Had a few close calls myself today, in the same shopping center. 2 were classic driver turning into the intersection, the other was a lady backing out her suv to my right while i was right behind it waiting to park in the opening stall on my left. Got to use the horn on that one.
The first one was sort of the scariest as this on the right makes a left across my lane and I didn’t really see him. It was like nothing there and all of a sudden half a car. I was going slow, so emergency braking was easy. Stopped with a good 7 feet to spare. He did see me though as he stopped quick as well and I could see him staring at me while i was braking. He did a sorry wave as I let him go and it was all good. The second guy to pull out was making a left into my direction on my left hand side. He was a dick, I saw him all the way and I was already slowing down, moving more to the right of my lane. He pulls out 1/2 into my lane before seeing me hits the brakes hard. I had already stopped by that time. He then just sat there for 10 seconds looking at me like it was my fault or something. I let him go on his way and I give him the universal sign of “hello, fuck you” when he looks at his rear view mirror. Shit happens, but as long as you have the attitude of everyone’s out to kill you, you should do fine…
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If there’s anything more important than my ego
around, I want it caught and shot now…