Gotcha!

It's been a while since my last post, but I thought I would do a follow-up on my in-car cameras!

Just before Easter, a pupil and I were practising some manoeuvres and had turned right into a side road only to find a Community Transport mini-bus had stopped in the middle of the road. To our right were parked cars and on the left, trying to come off a driveway was a taxi. We had stopped behind the mini-bus leaving about 10 to 15 feet and as soon as we had stopped, the mini-bus had gone into reverse gear and was reversing straight towards us, at speed! I only had time to reach across my pupil and sound the horn, but that made no difference! He hit us! I seriously thought the front of my car would be a right-off, but Gonzo the Fiesta has only superficial wounds!!

The whole event, leading up to the crash, including and just after was recorded on my in-car camera and has now been sent off to my insurance company as evidence! Any ideas the driver had (or his boss) of blaming the L-driver has gone out the window because of these cameras! Again, I would highly recommend that driving instructors have these cameras installed in their cars - it's worth the money!

Cameras aside, the other point I would like to mention is this. What the hell was a driver doing reversing his vehicle, at speed without looking behind him first? He was very lucky he only hit my car and not an elderly person or a child! We were, after all, in a residential area!