darby24
04-13-2004, 02:30 AM
I'm new around the boards and now I finally feel that I've got a "good one" to share here. I was out with my 22 month old nephew and my mom this sunny afternoon. While walking down the sidewalk hand in hand (I was closest to the curb, nephew in middle), we near got nailed by a car.
This car began slowly pulling into an angled parking spot a mere foot from me, the male driver probably 18-19 years old. Though the car was driving slowly, it was still fast enough to drive up on the curb and across at least one foot of the sidewalk. Of course we stopped walking (I would have walked into it) and even had time for my mom to say a 'choice' statement to the driver. The teenage girl passenger even looked me in the eye before the guy slammed on the gas!!
All right so the car crashed into a dry cleaner, took out the big window and the whole window support beam, breaking the beam in half. We stood there in shock as the car backed away as if nothing happened. Of course my mom had a few more 'choice' words to say! Literally we were feet away from being crushed into the glass!
What would be this man's first words? "Oops", "Sorry", "Are you alright", "I can't believe I did that"? Nope. How about "Man, something must be wrong with my transmission." Yeah, sure. My nephew is in hysterics by this point and wouldn't leave my arms. What has really got me going is the reaction from the couple. NO reaction! Not scared, upset, angry, embarrassed, remorseful. Nothing. The girl ran off for a bit and then came back, and the guy's parents arrived. Not one word to us from the driver or his parents to make sure we're okay. You would think because I have a crying child in my arms, something must have happened!
My mom and I thought it over afterward and decided these kids must have been on something. Drugs, alcohol, I don't know. My mom swears the guy laughed immediately after they hit the building. I found it extremely odd that the girl didn't scream, become upset or even warn the driver that there were three people he almost hit. Makes me creepy at the thought of them being so relaxed over the whole event!
The one very positive note is that my nephew was not in his stroller! He would have been the 2-3 feet in front of us and I don't want to imagine what could have been done.
Of course my nephew did calm down when all six emergency trucks arrived with sirens and lights! The fire truck was the biggest hit and when we arrived home he had to get out all the books with fire trucks in them and check them out. We did give statements to the police and that was it.
I know this isn't as good as some of the posts but my nephew has now gone home, I'm finally not shaking and the situation has just finally angered me enough to post. Thanks for letting me vent.
This car began slowly pulling into an angled parking spot a mere foot from me, the male driver probably 18-19 years old. Though the car was driving slowly, it was still fast enough to drive up on the curb and across at least one foot of the sidewalk. Of course we stopped walking (I would have walked into it) and even had time for my mom to say a 'choice' statement to the driver. The teenage girl passenger even looked me in the eye before the guy slammed on the gas!!
All right so the car crashed into a dry cleaner, took out the big window and the whole window support beam, breaking the beam in half. We stood there in shock as the car backed away as if nothing happened. Of course my mom had a few more 'choice' words to say! Literally we were feet away from being crushed into the glass!
What would be this man's first words? "Oops", "Sorry", "Are you alright", "I can't believe I did that"? Nope. How about "Man, something must be wrong with my transmission." Yeah, sure. My nephew is in hysterics by this point and wouldn't leave my arms. What has really got me going is the reaction from the couple. NO reaction! Not scared, upset, angry, embarrassed, remorseful. Nothing. The girl ran off for a bit and then came back, and the guy's parents arrived. Not one word to us from the driver or his parents to make sure we're okay. You would think because I have a crying child in my arms, something must have happened!
My mom and I thought it over afterward and decided these kids must have been on something. Drugs, alcohol, I don't know. My mom swears the guy laughed immediately after they hit the building. I found it extremely odd that the girl didn't scream, become upset or even warn the driver that there were three people he almost hit. Makes me creepy at the thought of them being so relaxed over the whole event!
The one very positive note is that my nephew was not in his stroller! He would have been the 2-3 feet in front of us and I don't want to imagine what could have been done.
Of course my nephew did calm down when all six emergency trucks arrived with sirens and lights! The fire truck was the biggest hit and when we arrived home he had to get out all the books with fire trucks in them and check them out. We did give statements to the police and that was it.
I know this isn't as good as some of the posts but my nephew has now gone home, I'm finally not shaking and the situation has just finally angered me enough to post. Thanks for letting me vent.