Help underway: Vehicles carrying relief goods for Taal victims clog SLEX

Vehicles stalled in slow traffic is an ugly sight but the bumper-to-bumper road situation on Saturday along the South Luzon Expressway put a smile on the faces of Taal victims and amazed lots of netizens.
The tailback was not due to an accident; it was a sight to behold as concerned citizens and volunteers hit the road to Batangas carrying loads of relief goods for the thousand of displaced residents in the province.
One netizen named Jamie Mancion took to Facebook to describe how she felt when she experienced the kilometers of gridlock on SLEX.

“Grabe nakakataba ng puso makita sa daan ‘yung mga ganito. Maluluha ka nalang talaga, hindi dahil sa traffic kundi dahil sa mga taong gustong tumulong sa mga victim of Taal Eruption,” Mancion said.
In a series of photos that Mancion uploaded on her Facebook account, volunteers placed “do not delay” signs on their vehicles, wanting to deliver the goods to those in need immediately.
Another netizen said, “You won’t mind being stuck in a traffic jam in SLEX. Goosebumps! They are mostly sending donations to Cavite and Batangas.”
Meanwhile, on Twitter, another netizen also uploaded a photo of the heavy traffic with the caption: “I’m traveling to my hometown (Batangas) now and I’m thrilled to see that the majority of the vehicles on SLEX are going to Batangas for donations. That’s what we call “Bayanihan”. It is in Filipino DNA.”

NOT BTS RELATED

I’m traveling to my hometown( Batangas) now and I’m thrilled to see that the MAJORITY of the vehicle on SLEX is going to Batangas for donations.
That’s what we call “Bayanihan”
It is in Filipino DNA. #BangonBatangas pic.twitter.com/WA0YpOGLrp
— sugalicious ⁷ ? (@_sugalicious__) January 18, 2020

Edil Guanzon of TNT Abante also posted some photos of all sorts of vehicles heading for Batangas.

Slex, traffic dahil sa dagsa ng mga motoristang mag dadala ng tulong sa batangas MANATILING UPDATED: https://t.co/InC7PRJzAj#AbanteNews #TaalEruption2020 #TaalVolcano #TaalEruption #TaalVolcanoAshfall #TaalVolcanoerupts #TaalSabog pic.twitter.com/nzcVpH51GY

— edil guanzon (@GuanzonEdil) January 17, 2020

Weekend was the perfect timing for many volunteers to personally bring aid to the thousands of Taal evacuees. Some of them came from as far as Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan and Rizal.

Even if it meant no earnings for them this weekend, a group of Grab Food drivers filled their delivery boxes with food, toiletries and clothes in the spirit of bayanihan for the Taal evacuees.
As per authorities estimate, the number of Taal evacuees is now pegged at 162,000 as the Alert Level 4 on the volcano remains despite an apparent lull in activity on the surface.