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[cosmolinguist]

I do really want to talk about the interviews, every day I've thought that and both days so far I've been too tired. Maybe I'll manage it over the weekend but for now here are some words I've already written about my evening.

Sadly, I've had to reset the counter on the 'days since a car nearly hit me' sign to 0 again.

This car ran a red light and only didn't hit us because it swerved out of the way.

My favorite part was a bunch of people standing outside a bar across the road saw this and started screaming immediately. "Did you see that?" "They almost hit that blind guy!" "I'm glad you're okay! My heart was pounding!"

The driver pulled over, and these yelling people also yelled that she looked very apologetic. My second-favorite part was mother_bones stomping down the sidewalk with her rollator, saying "I do not forgive."

diffrentcolours got a photo of her license plate but mother_bones and I didn't want to call the cops on a woman of color.

If it'd been a white guy, we would've. But no, this won't achieve anything.

I wish there was something else people could do in this situation. The  cops are wholly inadequate. I hope she really was sorry (and not just scared because she saw diffrentcolours take the photo), I hope it really does change her behavior in future. That's all I want. Just don't run red lights again.

Comments

[sfred]

Eep! <3

[ewt]

I'm glad she was able to swerve.

I'm glad she pulled over, too. I've only had someone pull over once after a near miss when I was cycling!

[otter]

Oof! W almost got hit by a truck when he was walking to the bus stop a couple weeks ago. I do my absolute best as a driver to watch for pedestrians and bicycles because I often use those modes of transportation.

I very much agree that if it had been a white guy, to call the cops, but not in this case. You know as well as I that it would have brought more harm to the situation.

[barakta]

YIKES. I think you did the right thing, I hope also that she learns and never does it again.

One day I would like to meet Mother Bones, she sounds amazing.