25 March 2010, Santos (Brazil)
Our bus leaves the station on schedule at 7am. Not even two blocks from the station we hear a slight bump: a car has hit the bus in the busy morning traffic. A sleepy driver must have driven out of a garage, straight into the side of our bus. As I look out of the window, I am impressed: the police has already shown up and is blocking one lane of the road - barely a minute after the accident. Certainly, they would quickly decide that it was the other drivers fault driving into the busy road without paying proper attention, and hopefully punish him for holding up public transport.
After a few minutes, we decide to get out of the bus, stretch our legs, and investigate the scene of the accident. It becomes clear that the accident happened right in front of a police station - that's why the police was here so quickly. We also see the badly dented car that was involved in the accident...Oh boy, it is a police car!
Now we understand why our driver looks a bit nervous, we don't think the police will take his side...
Fortunately, our bus was not damaged, and 30 minutes later, we are on our way, in the dense morning traffic once again.
Our bus leaves the station on schedule at 7am. Not even two blocks from the station we hear a slight bump: a car has hit the bus in the busy morning traffic. A sleepy driver must have driven out of a garage, straight into the side of our bus. As I look out of the window, I am impressed: the police has already shown up and is blocking one lane of the road - barely a minute after the accident. Certainly, they would quickly decide that it was the other drivers fault driving into the busy road without paying proper attention, and hopefully punish him for holding up public transport.
After a few minutes, we decide to get out of the bus, stretch our legs, and investigate the scene of the accident. It becomes clear that the accident happened right in front of a police station - that's why the police was here so quickly. We also see the badly dented car that was involved in the accident...Oh boy, it is a police car!
Now we understand why our driver looks a bit nervous, we don't think the police will take his side...
Fortunately, our bus was not damaged, and 30 minutes later, we are on our way, in the dense morning traffic once again.
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