stuff

as i was driving to work today, i went the way i usually go.
i had to stop for a woman just standing in the right hand lane. i beeped at her. she looked quite insulted that i'd do such a thing.
car vs person? you'd lose lady.
she then vaguely wandered to the centre island. grr! why didn't she just cross straight to it?
older woman. asian.
foolishness. she's a potential hazzard to herself. the traffic lights she could have safely crossed at were about 50m from where she had stepped onto the road. she should have gone down there.
i hope she goes out and about with other people in future, i don't think she had a full handle on how dangerous her action was.
if i hadn't seen her, if i couldn't stop in time...she'd be seriously injured or dead.
i'm sure her family don't need that kind of grief - i certainly don't.

driving about

on easter sunday, driving through the northern suburbs i came across a round-about.
this is not the unusual thing.
there was a car going the wrong way around this round-about. it was being driven by an old guy. there were cars beeping at him and flashing their lights.
luckily it was not peak hour and there were relatively few cars on the road.
at the time that i saw him, he hadn't had an accident. i hope he got where he was going in one piece, but i don't think that he should drive anymore.
this particular round-about is quite large, but that's not really an excuse to be going in the wrong direction.
terrifying moment right there.