I was this close () from becoming Pavement Man.

[Rain Man]

I was walking home and was crossing an intersection north to south. There was a one-way street coming north, and a two way street going east to west. A fellow pulled up on the west side hoping to make a left onto the one-way, but there were cars.

So I'm crossing the street, and I swear he glanced over and saw me. But right as I got next to his hood ornament he saw a break in traffic and thought he could go. He gunned it and bammo!

There was no chance of dodging. I did the Heisman trophy pose and stiff-armed his hood, and he hit the brakes before he actually got into my body, but dang, it was close. I got around to the side of his vehicle, we looked at each other, and then he gunned it out of there. Never apologized, never asked if I was okay, nothing. A couple of pedestrians came up and asked me if I was okay, so it was enough of a hit that it got people's attention.

I've got a sore wrist from hitting his hood, so I hope I at least dented it a little.

And I got his plate number, but I'll cut him a break. He just got caught up looking south at the traffic on the one-way and didn't think about a pedestrian coming the other way. But he still should've stopped and said something.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by FAX

Dang, Mr. Rain Man. Glad you're okay.

In honor of your survival, I shall assist you with a poll to celebrate your good fortune.

Poll: How close was it?

A) This close.
B) That close.
C) Close enough, by God.
D) Too close for comfort.
E) Close enough to use the same toothpick.
F) Close as two coats of paint.
G) Too close to call.
H) Close enough to count in horseshoes.
I) Gazzy Wazzy.

FAX

That could've been an entirely new thread.

[Frazod]

Some prick almost took out my wife while she was crossing the street earlier in the year. He didn't actually hit her, but she had to leap out of the way and the ****er didn't even slow down. Didn't get a plate number. We did look for the car a bit but she couldn't identify it.

[Simply Red]

Always expect the unexpected when you're 100 yards or further from your crib. Always have an exit out.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by FAX

Dang, Mr. Rain Man. Glad you're okay.

In honor of your survival, I shall assist you with a poll to celebrate your good fortune.

Poll: How close was it?

A) This close.
B) That close.
C) Close enough, by God.
D) Too close for comfort.
E) Close enough to use the same toothpick.
F) Close as two coats of paint.
G) Too close to call.
H) Close enough to count in horseshoes.
I) Gazzy Wazzy.

FAX

I would definitely go for Option D.

[LiveSteam]

I would have shot his tires out

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by FAX

Dang, Mr. Rain Man. Glad you're okay.

In honor of your survival, I shall assist you with a poll to celebrate your good fortune.

Poll: How close was it?

A) This close.
B) That close.
C) Close enough, by God.
D) Too close for comfort.
E) Close enough to use the same toothpick.
F) Close as two coats of paint.
G) Too close to call.
H) Close enough to count in horseshoes.
I) Gazzy Wazzy.

FAX

Poll fail. Rain Man likes the Omaha Omaha Omaha option over Gaz now days. So it must have been Omaha Omaha Omaha run for -2yards close.

[Hammock Parties]

I like being Rain Man's facebook friend, because now I get little status update trailers for his Chiefsplanet threads. It's very exciting.

[Rain Man]

(My wrist hurts now.)

On a slightly different note, we have this big parkway near our house that's east-west, and is configured like this: bike lane, road lane, big wide grassy area, road lane, bike lane. It's very residential, so it's not busy at all.

At one point it intersects with a slightly busy street, so there's a light. We often do take the boulevard to the slightly busy street and then turn right to go to the mall.

Well, if you miss the light, you're sitting there waiting for it to turn so you can make your right, and meanwhile the bikers are going about their business. It's very lightly traveled, so you may see a couple of bikes, but never more than that.

When the light turns green and I want to make my right, occasionally there'll be a bike coming up in the bike lane. Now, if the bike wants to go straight, he/she is going to cross the path of my right turn. But I'm there first. I always make sure to not go and let the bike go, but I'm surprised at how they never seem cautious about it. If I'm on a bike and I see a car at the light with it's right turn signal on as the light is turning green, I'm not just going to blithely keep cruising right into its path and trust that it sees me. People making right turns are not inclined to look in their right mirror. I'm kind of surprised that there aren't more people hit at that intersection.

And I presume that the bikes have the right of way, but it's just weird that I'm there ahead of them and am supposed to notice them passing me on the right when my light turns green.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

I like being Rain Man's facebook friend, because now I get little status update trailers for his Chiefsplanet threads. It's very exciting.

I feel kind of guilty about that. It's like I'm some tiresome bore repeating my story at a dinner party.

[stevieray]

...those one ways in and out from downtown, capitol hill up to wash park were always crazy hazardous...glad you had your radar on!!

[Buehler445]

Glad you're not dead, Rainman.

[BoneKrusher]

wow, glad you're safe Bro, sounds like a close call.

[KS Smitty]

I'm glad you're ok. Pavement Man is nowhere near as cool as Rain Man.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

RM if you die can I have your Dr. Pepper?

[Imon Yourside]

You made it through, now move on to do some near death experience vids.