Attempted Handicapped Vehicular Homocide
The strangest thing happened to me on the way to work the other day. I was crossing at a crosswalk, the cars on the far side having already stopped and the closest car on my near side having plenty of room to stop. Stepping into the street I kept an eye on the car on the near side. It didn’t even begin to slow down. I began to run for my life as I made eye contact with the driver, she clearly saw me.
Narrowly avoiding being hit I got out of the way just in time. Looking back at the intersection I share a look with the drivers who had stopped including the car who stopped behind the woman who drove through, clearly they were not impressed with her behaviour. Then I noticed the driver of the car that was behind her and had stopped was pointing at something.
It turns out this reckless driver had parked half a block away. Livid I walked up to the car and demanded what the hell she thought she was doing. She pointed to a handicapped sign hanging from her rear-view mirror. “That doesn’t give you the right to run people down in the street!” I shouted. She shrugged.
“Do you run red lights too? Because the kid you kill or semi-truck you hit isn’t going to give a damn about that sign” I yelled. She pointed at the sign again. “Well that’s just great, I hope your little sign makes you feel better after you kill someone!” then she flipped me off! So I said the only thing that came to mind “you’re going to die behind that wheel, I just hope you don’t take anyone with you“.
This isn’t a commentary on handicapped people or even bad drivers, it’s just a story of what happened, take from it what you will.
