> > I definitely dislike the last part of your story. I mean I absolutely do > > not appreciate the attitude of the police w.r.t. that woman. > > Boris, you have to be at something like this to appreciate that it would be > _impossible_ for the taxi to cross the runner stream without major pileup and > injury of many, many people. It was probably quicker for the taxi driver to > make the diversion than wait for the runners to thin out.
I agree with you Mike. I think that if they really wanted they could've arranged (with some time lost by the runners) to get the taxi through. What if during the diversion the taxi would get stuck in traffic jam? I suppose it is one of those cases when we have to agree to be at disagreement ;-). I hope that the child was born properly and his/her mother did not suffer unnecessarily. -- Boris
