x EvilErmine x said:
This, well sort of,
Driving along and these two Chav girls just decided to walk out in the middle of the road. Seriously, they looked, saw cars coming along and just thought 'fuck it, I don't care' and walked out. I had to slam on the brakes, stopping about 2 inches from the girls and causing the bloke behind me to go into the back of my car and the car behind him to smash into the back of his.
Worst part? The girls crossed the road, saw the carnage that they had caused and stared pointing and laughing. I have never felt rage like I did that day.
You should've restrained them and called the coppers. They caused an accident by jaywalking and it was your reactions that resulted in it only being a multiple fender bender, rather than a serious accident. Some criminal prosecution might teach the little cunts some manners. That said, they're chavs, so they'd probably just wear it like a badge.
OT: Had a couple of "oh shit" moments where I've been nearly hit by a car. First time I was 7 or so, ran ahead of my parents because the road we were about to cross was hardly ever used. Car turns in, but stops well before it gets to me. A few years later, something similar happens at the exit to a small car park serving a row of shops, but due to a lack of eye contact between me and the driver in question. I was busy with my phone, but saw him out the corner of my eye and assumed he'd noticed me approaching and would stop to let me pass. He hadn't and didn't. Bumper of the car brushed my leg as I crossed in front of him, but he again stopped in time. Totally my own fault. :/
A real "oh shit" moment came a couple of years after that. I was getting paid to help look after my neighbour's horse and one of the things I was responsible for was grooming her for shows. Naturally, when she's in the arena, there's nothing for me to do but stand and watch. Less than a year prior to that, he'd bred her and she'd had a colt, so of course we had to take him with us to any show.
This meant it was the owner, me and another guy (who also happened to be my parents landlord at the time and the only one with a vehicle capable of pulling the horsebox) who were in attendance. I'd already discharged my duties and the owner was in the ring with the mare, while the other guy was holding the colt outside the ring so he wouldn't panic because he couldn't see his mother.
Of course, animals being animals, he wasn't too happy at being this separated from his mother even at this distance (about 50 feet or so). He kept getting more and more fidgety, antsy and panicky, to the point where other show goers were commenting under their breath and slowly edging away from him.
Now, I was stood an appreciable distance away, what I thought was safe. Growing aware of the more and more flighty nature of the colt, I turned as I caught him turning around just in time for him to buck and his hooves to flash past me on either side of my head. It happened so quick I didn't even have time to blink, let alone think anything until afterward. How the hell he missed me, I'll never know, but I was lucky he did. Needless to say, I was well pissed off at the guy holding him and it was only the fact he was our landlord (and my only ride back home) that I didn't bite his damn head off on the spot.
To be fair, horses weren't his thing (he owns a specialist plant nursery), but for fuck's sake! Get that damn animal under control or put him in the box!