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The Chaos Within

The Chaos Within

30.3.09

The 'I-can-fit-a-bus/coach/tractor-trailer/buldozer-through-any-street' Syndrome

Have you ever observed a huge double decker coach or a tractor-trailer making its way through a narrow city street? If not, it's actually quite a feat to witness! It's almost like being in the circus and watching a trapeze artist somersaulting through the air. Or, like watching a high-wire act and trying to figure out how these performers actually do what they do. Well, these feats and many more can actually be witnessed without the price of a circus admission ticket; all you have to do is walk/drive out in the streets of Athens and you will most certainly encounter one of these giants. These behemoth monstrosities come in all types of shapes and colors, but the most common is the kind that is used to drive people around to different public locations. However, the crazy thing is that in order for them to reach their destination they are forced to go through the local city streets. As they do so the spaces between the coach(or bus) and the cars on either side of the road are but a hairpin apart. The drivers must have pinpoint accuracy in order to make it through. Yet there are times when drivers will carelessly park their cars and disregard any signs or road marks which pertain to buses. You can imagine the havoc and chaos that this creates. The buses in turn honk and continue to honk until there's no tomorrow. If no driver appears relatively soon then they try to get the vehicle towed so that the passengers aren't forced out and have to search for an alternate method to get to where they need to go. And then there are the bulldozers that obstruct the flow of traffic by creating a war zone on their way to a construction site. I've seen a couple actually scathe past a few cars(with sparks flying) without flinching even once. They're like tanks with a license to annihilate whatever gets in their way.
Ladies and gentlemen, the circus is back in town!!

God Forbid: God forbid you should honk back and aggravate one of those gargantuan beasts only to have their front blade push you off the side of the road. Never provoke something that's more than double the size of your car; you never know how they may react...

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