The intersection of the two civilizations (the civilization of walking and the one of driving) produces complicated conflicts every day.
There is a pedestrian crossing a few feet away from the intersection of the Victoria and Dacia Boulevards. It is probably one of the most complicated ones on this street with high traffic in Bucharest. A lot of cars come from the Victoria Plaza. A lot of pedestrians cross the Victoria Boulevard. Most of them are students of the Academy of Economics.
The intersection of the two civilizations (the civilization of walking and the one of driving) produces complicated conflicts every day. When the first pedestrians courageously walk on the crossing, the waves of cars stop nervously and form rows that get to the Government’s Palace. When no one dares to be the hero of the pedestrians, the herds await on the both sides of the asphalt river.
Since I am a pedestrian, I often wondered why wasn’t a policeman close to this place to give a peaceful solution to this conflict between the ones that walk and the ones that drive.
On Wednesday, the 26th of March, a policeman was present at the spot I talked about. He wasn’t trying to cross over the great Boulevard, but to organize the traffic. He has a whistle for that and, unlike most of the policemen that I get to see in the intersections in Bucharest, he has a brand new vest and a cap that is whiter than ever.
Therefore, the authorities have realized that a police officer is needed in this intersection, I say. And, even if I didn’t write about it, the authorities did what they were supposed to do and tried to solve the problem.
This is what I would have written if I wasn’t a Romanian citizen. However, I live in Romania and I realized that the police officer didn’t get there because the authorities figured there was pr
