I don't think it would have mattered this time. He seemed to be quite fixated on his gas pedal and horn after we had just turned left out a one way street. I'm not sure he realized the street WAS a one way street( even though it has been that way for at least 12 years) , and appeared to want to communicate his displeasure with me that I had the audacity to pull to the left lane, stop, look both ways, and start on my merry way before he could speed up behind me on the right side, not bothering to stop, and since I was already in the road ahead of him, applied both horn and accelerator pedal to communicate to me that somehow I had offended him. I can only guess it was the accelerator, because when I decided to stop( no place to pull over) and ask what exactly the problem was, he hit me and pushed my car about 5 feet. As we were still on school grounds, I think he may have been speeding. Again, I can only guess, since I only noticed him pulling up along my right side as I was checking for traffic just before pulling out. I didn't notice that he had pulled out beside/behind me until I heard the blaring horn.
Last edited by JethroBodine; 01-11-2013 at 10:32 PM..
Reason: Re-re-read and changed for clarity.
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