Watch your step, part 2

Buenos Aires is a really great walking town, but as noted earlier you have to watch your step. In addition to certain excretory hazards, what you really have to watch for is the cars, and even worse the buses.

The main problem is corners -- drivers here try to avoid slowing down at corners, so the cut them really, really tight. You're waiting to cross the street, and a bus barrels around the corner, inches away. When you first get here it's really startling, and even after having been here a long time I'm still surprised at how fast they take corners.

Another thing they do, especially in the incredibly narrow streets of the MicroCentro, is drive inches away from the curb. This can be scary. Sidewalks are really narrow down there, and you can just barely get by someone walking in the opposite direction. So you are at risk of falling off the curb, but meanwhile there's a car or a bus barreling along inches away from the curb.

Seriously, I wonder if people get killed. Meanwhile, if you come to BA -- watch your step!