Living In Mexico Where Did That Bus Driver Go
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Living in Mexico: The Mystery of the Vanishing Bus Driver
Summary:
Expats living in enclaves in Mexico often lead isolated lives, so much so that they sometimes doubt the reality of local events I've experienced and reported. One contentious topic is the issue of bus safety in Guanajuato.
Article:
Gringolandians?"expats living in Gringo enclaves?"often lead lives so separate from local Mexicans that they’ve accused me of lying about occurrences in the city of Guanajuato where I reside.
A frequent point of contention is my reporting on bus incidents. I've been hit by buses due to the perilously narrow sidewalks. I also mentioned two Mexican women from Puerto Vallarta who faced a similar situation and narrowly avoided harm. Many gringos have faced being pushed off crowded sidewalks by inconsiderate youths, sometimes resulting in injury.
There was even a Gringa who was so severely injured after being hit by a car on the sidewalk that she required emergency surgery for her crushed leg.
Tragically, just yesterday, a six-year-old girl was run over and killed by a bus driver who was speeding and couldn’t stop in time. This led to the installation of "topes" (speed bumps) to curb the reckless driving on that road.
Despite these incidents, some Gringolandians in Guanajuato insist I'm fabricating these stories.
The truth is that some Mexican bus and cab drivers exhibit troubling carelessness.
Here's another incident that might spark discussion among them (they’ve even held meetings about my articles, perhaps out of sheer boredom!).
On one occasion, my wife and I were taking a bus to El Campo for dinner with some expat friends. As we sat behind the driver, halfway to our destination, the bus slowed unexpectedly. I assumed it was to let someone out?"this is common practice.
To our shock, the driver suddenly leapt from his seat, leaving the bus unmanned, shouted something at his helper?"who couldn’t have been more than ten years old?"and jumped off the still-moving bus. The young boy stopped to ask a passenger about her stop, then casually took over, speeding up to complete the route. According to my wife (I was too stunned to count), the bus was without a driver for about thirty seconds.
After arriving at our stop, we shared this story with our friends, who weren’t surprised?"they’ve seen it happen more than once.
Our friend usually yells at the drivers when such stunts occur, while her husband wryly thanks them for not killing him today.
The point is this: These incidents are real. How many need to get hurt before Gringolandians acknowledge that their sheltered lives, complete with SUVs and shopping at superstores, blind them to such realities? Most rarely, if ever, ride the buses or walk the streets in local neighborhoods.
Their rationale: “You must be lying, Bower. If we haven’t seen or experienced it, it couldn’t have happened.”
Simply brilliant!
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