I learned how to drive a  [Honda wave 100, Mio and the like] when I was in 2nd year high school, and being the hard-headed high school girl that I was, and even now, I drive around town without even having my driver’s license. And I always thought that I live in a democratic place, where I can do anything I want without thinking of policemen getting on my way and telling that I need to stop driving around. Until today when, again, my brother sent me a message.

I don’t understand why some policemen have to, technically, “arrest” people driving around town. Like, WTH, we do not even ruin someone’s property nor run onto someone jaywalking in the middle of the street, so why? Take the case of my brother. He went to town with our cousin, he drove our Mio, just to play basketball with other youth then all of a sudden a policeman went to stop them, and asked for 150 pesos for compensation.

Dear sir, you are demanding territoriality here. 

Yes, it’s my brother’s, and most of the people’s fault, that they do not have a driver’s license and still have the guts to drive around OUR JURISDICTION [May I emphasis, OUR here],  but there is something wrong about the authority. 

You can lecture people about the safety precautions on driving and even on bad things about not having a driver’s license for hours, it’s just that, it is not acceptable to ask for 150 pesos without due process of providing them what have they done wrong other than not having one of those licenses, right?

But what is wrong with driving? As long as someone does not disturb the peace of mind of other people, or damage someone’s property, or, by all extremities, ran onto someone causing injuries, and still is inside the town where he lives for years, I guess it is not right to demand for compensation, is it?

But, why, thank you for thinking about the safety of our town folks.