Talking about zebra crossings, my husband and I had a narrow escape last Wednesday, 11th October, 2006 at the pedestrian crossing on the Corniche just before the Museum.
As we live just behind the Museum and we go for a brisk walk along the Corniche every evening, we don't take our car but rather walk from home via this zebra crossing. Having pressed the button for the green light we started to cross and a few cars halted as they were supposed to, as their signal was red, but from out of the blue we heard a terrifying loud bang just behind us. A Honda Accord driven by an Arab expatriate who perhaps was driving at a speed of more than 120 kph hit and overturned a refrigerated truck and had his car wrecked. And having heard that loud bang, I pulled my husband away so much so that we both panicked and he tripped over me and we both fell on to the other side of the road where cars were coming in the opposite direction. Fortunately the traffic was far away about 100 m away from the signals, otherwise both of us would have been run over and I wouldn't have been here relating this incident. Had we been a little slow in crossing we would have been the victims and been thrown out by that speeding Honda Accord. Thank God almighty that we were saved is all we can say. Each new day is a day of thanksgiving.
Talking about zebra crossings, my husband and I had a narrow escape last Wednesday, 11th October, 2006 at the pedestrian crossing on the Corniche just before the Museum.
As we live just behind the Museum and we go for a brisk walk along the Corniche every evening, we don't take our car but rather walk from home via this zebra crossing. Having pressed the button for the green light we started to cross and a few cars halted as they were supposed to, as their signal was red, but from out of the blue we heard a terrifying loud bang just behind us. A Honda Accord driven by an Arab expatriate who perhaps was driving at a speed of more than 120 kph hit and overturned a refrigerated truck and had his car wrecked. And having heard that loud bang, I pulled my husband away so much so that we both panicked and he tripped over me and we both fell on to the other side of the road where cars were coming in the opposite direction. Fortunately the traffic was far away about 100 m away from the signals, otherwise both of us would have been run over and I wouldn't have been here relating this incident. Had we been a little slow in crossing we would have been the victims and been thrown out by that speeding Honda Accord. Thank God almighty that we were saved is all we can say. Each new day is a day of thanksgiving.