This is a cautionary tale to be diligent, alert, and always pay attention when you’re doing something as simple as walking…
Since we’re between storms, this was a beautiful morning for a walk. As I headed toward the beach, there’s an intersection with a four-way stop. (For those of you who know Carlsbad, it’s Chinquapin and Adams.)
At the time I safely proceeded to cross at the crosswalk, there were no cars. As I was almost all the way across the street, three-quarters of the way to the other side, a small-ish SUV caught my eye because the car didn’t seem to be slowing down to stop at the stop sign and I was directly in the line of fire.
It seemed as if she was planning to roll through the stop sign and hit me!
I stopped, yelled “HEY!” as loud as I could, which got her attention and she screeched to a halt, inches away from me.
She looked extremely flustered, surprised and guilty; proof that she had absolutely not seen me. I know I’m small, but I’m not invisible. Sheesh.
After that, I emitted a few dozen choice words and tried to get her license number as she sped off but not before I saw that she had a photo of a baby hanging from her rear view mirror. She was a mom and might have even put her child in harm’s way.
That’s a close enough call with death for one day, or at least a close call with a potentially painful accident.
The moral of the story is to stay alert and don’t trust that a driver will pay attention or even obey simple rules of the road.
Anyway, I’d like to thank my guardian angels for protecting me one more time!
Enchanted Seashells by Princess Rosebud 
I’m glad she heard you! Most people are listening to music etc. and don’t even hear emergency sirens. Yup, your guardian angels were working hard for you!
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Yes, she had her window open or she wouldn’t have heard me at all. I watched her NOT see me until I yelled. Wish I gotten her license plate, though. Instead of me, it could have been a child and that would be an avoidable and terrible tragedy.
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This is why it is important to predict possible scenarios 2-3 moves ahead. Most important is that everything end up fine.
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I agree! Also people drive horribly here, always texting, distracted, etc.
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I react similarly to you. Rather than make a dramatic dive to safety I stop and yell and I can yell loudly. (I think I was made for the stage where microphones would not be necessary.) One time though I almost got myself in big trouble when I was waiting for the bus on a corner and two fellows probably around the 20’s ran into the intersection fighting. And I mean really going at it. I yelled in my stage voice – STOP!- and they did for the moment and then appeared to both be coming after me. My bus arrived at that moment and now I am much more cautious!!
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I had a split second decision to make, maybe I should have let her hit me and sued for millions, but I used my LOUDEST voice like you did! I don’t usually engage with people like that nowadays, the tendency for others to be violent is a real fear and Im more cautious too, but this time I hope she learned a lesson about stopping at stop signs!
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