Portugal is very close to Greece on the way pedestrians and non-cars are treated…
I was situated above a crossroad, cars were parallel parked down every curb right up to and around the corners. It must have been a common route for passenger buses, as once or twice an hour a bus would come to the intersection and want to turn left. The problem was that the intersection was crowded with cars and so the turning circle was obstructed.
No problem.
The bus driver would toot his horn and wait. After a minute the car’s owners would file out of the offices and move the cars in the intersection, allow the bus to turn, then park right back where they were and return to work.
This happened several times an hour all day.
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