Karmic bus lane

Karma, or something like it, does seem to exist, if simply as a result of human intervention.

This morning, on my relatively pleasant commute to work, I was queued in a line of traffic next to an empty bus lane. Several cars had already whizzed past down the bus lane, but I refused to cut across and go where I wasn't meant to. I'm not a stickler for rules in every case, but when I can see they make sense, I'll happily follow along.

So there I was in the big queue of cars, approaching the end of the lane and ready to spread out into what had been the bus lane, but was now free for all traffic. Two cyclists (who are allowed to use the lane) had just gone past and filtered round in front of a car and a van, who had been cheeky and were now stuck in the bus lane by the same red light as I was currently stopped at.

As it turned green, and traffic moved off, one of the cyclists deliberately held up the illegal traffic in the bus lane so I could filter across, legally and easily.

Karmic cyclists made my day, or at least my commute.