A work friend and I were having a heated debate because she is wrong about something and I’m right. Here it is. I’d appreciate your opinion (if you agree with me).
I’m from a pretty small town. Recently, the bridge on our main street suffered some damage and it’s now closed. We don’t know when it will reopen.
Fortunately, there is another bridge. It’s not too far out of the way but it’s only one lane. There are no flaggers or stop signs or temporary traffic lights.
That means when we get to the one-lane bridge, we have to kind of look across to the other side and, if nothing is coming our way, get onto that bridge and claim the right of way. Since there are no written rules, we’re all making up our own unwritten rules. Some of us have it right and some of us are morons.
The other day, I was headed home from work, and I could see that a few cars were getting on the bridge travelling the same direction as me. Perfect. I could just tuck in behind them at the end of the line and get across.
But ...
the driver in front of me stopped. They just stopped for no reason. I spoke only to myself to avoid any road rage situations: No! Don’t stop! We’re a team.
We were moving. We need to keep the line going. Well, this person had other thoughts.
Guess they had nowhere to be. It makes complete sense to me that if traffic is moving one direction on the one-way bridge, all the cars going that way should go until there is a break in the action. At that point, cars travellin.
