i came close once.

i was at a busy street intersection. it was a right turn i was making, and i could legally do it on red after clearing traffic. i pulled up, stopped and began to creep forward to clear traffic. suddently a bicyclist ran into my right front fender. he was whizzing along on the sidewalk (which is illegal) and assumed i would just sit there til the light turned green i guess and was going to go in front of me. when i crept forward he couldn't stop quick enough.

i had cleared traffic for pedestrians but was not expecting a 20 mph biker.

i was pissed. he dented my fender in.

but he was unhurt and the dent was easy to push out from the inside.

i have hit large and small dogs before, cats, squirrels and deer. the dogs and squirrell bothered me the most. the sound is sickening. whenever i am tempted to speed through areas where kids especially might walk or run out i just imagine the sound of bone being crushed by my car and i slow right down!

tom w

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