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AIBU?

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to have argued back after nearly hitting children with car on the school run?

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KarasKite · 11/06/2014 13:58

This morning I was approaching a roundabout. There were three lanes - two with queued traffic and my lane was clear. Just before the roundabout there's a traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing, the light was green. As I approached at about 25 mph a pushchair appeared with 3 kids piled in/on from between the lanes of traffic and I had to slam my brakes on as their mum was texting and hadn't even noticed me. She glared at me and carried on. I'm heavily pregnant so emergency stops are not ideal.

I saw her again on the way back to town and again she was crossing between traffic on a busy road. I then saw her in town while walking with dd and she said I should be more careful because I nearly hit her kids and they were terrified, in a really arsey and aggressive way. I said I'm sorry they were scared but perhaps if their mum would stop pushing them out in front of traffic/cars these things wouldn't happen. She said she'll 'report me for driving dangerously' Confused AIBU to think I didn't do anything wrong and to have argued my case?

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ManchesterAunt · 12/06/2014 15:32

Yanbu - we've seen a few mums push their pram out in the middle of the road as if they were Moses parting the Red Sea. Often they seem worse than other pedestrians because they just slowly amble after making the initial jump out....

It's not as if cars can make an emergency stop quicker for a pram than for an adult Hmm

Sallyingforth · 18/06/2014 16:55

This video shows exactly what can happen if you drive past stationary cars because your own lane is clear.

www.liveleak.com/view?i=06b_1403026706

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