For real? They’re huge white lines. They’re where they are for a fucking reason. As someone who rides the bus twice a day, every day, I see a lot of you arrogant pricks glaring at bus drivers who have to do everything in their power to avoid hitting the front of your car because you’ve been inching past that big, obvious block of paint, or just plain decided to stop three feet over it. Seriously, especially at the Barrington and Spring Garden intersection, BACK IT THE FUCK UP. You don’t even have to beat opposing traffic to turn left there, because there isn’t any. Just stop where you’re damn well supposed to, because I am going to start flipping you off from the bus for being such idiots. The bus driver isn’t being rude, inconsiderate or inattentive. They are trying to make a right turn in a long vehicle. I hope they DO scrape the front of your car, because you deserve it. —Do You Even Realize You Have a Brake Pedal?
This article appears in Jul 5-11, 2012.
This was covered in today’s crosswalk bitch but, once again, don’t just slow your car stop it at the line. If I was driving the bus (or transport truck) I would just take them out. Well, maybe not.