Avoiding a Car Crash

Tuesday I was cruising west along Bell Rd. during work when a white pick-up truck cut across north to a Fry's shopping plaza. Fortunately I saw him when he first took off. I thought he was going pretty fast, but figured he'd be stopping in the center lane, thinking he must see me, being that I was right in his path. Nope.

That only gave me enough time to floor it, and to try turning away from him, as I in was in the center lane, of a three lane, west bound road. I didn't make it past him and he nailed the back corner of my bumper, sending the tail north bound, but I regained control. He slammed on his brakes, after the hit.

I must've gained some distance, because when I looked back he was further away than I expected. He was stopped in the driveway of the plaza. I probably should've stopped the car there and walked back, but I wasn't thinking (the adrenaline was pumping). Plus, I saw a bunch of traffic coming, so I made a U turn to go back. He wasn't there anymore. I realized that he may have thought that I was taking off, since the next turn off wasn't for a little ways. But I searched the entire parking lot for white pick-ups and only came across two. I inspected both but saw nothing incriminating.

I expected my car to be in bad shape, but I almost couldn't tell I was even hit, if it weren't for the scuffs. If I had tunnel vision, and didn't see this guy, I would've been t-boned! It was a scary moment, but all's good.