Date: A month ago (from 9-25-07)
Time: about 8:00am
Location: Wadsworth and hwy 36
Conditions: Sun relatively high, warm and dry.
IM headed north on Wadsworth. Im getting on west bound 36. There’s two turn lanes, left and right. Im in the right lane and Speedy Gonzales is in the left. (This turn is a semi hair-pin to the left). The Arrow turns green, Speedy and I start to turn. When im in the center of south bound traffics lane I see this lady turning right (from south bound traffic) onto the on-ramp. Never F**king LOOKED!!! I back off the throttle a little but im leaned over pretty good and was nervous about grabbing to much break. Plus I was worried about getting hit from behind. Speedy G has already hammered it and is a car length in front of me. She was along side me moving closer. Once I saw she wasn’t going to stop or look, I punched it hard. I must have scared her (D&D pipe 2 feet from her door). I look back and she has STOPED along with all the other turning traffic.
Not my closet call just most recent.
How could this have been avoided: Not sure, I didn’t do much wrong? Although a better scan of the intersection may have prevented this.
While im babaling… Ill make the point that I try not to flip ppl the bird when they do something stupid. Yes they almost hit you but if you flip them off it just makes them angry rather than feeling guilty/scared.