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...Public Transport

Overcrowded, over-heated, running late, not running at all - it is scarcely surprising that the myriad deficiencies of public transport are a daily challenge to good manners....

...Travel Bores

It is an unfortunate fact of life that, for some people, the book of their travels is all too thick. Travel bores are one of the depressing side effects of the travel revolution - where once, the tales of derring-do abroad of Golden Age explorers and discoverers could thrill for hours, now just the mention of a slide show or travel diary can chill the blood....

...Road Rage

Once in a car, normal manners may fly out of the window. Perhaps it's because, with all that metal in which you are encased, you feel more invincible; perhaps it's because you know another
driver may not hear you through the glass windows and engine noise. Perhaps it's because other road users are simply so annoying...

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