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6/26/08 10:50 pm
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Ah, my *people*

On Storrow Drive today, headed for Kenmore Square, I saw a maneuver that was so uniquely Boston that I actually giggled. It happened thus:

  • Rush hour traffic outbound. Three lanes, about to become two lanes as one splits off to the left at the Back Bay.

  • Car (with Massachusetts plates) in right lane...realizes he has just missed the turn.

  • Car comes to a dead stop, backs up on Storrow Drive, re-aligns himself, and makes a 90ish ° turn across two lanes of traffic and a rumble strip to get off the road.
    • What's that you say? This isn't uniquely Boston, 'cuz there are idiots all over the world who bribed the drivers license inspectors are behind the wheels of cars?

    Well, true.

    But nobody honked. Nobody hit him. We all just kind of watched, in horrified amazement.

    And giggled. I swear I saw two drivers applaud.

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    [info]gerisullivan
    2008-06-27 03:28 am (UTC)
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    I'm beginning to get the feeling that I've lived here a while. 'Cause I'm sitting here laughing about this, and that laughter is strongly fueled by a sense of recognition and pride.

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    [info]vettecat
    2008-06-27 04:10 am (UTC)
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    Hee!

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    [info]liscarey
    2008-06-27 01:17 pm (UTC)
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    It's the Boston approach to driving--you do what works. What he did must have been correct, because it worked.

    Obviously. Right?

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    [info]cakmpls
    2008-06-27 02:07 pm (UTC)
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    The cab driver taking us to the airport after Worldcon in 1980 missed the exit and backed up on the freeway.

    We have never returned to Boston. I'm sure that's purely coincidental.

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    [info]madfilkentist
    2008-06-27 06:49 pm (UTC)
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    Backing up on the freeway? That doesn't even get noticed around here.

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