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Speedy recovery
I was reading this post... a few days ago.
God, something eerily similar just happened to me today...
I was in the right lane of a two lane road, shopping mall on the left, 35 mph road. I was cruising along on my way home, a blue Civic in the left lane going slower than normal. That was my first clue. I'm coming up on the car doing 35'ish, she was going about 30. Out of nowhere, she jams the brakes (no car in front of her) and swerved VERY hard right. So hard that her car was at a 65* or greater angle to the road. She saw a parking spot that she HAD to have. I was a car length behind her when it happened.
Luckily my panic stopping practice kicked in and I got on the brakes in time. I was already covering the brakes because I just didn't like how she was driving....
I nearly clipped her rear bumper. I was stopped in the middle of the road, cars coming. Pulled over in front of her, and was steaming mad.. Took a couple of breaths, and approached her..
"What the Hell was that?" I asked.
She responds with a very confused look.
"You nearly took me out!"
"I did? When? I'm sorry."
"When you swerved across my lane!"
"Oh! I didn't see you."
At that point I just walked away, to the sidewalk. What's the point? She clearly didn’t see anything wrong with swerving across a lane for a good parking spot.
A family was right there on the side of the road when it happened, the Dad came up to me and we talked for a minute. He told me he was sure I was done for. Lucky day.
Lessons to be learned:
1) Watch out for Civics.
2) Practice your emergency stops!
3) Be very cautious of passing on the right.
God, something eerily similar just happened to me today...
I was in the right lane of a two lane road, shopping mall on the left, 35 mph road. I was cruising along on my way home, a blue Civic in the left lane going slower than normal. That was my first clue. I'm coming up on the car doing 35'ish, she was going about 30. Out of nowhere, she jams the brakes (no car in front of her) and swerved VERY hard right. So hard that her car was at a 65* or greater angle to the road. She saw a parking spot that she HAD to have. I was a car length behind her when it happened.
Luckily my panic stopping practice kicked in and I got on the brakes in time. I was already covering the brakes because I just didn't like how she was driving....
I nearly clipped her rear bumper. I was stopped in the middle of the road, cars coming. Pulled over in front of her, and was steaming mad.. Took a couple of breaths, and approached her..
"What the Hell was that?" I asked.
She responds with a very confused look.
"You nearly took me out!"
"I did? When? I'm sorry."
"When you swerved across my lane!"
"Oh! I didn't see you."
At that point I just walked away, to the sidewalk. What's the point? She clearly didn’t see anything wrong with swerving across a lane for a good parking spot.
A family was right there on the side of the road when it happened, the Dad came up to me and we talked for a minute. He told me he was sure I was done for. Lucky day.
Lessons to be learned:
1) Watch out for Civics.
2) Practice your emergency stops!
3) Be very cautious of passing on the right.
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