Two lane street (each direction), approaching an intersection outfitted with a third lane for left turns. There was consrtuctiuon in that lane, so everyone that wanted to turn left was doing it from the left -straight thru- lane. I was in the right lane going about 40 in the 50 zone because you never know when some dipshinguard will pull out of the stopped traffic and pin it. Also, I had a transmission in the cargo area of my truck and didn't want to have to slam the brakes.
Besides both of those reasons for my slowness, everyone was going that speed, I just happened to have three car lengths in front of me.
So up ahead I see this cherokee starting to stick his nose out. He has plenty of time to take the space, but waits until I'm right there to lunge forward. Out of sheer reaction, I swerved to the right & jumped the curb. He slammed on the brakes & I was going too fast to stop, so I just passed him with two wheels on the curb.
I was pretty ticked, but figured that he just made a mistake & who really cares.
The light turned red and I stopped. Dude was behind me flipping the bird and hanging out the window swearing as though it was my fault he lunged out in front of me.
I jumped out of my truck to see if he wanted to say those things to my face & he quickly rolled up the windows & locked the door.
I was pretty amused by this so I grabbed my drink (a large pop from some fast food joint) and chucked it at his windshield. Ka splat! So much for his clean ride...
I then got back in my truck & waited for the light to turn. He was sitting there looking out the side window avoiding eye contact.
As soon as the light turned, he blasted by me (left lane was turning, remember?) and shook his fist & flipped me off some more...
What a fataing geek...
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