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Traffic enforcers are legendary in the Philippines, particularly in the capital city, Manila. I worked there for 3 years and every time I brought my car to work, I was always afraid I was doing something wrong.
They’d stand along the main road in their blue shirts. Sometimes there would be just 1, but sometimes as many as 10 would be there. We have a traffic scheme here where plates that end in certain numbers should be off the street on a particular day. If you make the mistake of being there when you shouldn’t, they swoop down on you and give you a ticket.
Sometimes they flag you for “swerving” or for driving on the bus lane. Every day became an adventure and to quote my friend, it had gotten to the point where just seeing the blue shirts would strike fear into our hearts.
One time I got caught swerving. I was almost out of gas so when I saw a gas station, I just made a hard right to get there. Well my license got confiscated and I was quite irritated at my own stupidity.
Many months later I was driving along the exact same spot when I decided to get gas. I made a signal to head right, and slowly inched across the road. As expected, a blue shirt came to me and told me I was swerving. I argued, of course, telling him I put my signal on, I made no sudden moves, and I looked before I even started moving to the other lane.
He insisted I was swerving. Finally in frustration I threw up my hands and said “do you know why I know I wasn’t swerving?” He asked why. “BECAUSE I GOT CAUGHT HERE ONCE AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I SHOULD NOT DO!”
He looked at me like I was some sort of freak because he couldn’t figure out my logic. After a time he looked at my shirt (I had a V-neck on that looked like a scrub suit) and asked if I was a doctor. I told him no, that I was a lawyer. That did it. He sent me on my way but not after I saw him shake and scratch his head. I think I made sense. Don’t you?
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