Pulling my hair out with ill-considered actions of some people....

Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 06, 2004 at 12:44
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Like a lot of other 4x4 and small/medium truck drivers I have fitted an audible alarm to my truck. As everyone knows the rear vision of a patrol/cruiser et al is not all that great so it's not a bad idea to take whatever precautions you can to help make manoeuvering the vehicle that little bit more safer. I am ultra careful when reversing my truck - sometimes to the extent that it drives the handbrake crazy. But I figure I'd have extreme difficulty living with myself if I injured or killed someone, especially a child, while reversing the truck.
The point.....well I'm getting to it. The other day I was reversing in a shopping centre carpark with hazard lights on (it was dull) and audible alarm activated. Over my shoulder and just to the left of the spare wheel black spot I could see an adult male and a little girl (about 8 or 9 years) standing on the walkway - imagine my surprise when the adult told the kid to go towards another vehicle (assume theirs) by running out between other cars and directly behind me. I might say the adult stayed on the walkway until the child returned.
My question then: Is it possible that both the adult and child were deaf and blind or is it just that some people can't see danger? Maybe they are waiting for someone else to provide them with a risk assessment of the dangers of carparks. Oh and by the way - there was a marked pedestrian crossing approximately 10 feet away from where the child crossed. What else can I fit to the truck to make it more visible - maybe I'll have to get R2D2 or CP3O to ride shotgun!!
Cheers
Pete
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