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What's the dumbest accident/near-accident you've been in? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world to c/bikecommuting@lemmy.ml

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[–] lntl@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

was stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of 10th and Pine. 10th has more traffic than Pine so Pine has stop signs but 10th doesn't.

anyway, i was stopped with two feet in the ground. looked right down tenth, saw a car coming. looked left and saw it was clear from that direction and thought when the car passes, I'll cross.

When i looked back right, i saw the grill of the car with about five feet before impact.

the car turned onto the wrong side of the road where i saw standing