Was on my bike during July 4th weekend. Needless to say there were alot of drunks on the road. I pulled up to a " T " intersection, where I was stopped at the outlet of the " T ". When my light turned green, I started to proceed out and make my left turn. Before I could even get to the middle of the intersection, a car coming from my right side of the intersection was slamming on his brakes and proceeded to stop only 10 feet away from me. (Stupid of me to not look both ways first)
At that point I continued to make my left hand turn and pulled over to a Farm Fresh parking lot, which was right next to the intersection. Before I could even get my helmet off to start puking my guts, I hear tires burning out and a giant crash.
It turns out the car that almost hit me had hit a tree while trying to race the car next to him. ( I am guessing the idiot put the car back in reverse from where he had stopped in the middle of the intersection to race his buddy at that same stop light) The tree was right on the other side of the street across the parking lot, and only about 100 yards away from the original stoplight.
After throwing up a little bit, I went to the seen of the crash where the cops had already arrived ( I lived in a very small town.) I stuck around for a little while to see the cops pull out 7 empty beer bottles from the car. I want to say that I wasnt in shock over this, but my jaw just dropped. I couldn't believe it. I decided to not tell the cops that the driver almost ran over me, the driver looked like he was in enough trouble as it was. His friend also looked as if he bailed on him and left the scene of the accident, as did the car he was racing aginst.
I hope the driver received whatever punishment that was thrown at him. Needless to say everytime I am at an intersection now, I look both ways.
Be safe out there people! Espiscally this Memorial Day Weekend
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