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Jeremiah's Tears

While riding my bike to the office today I came across an interesting traffic situation.  A driver tried to pull out into traffic on Austin St.  That should be a simple maneuver, right?  Well, another driver was illegally double parked in front of him.  A jaywalking pedestrian impatiently walked right in front of him to cut him off.  And another biker was riding down the middle of the road in the wrong lane, headed straight at him!  To top it all off, I was riding behind him. The driver waited and proceeded with caution.  This is commonplace; he or she may not have even thought twice about the crazy pedestrians surrounding the car.  Because traffic laws are rather frequently ignored in NYC.  However, what was interesting to me was the facial expressions of everyone who was breaking the law.  They all looked at the poor driver with disgust.  “What do you think you are doing!?”  “Well, I’m pulling out onto Austin St, while obeying all local, city, and federal driving laws.