Close Call
Had to run down to the bank to make a quick deposit and was in a hurry but careful to not speed. About 2 blocks from the bank is a Sonic drive-in restaurant and there were some construction or utility guys with two bucket trucks and a handful of hardhats working on the corner. All of a sudden, a guy with an orange hand flag jumped into the intersection waving the flag so that a car on the cross street could drive across the intersection.
Now, the intersection has a traffic light and I had the green light headed north. Why on earth would that flagman jump out and wave the car heading east through a red light into oncoming traffic – I couldn’t tell you. Thank goodness I have quick reflexes and could swerve to avoid getting hit by that car. It would have been the flagman’s fault, I’m sure. But I don’t need to be dealing with another car wreck.