Monday, September 15, 2008

Mind the Street Sign

Today I was basically hit while crossing the street on the way home from school. It wasn't serious, but it was enough to shake me up a little.

I was crossing just south of campus, and saw the car coming from about 100 yards away, but he seemed to be slowing to the stop sign, and I thought surely he could see the pedestrian immediately in front of him. I had kind of stopped paying attention to the oncoming car when I realized he was REALLY close to me and still hadn't stopped! If I had started crossing two seconds earlier he would have barely missed me, but as it was he did actually roll into me and I barely had time to react. He pushed my legs out from under me sideways and as my hands slammed onto his hood I caught myself from falling. He finally hit the brakes and he and the girl next to him in the car looked at me with enormous eyes and mouths forming perfect, astonished "O" shapes. I just looked at them like, "Uh... yeah," and kept walking. They seemed pretty embarrassed, but probably relieved they were rolling and not speeding on through the sign. I actually wasn't really upset with them, just kind of amazed that they could possibly not have noticed me in such broad daylight and with such ample warning. It's not like I ran out into the street at the last second or dashed onto a crosswalk with no stop sign. Everything about the situation should have been completely uneventful.

I actually walked away thinking that there are probably times I should rethink my personal bad habit of rolling through the occasional stop sign...

10 comments:

  1. Or maybe if you have a habit of not actually LOOKING in front of you while you roll through a stop sign. That is seriously crazy. Good thing there weren't little kids around. Glad you're ok, but you should have called the cops or something to break up their little DTR enough to watch the road!

    So what is it with my siblings being hit by cars??? Stop it already!

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  2. Dude, I'm glad you're not hurt. People....they're the worst.

    Cami, I think the common factor isn't your siblings...it's Provo.

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  3. Lucky it was you and not me... i would have banged on the hood and said, "why don't you watch where the hell you're going morons!!! you could have seriously injured someone! Bloody hell!"

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  4. Gah! There's nothing that says "welcome to Provo" like getting hit by a car while in the crosswalk.

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  5. glad you are ok drew

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  6. Matt is right. I think everyone in Provo needs to be hit by a car themselves, and then they shall see how NOT fun it is.

    Stupid drivers. I am glad you are ok. I would have been beside myself had it happened to me. Good job for remaining calm.

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  7. I was going to say something to relate this topic to myself, but then I remembered that selfishness is the OLD me.

    So, instead I will say OY, I'm glad you're okay.

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  8. I heard about this from Mom. Yikes! Glad to know you are safe. And yes, rethink! (I will tell Jonny to as well.)

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  9. Silly Control, citing a similar situation in your own life isn't selfishness, it's empathy!

    I'm still feeling fine. Minor issue, but STILL.

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  10. Haha. You didn't tell me about this. I'm sorry I laugh, but it is just because I think it is so typical Provo to get hit by a car in broad daylight. Provo is full of stupid pedestrians and stupid drivers. (In this scenario, it is obvious that the driver was the stupid one.)

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