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open letter to an anonymous bus driver
Hello, driver of what appeared to be PAT bus #3221 on Tuesday evening. Let's talk about traffic laws.
When you are making a left turn onto a bridge with two lanes going in the direction you want to go, and the oncoming traffic is also turning onto that bridge, the usual convention around here is that you turn into the left lane and the oncoming traffic turns into the right lane. In fact, I think there are even laws about that. Have you heard of traffic laws? Indicators like a solid white line between those two lanes should be surperfluous, though note that this line was in fact present on the bridge onto which you turned yesterday.
Also, when you want to go somewhere that is already occupied by other traffic, your only real option is to wait your turn. Barreling down on cars or trying to run them off the side of a bridge is not acceptable.
Further, we have a quaint custom here called "speed limits". Yes, I know that people often exceed them, and there is an unspoken convention of permitting violations up to 10mph. Had you been going as slowly as 45mph in a 35mph zone, or had you not been trying to run innocent bystanders off the side of a bridge, I wouldn't even bother to bring this up.
You got lucky this time. First, you didn't hit anyone, and second, either PAT's database has missing entries or the driver who called to report you somehow managed to mis-remember your bus number. (She never got the route number, because she wasn't willing to chase you at 50 or 55 in a 35 zone.) So you have managed to remain anonymous, this time.
Unless, of course, one of the other eyewitnesses to your attrocious behavior was able to spot more information and call it in. It's a pity that I will never know; I would sleep better knowing that you are enrolled in a remedial-driving program.
Sincerely,
an innocent bystander with zero moving violations; bet you can't say the same
When you are making a left turn onto a bridge with two lanes going in the direction you want to go, and the oncoming traffic is also turning onto that bridge, the usual convention around here is that you turn into the left lane and the oncoming traffic turns into the right lane. In fact, I think there are even laws about that. Have you heard of traffic laws? Indicators like a solid white line between those two lanes should be surperfluous, though note that this line was in fact present on the bridge onto which you turned yesterday.
Also, when you want to go somewhere that is already occupied by other traffic, your only real option is to wait your turn. Barreling down on cars or trying to run them off the side of a bridge is not acceptable.
Further, we have a quaint custom here called "speed limits". Yes, I know that people often exceed them, and there is an unspoken convention of permitting violations up to 10mph. Had you been going as slowly as 45mph in a 35mph zone, or had you not been trying to run innocent bystanders off the side of a bridge, I wouldn't even bother to bring this up.
You got lucky this time. First, you didn't hit anyone, and second, either PAT's database has missing entries or the driver who called to report you somehow managed to mis-remember your bus number. (She never got the route number, because she wasn't willing to chase you at 50 or 55 in a 35 zone.) So you have managed to remain anonymous, this time.
Unless, of course, one of the other eyewitnesses to your attrocious behavior was able to spot more information and call it in. It's a pity that I will never know; I would sleep better knowing that you are enrolled in a remedial-driving program.
Sincerely,
an innocent bystander with zero moving violations; bet you can't say the same