iwannadie
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gilbert, Az
I was driving home from work this morning and I was coming up to an intersection, the light was red when I was a good 150(guess I am bad with judging distance) feet away. Right as I was about to start braking the light turned green so I moved my foot from the brake to hover over the gas. I am not one that likes to time lights perfectly incase another car is trying to beat the light...
I am coasting going 40ish about to start accelerating to go through the intersection. I notice a mini van and an SUV sitting at the green light not moving. I decide since they are not moving something is not right and I brake just to slow down. As I am braking I see a girl through the mini van windshield walking across the street from my right. I get harder on the brakes and come to a stop right before the cross walk when she casually walks in front of me totally unaware I am there.
Now mind you, I had the green light for a good 8-10 seconds, that is a Long time. She must had literally started walking across the street when I got the green light and it put her directly in front of my lane had I not stopped I would have ran her down at 45 mph. She also was not a little kid who maybe didn't know better but I would say 15 or somewhere in that age range. Head down the whole time, ear phones in and totally unaware or could careless she was walking across a street.
I've never come that close to hitting some one like that before and it is really unnerving.
I am coasting going 40ish about to start accelerating to go through the intersection. I notice a mini van and an SUV sitting at the green light not moving. I decide since they are not moving something is not right and I brake just to slow down. As I am braking I see a girl through the mini van windshield walking across the street from my right. I get harder on the brakes and come to a stop right before the cross walk when she casually walks in front of me totally unaware I am there.
Now mind you, I had the green light for a good 8-10 seconds, that is a Long time. She must had literally started walking across the street when I got the green light and it put her directly in front of my lane had I not stopped I would have ran her down at 45 mph. She also was not a little kid who maybe didn't know better but I would say 15 or somewhere in that age range. Head down the whole time, ear phones in and totally unaware or could careless she was walking across a street.
I've never come that close to hitting some one like that before and it is really unnerving.
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