Wheels of Happiness
Rizal Philippines
February 21, 2016
I visited the wake of Eljay Arambulo at Baytown, Angono, Rizal, an MTB who was killed in a vehicular accident in Mahabang Parang last Wednesday.He is the second biker from Baytown to die from vehicular accident. The other one was Julius Rivera, who was with us on my first bike ride to Baguio with Val. He died last December (2014) on Christmas from a party. Drunk naman.
Eljay only started biking last November using the bike of his father who is a Petty Officer of Philippine Navy stationed in Fort Bonifacio. Their family is from Isla, Binangonan. PO3 Arambulo also bikes to Fort Bonifacio on the way to work. But now he fears for his life
Eljay is a graduate of marine engineering is about to board a ship worthy of his education. He never made it. He was dressed as such in the funeral viewing He was only 21 when killed. Too young to die.
Their house at Baytown is about a 60 meters from the entrance and you can identify this with a tent in front of the house (middle of the street) There is a funeral homes tarp that indicates the death of Eljay.
According to his father,(he asked me if we connected or bike mates? oh I said just the sense of being one with him as a biker) whom I talked to, Eljay was bumped near the last bend of road to Mahabang Parang and he was hit by the truck which was descending coming from Antipolo (east side) Eljay was not on the bike when hit by the truck which is a subcontractor of a distribution utility. He got of the bike was on the side of the road and he bent over probably to inspect something on the bike (FD or jumped chain>) His butt must be on the path of the speeding truck. which was going downhill. The impact broke the rear wheel of the bike, the handlebar, the fork was twisted. It is a blue and white bike. (blue and white)
What can we do:
1. Practice safety always. Be sure you are visible
2. Get off the bike only where it is safe, not on the highway.
3. Let us campaign some more on Road Safety Laws. There is an on ongoing petition signature campaign going on.. Let us affix our signature.
All the while I thought the Bicycle Act of 2011 filed by Senator Villar is all ready a law. It is just a bill.
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Sunday, February 21, 2016
Fatal vehicular accidents/images that remind us to be careful and that biking can be dangerous and to support legislation for bike safety law
Wheels of Happiness
Rizal Philippines
February 21, 2016
We are haunted and disturbed by some news published at FB and RBP about several vehicular accidents:
1. A rider was bumped by speeding vehicle at EDSA Shaw at the underpass and he had twisted knee and legs; he survived though.
2. An accident in Sucat where a rider and his bike were pinned by a closed van vehicle. RIP daw.
3. And recently in Angono, at Mahabang Parang, a newbie rider surnamed Arambulo from Baytown was walking up his bike at steep portion of Mahabang Parang. He was bumped by a speeding Meralco subcontractor (they come from Angono) He was rushed to Rodriguez Medical Center in Marikina city. He died as he suffered massive trauma/hemorrhage at the liver heart and other parts of the body. He, according to the mds had no chance of survival
And then we read that the motorists are critical of the "road sharing" with MV. A motorist asks if we pay the road user tax. No we dont. So what is the quarrel about sharing the road. They are the king of the road. So they wont share this with pedestrian? Ayon kaya ni aywa tumigil sa pedestrian lane
Please support the Bicycle act of 2011 which promotes safety of bicycle rider passed by fmr Senator Manuel Villar (still a bill)
Support moves/legislation that promote Biker's Safety Baka naman marami ang bikers mag signature campaign tayo. or sumali sa signature campaign
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Rizal Philippines
February 21, 2016
We are haunted and disturbed by some news published at FB and RBP about several vehicular accidents:
1. A rider was bumped by speeding vehicle at EDSA Shaw at the underpass and he had twisted knee and legs; he survived though.
2. An accident in Sucat where a rider and his bike were pinned by a closed van vehicle. RIP daw.
3. And recently in Angono, at Mahabang Parang, a newbie rider surnamed Arambulo from Baytown was walking up his bike at steep portion of Mahabang Parang. He was bumped by a speeding Meralco subcontractor (they come from Angono) He was rushed to Rodriguez Medical Center in Marikina city. He died as he suffered massive trauma/hemorrhage at the liver heart and other parts of the body. He, according to the mds had no chance of survival
mga ka RBP, katulad ko, isang newbie biker ang kinakapatid kong si ELjay BRyle ARambulo. nabunggo sya kaninang hapon ng JB truck subcon ng Meralco paahon ng Mahabang Parang Angono Rizal. akay akay na nya paakyat ang kanyang bike ng bungguin sya sa likod ng truck. sa kasawiang palad namatay sya ngayong gabi sa Amang Rodriguez Hospital sa Marikina. ayon sa autopsy report, nadurog daw po ang kanyang atay at nagka hemorrhage ang kanyang puso at baga sa sobrang lakas ng pagkabangga. sana mabigyan natin ng tulong ang kanilang pamilya kahit man lamang sa panalangin. Ride Safe everyone. lagi tayong magtagubilin sa Panginoon sa tuwing tayo ay papadyak. MY CONDOLENCES TO Arambulo FAMILY.
Diyan pa naman ako madalas magpractice ng hill climb.!!!
And then we read that the motorists are critical of the "road sharing" with MV. A motorist asks if we pay the road user tax. No we dont. So what is the quarrel about sharing the road. They are the king of the road. So they wont share this with pedestrian? Ayon kaya ni aywa tumigil sa pedestrian lane
Please support the Bicycle act of 2011 which promotes safety of bicycle rider passed by fmr Senator Manuel Villar (still a bill)
Support moves/legislation that promote Biker's Safety Baka naman marami ang bikers mag signature campaign tayo. or sumali sa signature campaign
_____________________________________________________________________-
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