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Almost run over...how would you react?
So last night I am crossing the street in front of my apartment building...at an intersection...in the crosswalk. No traffic on the street that I am crossing
I am 3/4ths of the way across the street when a driver at the intersection decides to make a left and whomps on the accelerator, turning straight into me.
I LEAPED out of the way to avoid becoming a hood ornament. It was very, very, very close.
She (turned out to be a woman) didn't stop until she was well through the crosswalk.
So, of course, in typical NJ style I yell at her:
Me: "WHAT THE F%$*! are you doing?"
Her: "I didn't see you coming."
Me: "Coming???? I was in the crosswalk even before you made the turn!!!"
Her: "Well...."
Me: "...Well... drive safe and pay attention."
And I let it drop. But I wonder if that was the right thing to do.
See this is not the first time I have almost been clipped. Seems a lot of drivers don't understand that pedestrians have right of way nor do they seem to understand the "Yield to Pedestrian" our municipality posts in the crosswalk.
So should I have let it drop, or gotten her plate number and given it to the cops?
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