It’s really funny that you should have mentioned the traffict lights at the Corniche because I also had a very lucky escape there!
Will tell you about it:
It was probably my fist week in Doha and I was waiting to cross from the Corniche to the Park. The lights turned green and the Suv in the lane next to me stopped to give me way, but I failed to spot the Suv that was approaching very fast from the middle lane! I started to cross and as I was approaching the second lane I almost got run over (half a second, and I wouldn’t be here!) It was so close!. I was shaken and when I made it safely to the park I started to cry uncontrollably for a long while! I was pregnant at the time and my hormones were all over the place, hence the crying…lol.
At the time it was a very traumatic experience, but now, looking back I see that this is the best thing that could have happened to me on my arrival to Doha. It was like an eye opener, like God had put me through that near-death situation for a reason… I often think that if when that happened had I been pushing my daughter in her stroller she would have been killed instantly, no doubt, so I am extremely cautious now thanks to that episode.
Porcupine,
It’s really funny that you should have mentioned the traffict lights at the Corniche because I also had a very lucky escape there!
Will tell you about it:
It was probably my fist week in Doha and I was waiting to cross from the Corniche to the Park. The lights turned green and the Suv in the lane next to me stopped to give me way, but I failed to spot the Suv that was approaching very fast from the middle lane! I started to cross and as I was approaching the second lane I almost got run over (half a second, and I wouldn’t be here!) It was so close!. I was shaken and when I made it safely to the park I started to cry uncontrollably for a long while! I was pregnant at the time and my hormones were all over the place, hence the crying…lol.
At the time it was a very traumatic experience, but now, looking back I see that this is the best thing that could have happened to me on my arrival to Doha. It was like an eye opener, like God had put me through that near-death situation for a reason… I often think that if when that happened had I been pushing my daughter in her stroller she would have been killed instantly, no doubt, so I am extremely cautious now thanks to that episode.