Walking home the other day, i saw a taxi which had stopped to pick up on the northeast corner of a crossroads. The passengers were taking their time. A southbou

Walking home the other day, i saw a taxi which had stopped to pick up on the northeast corner of a crossroads. The passengers were taking their time. A southbound bus was trying to turn off that corner, but couldn't, because of the taxi, so it pulled out into the street and waited. Then the lights changed, and traffic started coming from the east and west; the traffic from the west piled up behind the stopped bus, and a vehicle in the traffic from the east wanted to turn north, and got stopped by the stopped traffic. The entire junction was filled with immobile vehicles because one taxi had stopped. In the UK, this is legal. Black cabs can stop wherever they like to pick up and set down. It's an extraordinary privilege.