Very relieved you weren't hit...and good lord, that must have been frightening.
I was hit by a car once about 8 years ago, and it hurt like hell -- and in this case, the guy was not going very fast (he decided to make a right turn at a red light, darting into traffic quickly, and didn't notice Your Humble Narrator already in the crosswalk). I was sore and bruised for weeks, and extremely militant about people who were too casual about pedestrians after that. The guy you're describing was going faster.
To be honest, I was too shaken and freaked and hurting to get the guy's license plate (he popped out of his car, said he was sorry, then drove off), so I understand why you didn't get the make and model. It's hard to have presence of mind inthat situation.
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Date: 2004-04-13 07:26 pm (UTC)I was hit by a car once about 8 years ago, and it hurt like hell -- and in this case, the guy was not going very fast (he decided to make a right turn at a red light, darting into traffic quickly, and didn't notice Your Humble Narrator already in the crosswalk). I was sore and bruised for weeks, and extremely militant about people who were too casual about pedestrians after that. The guy you're describing was going faster.
To be honest, I was too shaken and freaked and hurting to get the guy's license plate (he popped out of his car, said he was sorry, then drove off), so I understand why you didn't get the make and model. It's hard to have presence of mind inthat situation.