Be Careful

We were chatting with the auntie cleaning our estate while waiting for Mr Liow this morning when auntie caught sight of a cute little girl and enthusiastically waved hi to her. The little girl looked about 2 years old, turned and smiled at the auntie while her mum tugged at her, dragging her and telling her to speed up.

Auntie attempted to strike up a conversation with the little one but the rude mum continued to ignore auntie. She could be in a rush but she could at least turn back and give a smile like her little girl did, no? Giving her some benefit of doubt, she probably didn't realize auntie is talking to her even though they were just next to each other at some point.

Subsequently, Mr Liow came. He had to reverse his way out after we got on the car and looked back and about to make sure he didn't bump into anything or anyone. He got shocked and braked suddenly.

Guess what? That mum wasn't in sight while he was reversing (it was quite a while since we saw them and we were sure they had gone off) but suddenly appeared IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD behind his car! She was probably bending over with her little girl by her side and totally out of sight ON THE ROAD. If she hadn't stood up in time or if Mr Liow went any faster, the worst thing would have happened.....

My heart is still racing as I'm typing this...so scary..

Why would she be bending down in the middle of the road? Didn't she know where she was standing, or in this case, squatting/bending? Mr Liow's car has reverse sensor. Didn't she realise a car was reversing dangerously close towards them?

We're thankful the Lord kept the 2 of them safe! But this mum needs to learn to keep off the road and teach her daughter to do likewise. The road is for pedestrians to cross at the right time. Moreover, there is reason why school used to teach us to reach our arms up high as we cross the road when we were little. Little children may and too short for drivers to notice. And parents/grandparents/guardians, we should be tall enough. This is the least we can do to protect our tiny ones on the road: by standing up so cars know not to bang into us.