Close call today
Posted: December 16th, 2003, 11:28 am
I came close to hitting some lady who crossed 4 lanes in one shot without looking if the lane is clear.
Going west on Beaumont near Rockland, some woman came out from McDonald's without checking if the right lane, which I was on, is clear. I guess she figured that since the driver on the left lane let her out that the right lane was clear to go. NOT!! I'm on that lane. As I approach her car as the ABS kicked in, I had no choice but to go the snow bank which was pretty compacted. I don't know how close to her I was but I do remember not seeing her rear tires. You make the calculations. Did she stop or noticed what happened... no. Everyone looked pretty astonished as they passed by as they thought that there would be an impact. Of course, no one offered any help. So I had to dig myself out by remove all the snow below the car. I called CAA. 1 hour later, I was free to go. I called back CAA to let them know that I was out of trouble.
My lesson today, don't take any chances in winter. Check and double check for possible stupidities. (A colleague of mine got nailed as someone turned in too fast and slide into her!)
Blaak
Going west on Beaumont near Rockland, some woman came out from McDonald's without checking if the right lane, which I was on, is clear. I guess she figured that since the driver on the left lane let her out that the right lane was clear to go. NOT!! I'm on that lane. As I approach her car as the ABS kicked in, I had no choice but to go the snow bank which was pretty compacted. I don't know how close to her I was but I do remember not seeing her rear tires. You make the calculations. Did she stop or noticed what happened... no. Everyone looked pretty astonished as they passed by as they thought that there would be an impact. Of course, no one offered any help. So I had to dig myself out by remove all the snow below the car. I called CAA. 1 hour later, I was free to go. I called back CAA to let them know that I was out of trouble.
My lesson today, don't take any chances in winter. Check and double check for possible stupidities. (A colleague of mine got nailed as someone turned in too fast and slide into her!)
Blaak