I was standing in the rain, waiting to cross Delancey Street, Thursday afternoon and I noticed a large puddle on the street right next to the sidewalk. I stepped back from it as far as could, all the way to the fence of the parking lot there. Must have been eight feet. Still, sure enough, a school bus drives by hugging the curb, plows through the puddle, and sends off an arcing wave of NYC street water that hits me full on, drenching me chest to toes. Pretty much summed up my day.

So I was glad to learn that the driver in the above video is [...]