Twice when I was a kid.
First time when I was riding my bike and some tool pulled out in
front of me. I hit his car, flew over it, and landed on the other side.
Shoulder, back, and knee were bleeding badly. This is before the whole
"wear a helmet while riding your bike" thing. Guy gets out of his
car and starts screaming at me about the dent in his car. Don't know
what happened after that, as my friends 250lb father came over, and
I passed out.
Another time I was delivering newspapers in -35C snowy weather.
I was crossing the street, at the crosswalk, all bundled up and walked
right into the SIDE of a car driving down the street. One more step,
I was a goner.
Lady got out and started hollering at me for crossing the road, etc, etc.
Note that this crossing had the button you push to start the lights
flashing, and I had pushed it. It was also a playground zone.
One of my customers came out, slammed this lady up against her car and
his wife called the cops, who promptly confiscated her car and put her
in the back in handcuffs. [Not really sure why, what, etc., they didn't
explain their actions to a 13 year old. They didn't even talk to my
parents. They were nice enough to finish the last 5 houses on my
route and give me a ride home though.]
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