MacGuffin
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I almost crashed into a woman in a Polo today. She is very lucky to still be unharmed because of my reflexes but I bet she didn't even realize what happened.
I had stopped at a red light. On the left of me was a big van blocking my view, so I couldn't see the traffic situation on the left. It's a wide, spacey crossing, so there is a lot of time between one direction getting red and the other getting green light.
The lights went green for me and the van on my left and I accelerated together.
I was already doing about 40 km/h, when suddenly I noticed the van braking hard and in that split second a white Polo shot from the left right in front of me. I guess my instincts and reflexes are still good, cause I was able to hit the brakes in time and so hard, that the anti lock went on. I bet I missed the Polo by not more than 50 cm.
It all happened so fast, that I barely noticed it was a woman, staring straight ahead, obviously not noticing anything. I wasn't even able to honk her, because she was gone again already. All I could do, was stare after her in mild shock and go on.
I know that crossing from all 4 directions. When you hit the yellow light on the side she came from, you have at least 5-6 seconds time, before the other side gets green. So she must have completely ignored the red light, going over the crossing when she already had red for at least 3 seconds.
I had stopped at a red light. On the left of me was a big van blocking my view, so I couldn't see the traffic situation on the left. It's a wide, spacey crossing, so there is a lot of time between one direction getting red and the other getting green light.
The lights went green for me and the van on my left and I accelerated together.
I was already doing about 40 km/h, when suddenly I noticed the van braking hard and in that split second a white Polo shot from the left right in front of me. I guess my instincts and reflexes are still good, cause I was able to hit the brakes in time and so hard, that the anti lock went on. I bet I missed the Polo by not more than 50 cm.
It all happened so fast, that I barely noticed it was a woman, staring straight ahead, obviously not noticing anything. I wasn't even able to honk her, because she was gone again already. All I could do, was stare after her in mild shock and go on.
I know that crossing from all 4 directions. When you hit the yellow light on the side she came from, you have at least 5-6 seconds time, before the other side gets green. So she must have completely ignored the red light, going over the crossing when she already had red for at least 3 seconds.