An Idea
Monday, April 27th, 2009I was at the Post Office the other day, and I had parked in one of those pull-your-car-in-nose-to-the-curb parking spaces, and when I came back out, a van had parked beside me so that I could not see any oncoming traffic as I backed out. I really don’t like having to deal with a blind spot when I’m driving. Heck, I won’t own a stove without a window in the oven door.
So, I had two choices:
- Back out blind to what was coming in on the other side of the van parked next to me HOPING that whoever might be coming in might see my car… or
- Back out blind to what was coming in on the other side of the van parked next to me with my 4-way flashers on HOPING that whoever might be coming in would have a better chance of seeing my car.
I decided to turn on my 4-way flashers and began to back out of the space. It’s a good thing that I did… As it turns out, a car was coming into the parking area faster than they should have, saw my 4-way flashers, laid on their horn and screeched to a halt inches from my bumper.
We all stopped and got out to see if there was any damage or injuries… there weren’t any… and then to calm down a little before going on. In the short conversation I had with the driver of the other car, I found that it was my 4-way flashers that had caused them to notice me, blow their horn and slam on their brakes.
Since then, Ipve made a practice of putting on my 4-ways whenever I back up and I think I’m going to keep doing that. Maybe it’ll help you too.
AV