Watching TV last night I caught a very amusing piece of fiction.
Yes, the one with the happy smiling minibus driver kindly requesting his passengers to fasten their seat belts. Then he turns the key in the ignition to start the engine before pulling away.
This must come from a parallel universe where minibuses are quite unlike the ones I travel on. Yes, the ones where the engine is always running, the driver stops momentarily for passengers to clamber onboard before setting off at top speed and crashes the gears at every opportunity.
Not that seat belts are a bad idea - in fact they will be very useful when the minibus goes round bends at 50 mph - but I fear that travelling on minibuses with always be 'interesting'.
I think even the correct procedure is seat belt first and then engine on; the TVC shows it engine on and then seatbelt. Just being picky.
Posted by: Eshin | August 03, 2004 at 11:16 AM
Sorry, I couldn't stop laughing long enough to figure out exactly what they were doing. I'll watch again more closely when I have the chance.
Posted by: Chris | August 03, 2004 at 12:15 PM