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London Transport
75% of people on London buses are mean, crazy, or stupid. Typically, passengers sitting on the aisle seat who have chosen to leave the window seat unoccupied will wait to be asked politely by newly boarded travellers whether or not the window seat is free, and, if so, whether or not it would be alright if they could squeeze through to sit down. More often than not, the one sitting on the aisle will gladly collect himself and his bags, stand up, and backpedal a few feet to allow sufficient space for the newcomer to pass, before returning to his coveted aisle seat.
This process, it seems, is preferable to either 1) taking the window seat in the first place, or 2) kindly scooting over whenever a newcomer boards the bus. Why this is the case is beyond me, but I think it has something to do with the (British?) sense of ownership one feels when occupying a space, no matter its extent or significance.
Roughly 24% of London bus passengers are nice, sensible, smart people. They never leave a window seat unoccupied.
That leaves the final 1% of London bus passengers, one of whom I encountered today. I give you the following illustration I made with the little Cyanide and Happiness people. That’s me in the green shirt and this is exactly how the exchange happened, word for word, action for action. I was stunned.
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Real Life Conversations™
Today’s Real Life Conversation is brought to you by the fine drivers of London taxi cabs. This morning I had a not too uncommon encounter with a London taxi. First, let me set up the situation:
Taxi driver fails to see me approaching to his right, and yet, having seen no cars coming from his right side, begins pulling out into the road to make a right turn. Taxi driver sees traffic coming from his left and therefore cannot continue with his turn. As he sits there idling halfway across the lane, I continue my approach all the way up to his driver’s side door, where I pause, look up, and meet the driver’s eyes. I had deliberately left 1 inch of space between my front tire and his car door.
“Are you making a statement!?” he says.
“Yes,” I say, “you cannot pull out halfway into the street and expect me to swerve!”
“Fucking asshole!” he says.
Today’s Real Life Conversation was brought to you by the fine drivers of London taxi cabs.
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![This is the rule:
Motorists, including motorcyclists, MUST stop at the first white line reached if the lights are amber or red and should avoid blocking the way or encroaching on the marked area at other times, e.g. if the junction ahead is blocked.
[Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10, 36(1) & 43(2)]
Source: The Highway Code, Road junctions (170-183)
Is this rule followed? Not at all. Here are some examples from my ride today:
Is this rule punishable? Yes, in theory. Are people actually punished for such violations? Not that I know of.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krrgycRHPK1qzdwdxo1_400.jpg)
This is the rule:
Motorists, including motorcyclists, MUST stop at the first white line reached if the lights are amber or red and should avoid blocking the way or encroaching on the marked area at other times, e.g. if the junction ahead is blocked.
[Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10, 36(1) & 43(2)]
Source: The Highway Code, Road junctions (170-183)
Is this rule followed? Not at all. Here are some examples from my ride today:
Is this rule punishable? Yes, in theory. Are people actually punished for such violations? Not that I know of.
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Email from real life. Sounds eerily similar to something out of the Corporate Gibberish Generator. For example,
“The ability to productize virtually leads to the power to embrace mega-wirelessly. The development factor is cross-media.”
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