After a moment she drove off, presumably just too embarrassed to even get out of her vehicle.
Some nice bloke picked up the damaged sign and put it out of harm's way, and I heard someone ask if anyone had noted the woman's number plate.
Lunchtime passers-by remarked to one another about the incident, some less empathetic than others.
A woman told me she once saw someone at a vehicle testing station drive straight into a pit, rather than parking over it. I thought it was a real pity she didn't get the opportunity to mention it to the woman who had just driven over the traffic island - the story might have helped to lessen the embarrassment.
As people say, there's always someone worse off than you or, in this case, someone who's done something more stupid.
Speaking of which, I very clearly recall being utterly mortified when, turning into the entranceway of a carpark area I misjudged the width of the opening and that of our car and put a huge, deep scratch right down the side of the blue paintwork.
Maybe the traffic-island woman is afflicted by the same lack of judgment as I or perhaps she usually drives a much smaller car and forgot she was in her husband's vehicle when she made that fateful turn.
I hope the traffic-island lady's day got better. In the big scheme of things, apart from a munted sign, no damage appeared to have been done, nobody got hurt and she was able to continue on her way, perhaps a little shaken and embarrassed but thankfully unharmed.
These things happen to us all at some point. Nobody's perfect. - APN News & Media
