premise: In the one-minute halt at the cul-de-sac near my home, while watching the school bus, I could have admired innocent little kids getting into the bus, waved a warm hello to the bus driver, or even paused to think about why the school buses are yellow (Buses began using this color in 1939 because it provides the best contrast to the black lettering before the sunrise in early morning.) If the red light had stopped me, <hypo>.
hypothesis: <hypo> should be "I could have enjoyed watching, from above the bridge, the traffic going both ways, like a colony of worker ants"