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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Almost nailed a distracted pedestrian today in a parking lot. Well, didn't almost nail her, as I was aware of the fact that she wasn't paying attention and was busy on her phone. Plus, I wasn't going fast enough to actually hit her. She was crossing in front of me, looking down on her phone the whole time. I was turning left when mid cross, she decided to veer diagonally towards my car, all the while not even glancing up. I brake hard (on purpose to make a point), and she finally looks up last second and freaks out.
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One fine saturday morning I was going to help a buddy do some concrete work, so I had a bunch of stuff in the back of my truck, and an upside down wheelbarrow on top of it all. It was only a few blocks away, so like an idiot, I didn't strap it down. Just puttering down a 50kph road, this stupid bitch texting away on her phone suddenly just walks right into the street at 45 degrees, doesn;t shoulder check to see the truck coming, so I slammed the brakes, all my tools in the back slid forward and the wheelbarrow popped up and smashed my back window. OEM that window was $1200. Found it for $400 at an aftermarket place. Insurance wouldn't cover it. I spend the rest of the day wishing I'd have pulled over and berated her, but it was also my fault for not strapping my tools down. But god dammit, who is so stupid that they just walk into the street? This was 33rd ave in Marda Loop. 50kph, but busy enough that you need to be a special kind of stupid to just walk into the street. Texting and walking will do that to you.