho namin ito"? Did it not sound like they (whoever they are) did it on purpose?