Run and Jump

I went to a market today after work and got stuck in rickshaw traffic so it gave me plenty of time to sit back and observe the happenings around me. I am still shocked after riding around all of this time that the roads somehow work. I thought that my vehicle was going to squeeze out a motorbike or I was going to get crushed by a bus multiple times, but man do these rickshaws stop on a dime. If they get in a jam. The just get out and push them where they need to be re-corrected. So far I have only seen one accident, and I wouldn't even call it that by any standards.

So speaking of Vehicles, the busses particularly fascinate me, even more than the auto or bike rickshaws. I had been warned before coming to never take a bus and I didn't quite understand why until I saw one. The local busses are packed like sardines. I know that is an expression, but seriously, I have never seen this before. There are so many people that half of them are hanging off the end or the side or the bus. I haven't even figured out how they get off when it is their stop.

But the best thing about these busses are that when people see them and they are running late, the traffic is so slow that they can just run and jump. I watched in disbelief on my first day, saw it happen many more times, and then just today to inspire this blog. Seriously, I think that this system should be adopted in more cities. Don't worry about the safety standard and let the person who is running make the judgement call. If they miss and fall, their fault for trying. If Boston adopted this there would have been many less days of me running, panting, knocking on the door of the bus at the stop light, being rejected, yelling, and then late to work Quinnen. I am just saying that maybe safety rules aren't all they are cracked up to be.