fjrchik
Just a girl in the world, having rode 3 FJRs
Friday night, got off work, 10:15ish pm, uptown Dallas. Heading out of parking garage, I tried to call mom and dad. no luck, line is busy. had just mailed them a copy of my will, wanted to see if it had arrived yet. my girl Shajuana, is behind me, with 1 car in between us. She lives near me and we both work second shift so we often head out of work together. Heading through uptown Dallas towards Woodall Rogers on some nice, quiet side streets. We always go this way, quicker than the lights on McKinney. Heading down Routh, got through the light at McKinney, now about 2 blocks down from there. Looking at the intersection ahead of me, where Routh has the right of way and the side streets have stop signs, I see a white Expedition COMPLETELY blow it's stop sign and barrel right through the intersection! WTF??? Unbelievable!! This is the second time I've seen this happen this year, so I let off the gas. He/She clearly missed the fact that there was a stop sign there and was going over 30, no doubt about it. I has about 2/3 of the block left to go before I was at the intersection myself. 2 seconds or less. easily. that SUV woulda killed me. no doubt about it. its HUGE compared to my G6 GTP coupe. toast. Chik is done. pretty scary right? well i'm not done yet kids.
So I let off the gas after thinking, HOLY **** *****!! Try paying attention next time! Then I think, ya know, he could have a friend coming with him. May not know the roads. May blow it too since the leader did. Now I'm almost there. Still slowing down. Get into the intersection and look left. YEP! I KNEW IT!! ****!!! Here comes an Infiniti G36 coupe right at me! Headlights in my eyes as I'm looking left, blowing the stop sign. Time to save your own *** Chik! This car is gonna T-bone you, right into your body, driver side. Same way Grandpa died. ****! I swing a little wide to the right in the middle of the intersection, hoping to avoid a direct hit to my person. Go ahead, hit my rear quarter panel, I can live with that. I'm already thinking that a G36 isn't gonna kill me, but will definitely jack up my weekend. As I turn my head back to the front, I now realize that I'm headed straight into a parked car on the other side of the intersection! OH friggin great! I may avoid getting T-boned and then nail this innocent car. Wonderful! I had hit the gas to get past the G36, now I'm slamming on the brakes to avoid hitting this parked Honda Accord coupe. I pull hard to the left! And I mean HARD! While breaking, the car didn't wanna turn especially easy. I missed that Accord by a baby's breath! I have no damn clue how I didn't hit that car. That was actually a closer potential collision than with the G35. My front end was so close to it, I didn't think I could avoid it.
Once I straighten out the car and get out of the middle of Routh, I realize that I made it through it. NO damage, no accident. I can't believe it!!! I called Shajuana. She saw it all. She was trying to call me. We went to the upcoming stop sign and just stopped and talked for a minute. I couldn't breathe. I was turning red on my neck and throat. Adrenaline I guess. That was absolutely the scariest thing that has EVER happened to me. And y'all know me, I ride motorcycle. ALOT! I get taken out almost daily on the way to work. This trumped that big time! So here's all the what if's: What if I had been 2 seconds faster leaving? Dead by SUV. What if I had gotten ahold of mom and dad and been on the phone with them? Crashed by G36, no doubt. Would have been too distracted and reactions would have been slower. Shajuana was amazed by my quick reaction to all this. 3 potential crashes within 3 seconds easily, probably less. I drove like a freakin race car driver and made it through. I know my motorcycle skills came into play here big time. I did panic because of the threat to my body but also did what I had to, to get out safely. Thank god I have a great handling sports car. If I would have been driving something bigger, I would have hit that Accord for sure.
I've had close calls in the past, sure. But somehow this one scared me to the core. I had a hard time getting home and keeping my mind on the road. I wonder if the driver feels bad about what coulda happened. Shajuana said she could see them look back the stop sign after they passed it so I'm assuming they knew they did wrong. I wonder if alcohol was a factor. I wonder if the Expedition was with the G36.
I won't be forgetting this anytime soon, unfortunately.
So I let off the gas after thinking, HOLY **** *****!! Try paying attention next time! Then I think, ya know, he could have a friend coming with him. May not know the roads. May blow it too since the leader did. Now I'm almost there. Still slowing down. Get into the intersection and look left. YEP! I KNEW IT!! ****!!! Here comes an Infiniti G36 coupe right at me! Headlights in my eyes as I'm looking left, blowing the stop sign. Time to save your own *** Chik! This car is gonna T-bone you, right into your body, driver side. Same way Grandpa died. ****! I swing a little wide to the right in the middle of the intersection, hoping to avoid a direct hit to my person. Go ahead, hit my rear quarter panel, I can live with that. I'm already thinking that a G36 isn't gonna kill me, but will definitely jack up my weekend. As I turn my head back to the front, I now realize that I'm headed straight into a parked car on the other side of the intersection! OH friggin great! I may avoid getting T-boned and then nail this innocent car. Wonderful! I had hit the gas to get past the G36, now I'm slamming on the brakes to avoid hitting this parked Honda Accord coupe. I pull hard to the left! And I mean HARD! While breaking, the car didn't wanna turn especially easy. I missed that Accord by a baby's breath! I have no damn clue how I didn't hit that car. That was actually a closer potential collision than with the G35. My front end was so close to it, I didn't think I could avoid it.
Once I straighten out the car and get out of the middle of Routh, I realize that I made it through it. NO damage, no accident. I can't believe it!!! I called Shajuana. She saw it all. She was trying to call me. We went to the upcoming stop sign and just stopped and talked for a minute. I couldn't breathe. I was turning red on my neck and throat. Adrenaline I guess. That was absolutely the scariest thing that has EVER happened to me. And y'all know me, I ride motorcycle. ALOT! I get taken out almost daily on the way to work. This trumped that big time! So here's all the what if's: What if I had been 2 seconds faster leaving? Dead by SUV. What if I had gotten ahold of mom and dad and been on the phone with them? Crashed by G36, no doubt. Would have been too distracted and reactions would have been slower. Shajuana was amazed by my quick reaction to all this. 3 potential crashes within 3 seconds easily, probably less. I drove like a freakin race car driver and made it through. I know my motorcycle skills came into play here big time. I did panic because of the threat to my body but also did what I had to, to get out safely. Thank god I have a great handling sports car. If I would have been driving something bigger, I would have hit that Accord for sure.
I've had close calls in the past, sure. But somehow this one scared me to the core. I had a hard time getting home and keeping my mind on the road. I wonder if the driver feels bad about what coulda happened. Shajuana said she could see them look back the stop sign after they passed it so I'm assuming they knew they did wrong. I wonder if alcohol was a factor. I wonder if the Expedition was with the G36.
I won't be forgetting this anytime soon, unfortunately.
