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I'm glad I don't drive every day
Aug. 14th, 2007 11:06 pmTo the motorcyclist who dramatically swerved around my stationary, signalling-to-change-lane car yesterday before glaring over your shoulder at me: riding a motorbike gives you the ability to weave between lanes of traffic. It doesn't give you the right. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, doing so is illegal.
By the same token, when a sign says "bus lane not in operation", the thus-marked lane is a normal lane, and ducking your taxi into it in an attempt to overtake on the wrong side is once again illegal. Looking unhappy because I didn't stand on my brakes and risk being tail-ended to let you back into the queue of traffic you were trying to jump isn't going to help.
And that was just two of the many fun incidents from yesterday's 10-mile drive. Frankly, if I had to drive this route daily, I'd have exploded from stress long ago.
By the same token, when a sign says "bus lane not in operation", the thus-marked lane is a normal lane, and ducking your taxi into it in an attempt to overtake on the wrong side is once again illegal. Looking unhappy because I didn't stand on my brakes and risk being tail-ended to let you back into the queue of traffic you were trying to jump isn't going to help.
And that was just two of the many fun incidents from yesterday's 10-mile drive. Frankly, if I had to drive this route daily, I'd have exploded from stress long ago.
