Bus backlog near Place des Terreaux

An odd thing happened today (I'm not sure if you can see the photo here).

Someone left their van double-parked at the corner of Place des Terreaux, causing one of the TCL buses to get stuck in the middle of the intersection, unable to turn into the bus lane. People were honking like crazy (irony: honking doesn't change anything), and traffic stalled for about five minutes. Buses (the long white vehicles in the snapshot) were lined up, and imagine, too, the cars (filled with irate drivers) stuck behind the buses.

I just had to laugh. As polite as most of the French are, some among them have no common sense and can leave their camion (delivery van) in the middle of a lane stalling traffic. Not just today, but sometimes on the way to school as well, our bus driver honks at cars left in the middle of the street so that the driver can jump out to get cigarettes or whatever at a local corner store. But why get angry? It doesn't change anything. Better to laugh.