I’m starting to feel like a possum
Posted on September 29, 2006 @ 11:08 am
So, I was hit by a car this morning.
On my way to work, I stopped off at Chick-Fil-A to grab a little breakfast, hopped out of my car, and made my way across the parking lot. A gimongous SUV was stopped at the crosswalk, so I proceeded toward the restaurant without a second thought. When I was about halfway through the crosswalk, however, the driver decided to go ahead and accelerate, giving me a decent little love tap in the process.
In the driver’s defense, though, she was talking on a cell phone at the time, so she probably didn’t even see me. Oh, and if I read her lips correctly, her response when I said “Excuse me?” was a cheery “No problem!”
Thankfully, I wasn’t injured. I’m unbreakable like Bruce Willis, yo. Plus, since she was driving an SUV, the bumper was high enough to hit me in the fleshy parts as opposed to, say, the walky parts.
For those keeping score at home, this is the second time I’ve been hit in a crosswalk since moving to Georgia five years ago. At first, I chalked it up to bad luck, but I’m beginning to think maybe there’s something I just don’t get about this whole “crosswalk” concept.
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They should change the name to crossrun.
WTF? People suck.
The exact same thing happened to me a week or two ago on my college campus. It was raining really hard and I was walking across a little-ish street. There was a cross-walk thingy that said I could walk, but halfway through the crosswalk it changed and the guy just started driving. I wasn’t hurt, but his car actually hit me. He didn’t even have the balls to apologize. Instead, he looked all annoyed and flipped me off.
Just nice…
Yeah, crosswalks are BAD things. DUH!
They generally get installed in the worst locations: busy intersections.
Also, always check out drivers before proceeding infront of a vehicle with a running engine. And keep in mind: just because they made eye contact, it doesn’t mean they “see you.”
YES, people have made eye contact with drivers only to be taken down by them later saying “HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE!”
JESS? Are you sure you’re okay??
Or maybe it’s Georgia’s way of telling you to get the hell out of town. I’d listen if I were you. GA sounds like a very inhospitable sort of place. Actually, I’m sure it’s a lovely place. I just felt like using the word inhospitable. I’ve always liked it for some reason.
Anyway. I’m glad none of your walky parts suffered major injuries. I think some ice cream is called for nonetheless. Ice cream has magical healing properties you know.
Maybe you should consider wearing safety orange next time you are walking somewhere.
Jesus, dude, YOU’VE GOT SOME NERVE.
I mean, to deliberately get in the way of some poor woman who’s trying to have a conversation on her phone while she’s trying to drive? She’s got enough to worry about without people like YOU getting in her way!
Sheesh.
!!!!
She told YOU no problem?? WTF.
Well, I WAS going to move to Georgia (Savannah) here in a few years, but now I’m reconsidering. I mean, I tend to use crosswalks quite often.
I’m one of those crazy people who run.
My favorite place to run is a beautiful two-lane road that winds through the forest preserve. It has a great ocean view and the road is used in numerous TV commercials — you’ve probably seen it in ads for new cars, etc.
Anyway, I have been hit there by distracted drivers twice. Both times they were tourists who were so busy checking out the scenery, they DROVE OFF THE ROAD and on to the foot path. Luckily, they were both driving at a crawl. One knocked my down. The other just clipped me from behind — my knee hurt for a week.
I insisted on going to the ER both times.
You should always call the police and go to the hospital when you’re hit by a car. I was an insurance adjuster for several years, handling bodily injury claims. Trust me on this. You need to document any possible injuries immediately after the accident. A police report is vital, too.
I take MARTA to work every morning, and I have about a 1/2 mile walk to campus, where I have to cross an on-ramp to I-20… I’m afraid I think I might have seen that woman there before.
I live in Savannah. Lived in Georgia most of my life. People here don’t understand the crosswalk concept. I was at the hospital yesterday. They had to place signs in the walks denoting state law about stopping while a person’s in the crosswalk!
Howevere, downtown, there are crosswalks, but we citizens just know the whole city is a crosswalk. It’s not so much that in Atlanta.
Did she even feel herself hit you? “No Problem”?
Welcome to GA *laugh* I lived there for a few months in 2003 and, if I recall correctly, that southern hospitality thing can go a little too far. Glad I haven’t been given any “welcome to the state” love taps lately! Do be careful.
You’re lucky she didn’t try to claim that you caused her whiplash!
you should pretend to have an injury, “personal trauma” out of the incident and sue for a couple of million dollars. probably get it too- just don’t forget to “share” the wealth” ;-). affording an SUV, she probably is worth some amount of money.
Well, it’s these Georgia drivers…plain and simple.
Excluding me of course.
Glad you’re ok.
OK, I need addresses and timings, I think I need to take Mrs Danboy for a walk. Is there a law against tieing wifes up in the middle of your roads.
Also I have to agree with Mikey’s comments, the audacity of you to walk across a pedestrian crossing and interfering with that lady drivers conversation.
I hope you realise that she is probably severally traumatised now and suffering enough to sue your arse.
Sheesh, some people
Be Safe
only because possoms play dead
I just love cars! Great blog btw!
people should drive more carefully… and no mobile phone while driving… it distracts your focus from driving.