During my many dog walks, I have the opportunity to pay close attention to how people drive. Did you know that when turning right, even onto a busy street, you don't have to stop? I did not know that. It must be a new rule because I see too many people doing it that they can't all be bad drivers can they?
Also, pedestrians no longer have the right of way. Did you know that? Especially if it is the morning and people are on their way to work, then forget about a pedestrian at a crosswalk. And, if they are also turning right, then well, see the paragraph above.
And finally, my favourite - we had to made a special rule about driving while distracted and made people wear cordless headsets for their cell phone and had to officially ban people from texting while driving-but everyone forgets we already had a rule; all along we've been told "driving without due care and attention" will get you demerits or even fines.
Oy! It must really suck to be in law enforcement some days.
Showing posts with label Driving. Show all posts
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Drivers
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?
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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