Hi All!
Just thought I'd warn you guys...
This happened to me on January 18, 2009, Sunday, at around 15:54 - 16:10.
I was driving up the ramp way to Market! Market! when I noticed some children and adolescents peering down from above and paid them no mind as I presumed that they were just watching the cars pass. About a quarter to half way up the ramp way, I hear rocks hit my truck on the rear driver side door. I slowed a bit and peered up to see the aforementioned children and adolescents laughing. When I stopped the truck, they all backed away from the ramp way.
As I slowly continued up the ramp way, I noticed that they were back where I saw them (waiting for their next mark I guess). Upon reaching the stop light, I decided to make a u-turn and confront these people. When they saw me coming, some of them ran down the hill and the others took positions at the base of the billboard pointing to the ones who ran. I stepped down from the truck and proceeded to make a call to inform some people that I will be late and tell them what had happened to me. When the remainder of this group at the base of the billboard saw this, they all ran down the hill as quickly as they could. I secured the truck and walked towards the base of the billboard. (I guess they thought I was gonna have people arrest them or something)
Upon reaching the spot where they were, I can see a few pathways leading through the landscaping down to the highway (C5) and I could see the kids playing on the island throwing rocks and soil clumps at each other from the dirt mounds found on the island. (Another disaster waiting to happen should they miss their playmates) Later, I saw the adolescents walking from an unseen position to cross the highway. I guess they were waiting for me to go and when I stayed longer than they expected, they decided to cross. My truck suffered paint damage in several areas on the rear driver side door.
While I'm not expecting that those who did this will be caught and prosecuted, I'm hoping that steps will be taken to avoid such instances in the future. I guess I'm still lucky that I walked away from this with just knicks in my paint. What if they hit my window or windshield? Things would've turned out differently me thinks.
Let's just hope the local government or whoever is the authority in Bonifacio Global City doesn't wait until a high end vehicle or the vehicle of a VIP or celebrity go through the same thing before they take action.
Just venting as I just had the door that was hit repaired from a previous accident.
Thanks for listening.




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