Can’t tune out the horn
Since the 35w collapse, riding any bus that goes over the Hennepin ave bridge before or after work you may have noticed a longer ride than normal. I feel for any bus driver that has to sit in all that traffic.
That said- the other day we were almost to University Ave when a taxi apparently just stopped in the lane directly in front of our bus. I couldn’t see, but the taxi was either dropping off or picking someone up. Our bus driver was NOT happy. He decided to LAY on the horn of our bus and didn’t stop. And by didn’t stop I mean he held down the horn and didn’t let up.
The taxi didn’t seem to mind, but all the rest of us did. I saw people come to the windows of businesses to see what the hell was going on. No exaggeration: that horn rang out for a good 4 minutes straight.
I feel for the driver - but that was not helping. I generally read a book and tune everything else out on the bus- but it was impossible to do so that day.
Dec 6th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
yOU ARE ONE OF THE very FEW THAT WOULD UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tHANK yOU!
Jan 13th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Being a bus driver, I hate cabbies. Are they required to even HAVE a drivers license?? I once got into a verbal altercation with a cabbie sitting in a bus stop…waving me to go around when I had passengers wanting to get off. There was no room for me to pull in front of him so I pulled up next to him,opened the door and explained my situation. He got rude and said he’d only be “a couple minutes”. I explained that I didn’t have that luxury and he needed to get out of the bus stop. I told him I didn’t sit in his cab stands and he needed to show the same respect. When even that didn’t work, I picked up the phone and pretended to be calling for the police. He peeled out and I pulled into my bus stop. My passengers thought it was hilarious when I told them I wasn’t really calling the cops. Hey, whatever works!
Feb 25th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I like it when drivers do stuff like that. I think the bus should have the power of the streets over any vehicle. They are carrying more people and should not have to be inconvienced in such a way.