[ExI] mass transit again

[BillK]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:44 PM, spike  wrote:
> Samantha is one of the locals; she and I regularly witness a phenomenon
> which constantly reinforces this notion: buses and trains with exactly two
> people on board, with one of these at the controls.  We regularly see the
> electric trains that the voters just had to have (to save the planet)
> backing up traffic for 300 meters, with exactly two persons on board, one at
> the controls.  Perhaps the voters failed to vote into effect a law
> *requiring* the silly proles to actually use these expensive public transit
> systems.
>
>


That's probably where they went wrong.

It's different in other places.
See:
<http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1850-13898>

In London, passengers aren't allowed to travel on the roof of the
buses, no matter how crowded it gets. (Although some youths do it for
a dare).


BillK