Driving here is an art form, and not a nice one. I have always been one of those rather annoying, mostly law-abiding people who tried to drive according to the rules. In Boston, the rules are that there are no rules other than "Go faster" and "Merge or die." Sometimes it's almost fun, but most of the time it's exhausting and pretty scary. I really don't understand why otherwise sane people get in their cars and lose all (or most) reason and logic. Ex., if there are two lanes of traffic merging into one, neither having the right of way, logically you'd take turns, one by one, merging into the lane. Here? Whoever pushes the nose of their car far enough out in front of you that you'd hit them if you continued - they win. And if you don't follow this strategy, but instead wait for someone to let you out, or a light to change, a break in the traffic, etc., you get honked at! And not just "tap, tap" kind of honking. A driver in front of me actually honked his horn for almost half a mile because the driver in front of him didn't react quickly enough to a light change for his tastes.
Word of the day: HARRUMPH.
3 comments:
That's ridiculous! People have no patience and poor driving skills. Poor Emma :(
i'm so glad you update regularly. i enjoy reading about all of your experiences... even the irritating ones!
The law of the forward bumper is the tradition in Baawston. You only yield to the taxi cabs because they don't care about their bumpers. Now the miracle is how a classmate of mine got me from Worcester to Logan in 30 minutes before the big dig.
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