Two cringe worthy traffic moments

I had been intending to concentrate this blog more on my photography, but obviously have not been doing that so much.

So, wanted to write about two traffic moments that occurred today.

First, this morning: I was on the way to church, and was stopped at an intersection a little ways before getting on the freeway. So, I got the green light and started to move into the intersection. But the next moment a horn goes off on my left and keeps going. Which was enough to make me stop. And the next thing I know a vehicle making a left turn through the intersection passes in front of me. If the driver next to me hadn't realized this left turn was occurring and hit his horn, I might have been broadsided. Good grief!

Lesson learned: try to be alert when I get green lights to vehicles that might be coming into the intersection from other directions.

Second, a little earlier this afternoon. I was driving down a freeway when all lanes started to come to a stop. A little later I saw in my rear view mirror a fire engine coming down the left shoulder. And a little after that saw the fire engine had stopped in middle lanes and a CHP car was coming down the right shoulder. When I passed the scene, I was able to make out just enough of the scene to see CPR was being administered to someone laying on the pavement. Yikes!

So, two of the more cringe worthy traffic moments I've had in a long time, all on the same day.