Folks, when you come up behind a pulled-over bus, and there is clearly time to pass it (let’s say it just stopped and you can see a crowd of people waiting to get on it), there’s just one other teensy-weensy thing that maybe you could take into account – if there is oncoming traffic in the other lane, you have exactly zero fucking right to obstruct it.
I see way too many times that I can’t proceed past a stopped bus in the other lane, precisely because of all the folks who are passing the bus and coming into my lane to do it. And I wish I could say that I’m sorry for giving some of those drivers heart-attacks for playing chicken and not actually letting them be assholes… but I’m not.
And for those timid drivers who actually stop, and let other drivers be assholes even though they don’t have any right of way, kindly grow some balls. Thank you. —My Car is 15 Years Old and Can Stand Some Dings
This article appears in Nov 10-16, 2011.
A different take on the bus bitch….but still a bus bitch
i’m guessing barrington st, i see that all the time
Why do people keep bitching about the bus, metro transit the best transit system in NS, just wait behind the bus you impatiant fuck.
I see this all the time too OB and it pisses me off to no end. I totally agree with you for the most part, except where you tell the timid drivers to “kindly grow some balls”. While I agree that these illegal bus-passers have zero right to occupy the oncoming lane when there is traffic in it, I don’t agree with not backing down when you have a car coming at you head on. A head on collision is something that should be avoided at all costs, even if THEY are in the wrong and YOU are in the right. Aside from the obvious potential for serious injury or even death, a head on collision would just result in tying up the roadway even more, possibly even shutting it down. It’s a fuck of a lot more than just some minor dings.
Timid drivers need to grow a set. Saw one woman today driving who was too fucking scared to enter the intersection. WTF? I honked at her and scared the tampon right out of her.
Did you, Sebastian, did you.