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RE: Traffic Koans [Day 3]

in #traffic-koans8 years ago

Sometimes on the interstate highway, the road construction forces all vehicles to merge to one side, and one lane will be closed far ahead. Now everyone waits as the traffic slows to a crawl, yet a car zooms by in the vacant lane, and then another-- they presume that somebody will let them in when they get far ahead to the traffic cones, and they usually do break in way ahead of the others who had merged already. The traffic crawls a little more, and now we are squeezing in tight with the car ahead; no way I'm letting them in. Now I'm yelling ahead, "don't let them in!"
Once, a big tractor-trailer rig, or what may be called a big lorry, began straddling the line in front of us, holding his place, and yet blocking the open lane, so that no more cheaters could swish past in their little cars with that little stupid rear tail light assembly frowning smugly back at us-- all of us who were stuck in traffic cheered the big truck's move, and when the rig finally got back fully in line, we saw the cones, and the traffic whippersnappers were soon forgotten.

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This is exactly what came to my mind too :)

You know what they say about great minds :D

ENLIGHTENED!!!

Hahaha! You know, one of my inspirations for doing this contest was something quite similar that happened to me recently. The other lane just poured out even though there was already a build up in my lane. The incoming vehicles were being signaled to stop and give way, but they paid no mind. When the others on the opposite lane finally stopped, there was just one errant car that sought to defy the odds. Thankfully, an SUV charged towards him, much like how the big truck in your story stood for, and the others followed him amidst the harsh rain. The errant car had no choice but to reverse. I would like to think that everyone in my lane cheered.

Oh, and that SUV, that was driven by none other than... yours truly :D

It takes the bulk of an SUV to really make a difference, and to thoroughly block the lane-- I'm sure the crowds were cheering! There are still heroes in the world after all.

At the very least, I'm just happy that justice was served that night. We met at the middle, so there really wasn't a clear cut winner, except that my lane followed my charge while his knew to stay behind and let us pass.