The Importance of looking where you are going!

23/11/2009 by admin.

Had a great example of the importance of looking where you are going whilst on a driving lesson last week.

My pupil pulled out left onto a main road and was immediately confronted with a pedestrian crossing that was just turning to red, we stopped safely and my attention immediately focused on the car behind, they just about stopped, much to my relief, unfortunately the next car behind them didn’t and went right into the back of them!

Getting out to see if there was an damage to my car, I could hear the conversation between the two unfortunate drivers that had collided, it was along the lines of

‘why did you stop?’

‘well the learner in front had stopped’

To which I came in with the fact that the light was on red, to be confronted with,

‘well it’s never been red before in all the years I’ve been coming out of this road’

I did explain the virtues of looking where you are going but it seemed to fall on deaf ears! 

My pupil then added that perhaps he should read the highway code!

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