tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post7519282264157834832..comments2023-10-30T08:23:36.678+00:00Comments on Trying My Patients: Stop, Look & ListenElla Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15379522083602755280noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-14938824783762057432013-12-19T11:59:51.592+00:002013-12-19T11:59:51.592+00:00I'm a new reader and have found myself reading...I'm a new reader and have found myself reading nearly all your old posts. As someone who was hit by a car on a zebra crossing this is a matter close to my heart. I was thankfully only badly bruised. <br /><br /><br />I waited for the car coming from the left to stop, there wasn't one coming from the right but as I stepped out one appeared, it couldn't stop in time and I found myself on the floor. I got a family member to take me to a&e as I didn't want to waste an ambulances time. The worse part is I was back at the crossing a week later and I had to wait as numerous cara drove over the crossing without stopping. Luckily I didn't assume they'd stop or I could be back I the hospital. Since that incident I have worried for other people, especially children who will just step out. There needs to be better education about crossings. I'd always assumed a car will stop until it hit me, and I'm sure that's the thinking of most of the population. <br /><br />Really hope those patients were ok. I was very lucky. Caliowinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628192864835450739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-63508539657531462112013-02-13T23:05:44.331+00:002013-02-13T23:05:44.331+00:00Ella, I'm new to your blog, but after the few ...Ella, I'm new to your blog, but after the few I've read I intend to read all of it!<br /><br />My Greandfather had a favourite saying "He was right, dead right, when he stepped into the road, but he was as dead is if he'd been wrong".<br /><br />My 7 year old boy tried telling me it's safe to step into a road without looking if you are on a crossing as that's what he's been taught at school! Parents often are a bad example to their kids, but society as a whole has a lot to answer for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-87297387040009131992012-06-21T10:56:06.647+01:002012-06-21T10:56:06.647+01:00You write brilliantly, to reduce someone to tears ...You write brilliantly, to reduce someone to tears the writing has to be spot on. I am sat here blubbing, thank god I work from home! Very important point, made beautifully.ihavemostlybeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-16056204724956267422012-06-20T17:50:47.495+01:002012-06-20T17:50:47.495+01:00Your posts, god they just make me want to squeeze ...Your posts, god they just make me want to squeeze my children tight forever, actually crying here :(KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485370210767918992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-16877977523021408312012-06-20T16:39:58.764+01:002012-06-20T16:39:58.764+01:00Great post, I don't think there can really be ...Great post, I don't think there can really be enough emphasis put upon road safety, we all need reminding of the basics regularly because it does get forgotten, or rather we get complacent. The zebra crossing outside my child's school is regularly ignored even though there are school signs, flashing lights, and a 30mph speed limit, the amount of people who think they can just nip over before you actually need to cross, or are too busy faffing/on their phones to see they need to stop. Motorists need to really be more aware of pedestrians as well as pedestrians being aware that just because it is YOUR right of way doesn't mean the big fast metal thing will actually stop.Gem - BeeReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07786660302947512374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-62910763708181304872012-06-20T10:19:12.292+01:002012-06-20T10:19:12.292+01:00Thank you very much! I can imagine it is worse in ...Thank you very much! I can imagine it is worse in the USA but are they not stricter on J walking. Thought that may reduce it. Thanks for the comment! Appreciate it!Ella Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379522083602755280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-24824162821899734572012-06-20T10:18:15.641+01:002012-06-20T10:18:15.641+01:00Thank you very much! I have now replied to your ot...Thank you very much! I have now replied to your other comment! Thanks for reading!Ella Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379522083602755280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-36254160851815974662012-06-20T10:17:34.810+01:002012-06-20T10:17:34.810+01:00It's so common, especially zebra crossings. Gr...It's so common, especially zebra crossings. Great idea about cameras. It should be the same penalty as driving through a red light. It's money though, councils don't care!Ella Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379522083602755280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-83652181420521665732012-06-19T20:09:41.169+01:002012-06-19T20:09:41.169+01:00Firstly, your writing and posts are excellent and ...Firstly, your writing and posts are excellent and very moving. I'm living in the USA for a few years and their road awareness sucks because pedestrians have right of way....everywhere. Great if the car sees the morons step into the traffic, horrific when they don't. The only slight saving grace is that very few people walk anywhere, but we still get our far share of pedestrian vs car .Sarah Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651513647953802918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-76626223968523256542012-06-19T16:46:47.913+01:002012-06-19T16:46:47.913+01:00Keep up the good work. I always read most of your ...Keep up the good work. I always read most of your blogs I have had the occasional child step into the road in front of me,but it is rife in adults,too. If i see children on there own on the pavement in front of me I always become very alert. By the way i commented on fat people and you didn't answer. My comment was that to get to the crane stage people must be stuffing them even social workers.Sam Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04907121640988731327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-10782116948445390292012-06-19T16:35:21.303+01:002012-06-19T16:35:21.303+01:00Thank you so much for the good advice, I never cro...Thank you so much for the good advice, I never cross busy roads without going to the crossing, but I have lost count of the number of times that cars have gone straight over at a zebra crossing without seeing I'm already on there with 2 small children. Only last week 2 motorbikes came down the middle of the road, hidden by a bus that had stopped for us. It was only the engine noise that alerted me and stopped me walking from the safety of the front of the bus. I wish that CCTV could be installed on zebra crossings so that pedestrians could report the time of these near misses and the police could track down the drivers. By the time you've got to safety the car has gone and you can't get it's number plate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12117249594444297964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-17417175829116869962012-06-19T13:13:08.311+01:002012-06-19T13:13:08.311+01:00Thank you! I don't write for the comments but ...Thank you! I don't write for the comments but it is nice to get one saying that you are reading! I really appreciate that! xElla Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379522083602755280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489565303994499222.post-76086792726226485572012-06-19T12:57:05.020+01:002012-06-19T12:57:05.020+01:00I read all you write but I don't comment - in ...I read all you write but I don't comment - in fact this is my first, just didn't want you to think I don't appreciate you taking the time to write this blog, please keep going xLornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067704805520549289noreply@blogger.com