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Originally Posted by daepp
However, I see the on-ramp panhandlers as opportunists and traffic hazards, and can only guess what would happen to me if I hit one with my car while he dodging in and out of traffic trying to get cash.
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This exact thing almost happened to me about a year ago. A the bottom of a freeway offramp the bum was on the left side with his sign. A car on the far right was stopped to make a right turn. As I was approaching the bottom of the ramp in the far left lane, the stopped car at right holds out a dollar bill to the bum. Bum runs out across the offramp to get his cash, right in front of my car traveling about 30 mph at that point. Hitting the brakes and jerking the wheel to the right and I barely missed him. Fool never even looked to see if there were cars coming.