clickynext
Platinum Member
So I was driving downtown, going along a one way street and see this guy walking along the back bumper of his truck, parked on the left side of the street. I think nothing of it, driving on at normal downtown traffic speed, which is commonly on or a little under the 50km/h limit. When I'm almost at the truck, the guy suddenly without looking jumps off the side, right in front of my car. Luckily I had checked my right mirror before and knew there should be no one beside me, so I didn't hesitate to swerve out of the way into the right lane, front fender narrowly missing the idiot. Looking back, I don't think he knew anything happened. God, how stupid can people be? I'm sure I had some responsibility in the near-miss; I probably should be been more careful, changed lanes when I saw a guy walking on the back of his truck. But I don't think anyone can really expect some idiot to jump backwards into the path of a moving car. Seriously, this guy might have been hit if I just tried to stop in a straight line. Hell, I'd say it could have been close enough that he might have been hit if I was driving my van rather than the CR-V. I don't know to what degree I'd be responsible if there was an accident, but this guy could have lost his life if my attention wandered off the road for that second.
EDIT: There, title changed. =P
EDIT: There, title changed. =P
