Bad luck or good luck?

[cjsmith]

I almost got creamed a few minutes ago by a guy in a white truck running a red light. (According to one of my friendsfriends I am more at fault than someone who runs red lights, because he hates women who put on makeup in cars. (Note that I was not, nor have I ever, put on makeup while driving a car.) But that's neither here nor there.) Because the timing was just right, or because when he leaned on the horn he ALSO hit the brakes, or whatever, he didn't actually hit me. It was very close and then he was gone, zooming off to make a left onto Central.

Bad luck to encounter him at all, or good luck to be spared a new car purchase and probable injury?

Sorta like the time I inhaled a bee but didn't get stung.

I'm still a little shaky.

Comments

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you are ok & that he didn't hit you!

I can relate to thinking he might not be the kind of person to admit that he'd been the one to run the red light. In 1997 when a minivan driver merged into my car, he got out of his van yelling that my light had been red. My turn-signal light had been green until after he'd hit me (merging into my lane without signaling). My car was almost but not quite totaled & was repaired -- but the accident caused longer lasting repercussions to my neck & back which are still more sensitive and more snap-crackle-pop prone than pre-accident. My passengers, fortunately, were fine.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Human beings can be some pretty low-down scum sometimes. I'm glad your accident wasn't any worse.