Lady Crossing the road

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I stopped to let an elderly lady cross the zebra crossing. My heart missed a beat as the car on the other side did not look as it was going to stop. The lady was so busy waiving to me that she did not notice this. For a split second I thought she would be hit but the other car did stop, leaving us both very shocked. A few weeks later I was about to cross on a zebra crossing in a nearby town - I observed to the elderly lady standing next to me that I prefer to wait until both sets of cars have stopped before I cross and I briefly alluded to the above incident - That lady was me she said - and as we compared notes it was clearly her!
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:47:45 +0000Coincidence ID:3735