Oh yeah MetroMPG, I totally know what you mean. I think most of us have been in a situation close to that.
My example is that about 1 year ago I was stopped at a stop sign as well and I was intending to turn to my left instead. It was a very busy and wide street too. I crossed the traffic coming from the left and I was waiting for a break in the traffic coming from the right (I was in the middle of the large centre median). As soon as there was a break, I started to move forward and just as I turned my head to look to the left again and *whoops* I ran into a stopped mini-wan in front of me with the Geo

. The corner of my car side swiped his rear hubcap. He got my information yet never called.
Got to love those convoluted driving situations
