About the PNP Checkpoint Last Night

Last night I went out to buy some snacks from the convenience store down the street. When I got there the place was basically deserted.  All the normal traffic was gone.  The cause was a PNP checkpoint right in font of the store.  Literally there was a PNP officer in camouflage cradling a shotgun standing in front of the entrance.

Last time I saw a PNP checkpoint was months ago and just before the checkpoint there were dozens of motorcyclists parked on the side of the highway waiting for the officers to leave.  All of them were driving illegally. And so it was last night. All the traffic had ceased because everyone is driving illegally! Think about that every time you are on the road. That motorcyclist with no helmet, carrying maybe a gas tank or a water container, with two or three others riding with him one of which might be a small child, and speeding and swerving through traffic is driving with no license and no insurance.  If you get into an accident with that person you are both screwed! And it's not just limited to motorcyclists.  This applies to drivers of all classes and vehicle types.

As I left the store I saw a jeepney with no lights on pulling away from just dropping off a passenger.  I flashed my flashlight at it and the PNP officer telling him the jeepeny does not have its lights on. He did not care. Imagine that. Driving with no headlights past a police checkpoint!

It's past time for the PNP to enforce the traffic rules and to do so more often than at random check points.  This is a problem RevGov and martial law will not solve.  

The precarious way the PNP officers and security guards cradle their guns is also a problem RevGov will not solve.  Is it really safe and appropriate to rest your arms on your rifle as it hangs about your neck or to press the barrel into the ground like it's a cane?  I don't think so.