Longwalkhome

 

To the casual outside observer this is means, curvy road, use caution and has been for the most part as true of the last 100 km you just traveled and as it will be true of the next 100 km.  Why is it there?

What this sign actually means is quite different.  It is an indicator to the driver that there may be some random lady walking on the road, and that he should prepare to impress her by blatantly not paying attention to the bus or the road and instead work his special mojo on her exclusively.

Sometimes this involves the relatively survivable “sticking head out of window and hollering” or the deadly “Leave the seat and lean out the passenger side door why screaming “Me likey!”.  Regardless, without this signage the driver would be unable to prepare himself for the rigors of working his romantic groove on the ladies.

Some would say that this seeming disregard for proper driving safety is a flaw in the Mexican Bus Network.  I say “No, you aren’t considering the true depth of this, Amigo”

Firstly, you need to consider that bus driving is a family business.  You inherit the rig or buy your own, but it is not uncommon to see Father passing on valuable driving hints to Son.  Actually, I don’t know if it is uncommon, but I will say it is.  Because who are you to question me?

So you have this Father/Son path to Bus driving genius.  Well, the Father was probably taught by his Father, and his Father was taught by his Father.  Clearly they are doing something right here.

The lady that a Driver is passing while pantomiming something that looks like “I want to wear your ass as a hat” could be the future mother of another driver.

That’s why you don’t need to fear.  These are born survivors, who barely need to be awake and present to pilot a bus expertly.  They are themselves the product of man who met his wife while shirking the safety of the hundreds of passengers he had squeezed in behind him.  If they discontinued the subtle and beautiful system of high speed road side flirting then it would end the reproductive lifecycle of the Stately Mexican Bus Driver.