We only have to convince people to hate one more car than they already despise.
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Thing is, if we're conflating hate for other drivers with hate for other cars, the absolute worst thing on the road is buses because bus drivers absolutely never obey certain traffic laws like "drive in one lane at a time" or "no changing lanes without signalling", and when they park by the side of the road, it's way worse than when a mere car does it.
Seriously, bus drivers are the exact opposite of 18-wheeler drivers. They're the bullies of the street.
Where the hell is this coming from? In my city buses are the bullied ones, if anything. I feel like drivers have some minor degree of empathy towards other drivers but that totally goes out of the window when they have to let a bus pass.
Also, buses are generally operated by the city administration so it makes zero sense that the city would let its own employes violate traffic laws.
The thing is, buses are 30x more important than most cars and should be prioritized as such, in the same way that emergency services are infinitely more important than every other vehicle. Buses are (morally)allowed to drive like aggressive twats and every other vehicle needs to get out of the way.
Unfortunately, some car drivers have missed the memo and think their time is more important than 30 other people's. Those are the people that should be shamed, not the poor underpaid bus driver that's trying their best to get a whole busload of passengers to work on time.
You can complain that a bus cut you off when you have 20 people in the back of your car