We place a lot of trust in other drivers. We trust that they will follow the lines on the road and not cross the centre line and they trust that we'll do the same. Sadly this occasionally does happen, with often tragic results.
There are plenty of other situations where we can put ourselves at risk. The other day while walking the dog, I was walking on the sidewalk across a driveway for an apartment complex and a lady was walking her dog towards me. We were about 10 feet from each other when a car drove between us - luckily it wasn't that close of a call, nor was either dog hurt, but it could have been a bad situation. As the car proceeded into the complex I saw the "L" on the back of his car indicating he was a learning/student driver. Well that explained a lot! I sure hope the driver that was with him taught him the mistake he made, if not maybe the fact that he scraped his car on the driveway incline due to the fast left turn he made will be a good reminder of what not to do.
I'm curious, have you ever had a close call with a car as a pedestrian?
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