Thursday, July 18, 2013

To the driver I never met...

I saw the situation you put yourself into. You were driving too fast and you weren't paying attention to traffic. There was a long line of stopped cars in front of you and you were completely oblivious. Was your phone conversation that important? It must have been because once you realized that you were going to hit the car in front of you the conversation didn't end. You just cut the wheel hard to the left without any consideration of who was there. 

Luckily, if you want to call it that, I wasn't on the phone and I was paying attention. I had even prepared myself for the fact that you might be an inconsiderate driver. Before you reacted, I had already eased off on the throttle and covered my brakes just in case. Nothing that you did was a surprise to me up until this point. My only surprise was what happened next. You saw the motorcycle that was beside you and you slammed on your brakes and I kept mine covered. Then you made a decision I could never do. You decided that my life was less important than the POS car you were driving and you took your foot off of the brake and floored it pointing your 3,000 pound cage right at me. If I hadn't been prepared I would have had to drop the bike or risk being run over by you. Would you have stopped? I doubt it.