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@Whizz
I managed to run into a young girl today. I was turning into a dead end road which has an alleyway leading to another road and a man and his two children were spread across the whole road. As I began to brake, the father and one child moved right out of the way but he left his little girl on her own. A comedy direction change from both of us ensued before finally coming to a stop with the girl hugging my front wheel. I was completely stunned and apologised as my primary concern was for the child. Unfortunately the guy decided, as I'm sure he wasn't thinking, to have a pop at me, questioning "why were you going up a one way road in the first place?". Unfortunately for him the road isn't one way, it's just a dead end for cars so I pointed that out to him, which shut him up and sent him packing. I'm just happy the girl wasn't injured, she didn't cry, she was just stunned, as was I.
I shall be glad when half-term is over.