Thursday, October 8, 2009

Safety first!

Here is a public service announcement (PSA for short) from me to you: look out for bikes and scooters on the road!!

This morning, I was scootin' along, obeying all the safety rules, when a stoplight turned green--nobody had a left turn arrow--and I scooted across the intersection and 2 separate cars tried to turn left onto me. The first one was an over-hasty minivan (I thought), and after I yelled at her I continued on my path...but the car behind her was already turning left, too! And he slammed on his brakes, stopping short about 3 feet from my left thigh. I yelled at him a little bit and he kept looking up at the light behind me, hoping for a green arrow to magically appear. I'd actually hoped I was in the wrong, so that this situation would be easily avoided next time (that I was in control and could fix it), but no. I was right. Which is scary.

WHAT THE HECK PEOPLE. Look ahead for smaller vehicles. Don't accidentally kill someone just because it's too much trouble to look around!

4 comments:

Corey said...
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Corey said...

I'm very familiar with this scenario.


You have a Vespa? or are you on a Razor?

Winnie said...

ohhhhhh yeah, you're the reigning expert on this stuff (unfortunately)!

It's a Yamaha that looks just like a Vespa. so it has a motor and everything.

Taryn said...

there are a lot of retards who ride their scooters in the bike lane, so drivers think you're "not traffic," or else just don't follow THE RULES! UGH.