OK. So I lost my temper a bit and wound my window down to shout. Maybe I should have asked if she was OK first!
I was driving down a single lane, potholes and all. A woman was coming walking towards me and I wish I had an Idiot Walker Bingo card.
- Mask tucked under her chin
- Phone tucked under her ear, chatting
- Scratching a long length of scratch cards
I slowed and pulled across the road as far from her as possible.
She walked partway onto a drive
As I waited she walked - didn't stumble or anything, just walked - out in front of my car.
I had stopped she didn't even notice and actually walked into the front of my car.
At that point I wound my window down and, as she screamed at me, or whoever it was she was on the phone to, that I had run her over. I shouted back and wasn't particularly polite about it!
She eventually walked round my car and we both went off on our way.
But fuck! She scared the hell out of me!
I drive that road every day, to walk the dog. There are always people, kids, dogs there. But I've never seen anyone with as little self awareness!
And having typed that I feel calmer, but FFS!