Well MAC, guess what? I had an incident of my own just yesterday. Picture this (remember, we drive on the left): I was at a crossroads waiting at a red light. It's a minor road, so quite a long wait. Finally I get a green. I was turning right and although there is no green arrow for that turn, oncoming traffic has a longer red. Even though I knew this, I always emerge cautiously when oncoming traffic is waiting - just in case the lights have been rephased. So I edged forward from the white line, arriving at the intersection about 3-4 seconds after the light had turned green, when whoooosh!!! A car travelling from right to left ran his red light and passed through at about 35mph, missing me by about 2-3ft. I stomped on my brake, and even at my slow speed, triggered the ABS. I paused and got the number of the offending car as it receded into the distance on my left. This is an honest account - not a troll! If I had pulled away at a normal sort of speed, I might have been T-boned - on my side. So I was a bit pissed off about this incident. Maybe we should have a joint prayer thread. (OK, that was a troll)
I thought about reporting it to the police when I got home, as in those situations it's no surprise if the car is stolen. In the end I didn't. The police wouldn't have done anything. What do you think, Mav?
