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01-06-2007, 01:14 PM

When/where: Today, about 13:15, Willow Ln just east of IL 31 in West Dundee,
IL, heading eastbound (42.091121N, 88.290532W).

Me: Street clothes, red Champion lightweight shell jacket. 22 in a 25, middle
of the lane. Sunny.

What: Small, silver sedan coming out of a side street (new, so not in Google
Maps yet), makes eye contact with me, then proceeds to roll right through his
stop sign anyway, coming to within a foot or so of me (remember, I'm in the
/middle/ of my lane). He didn't fully stop until I threw my right arm out at
him, giving him the "stop right there" sign. I don't know if he was just out of
it, or if he massively misjudged my speed.

I also had a close encounter with a dog today, involving a possibly autistic
pedestrian, but that's another thread.

--

__o Kristian Zoerhoff
_'\(,_ kristian.zoerhoff@gmail.com
(_)/ (_)

01-06-2007, 01:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
Kristian M Zoerhoff Guest Posts: n/a	Re: My Close Call 2007 (1) When/where: Today, about 13:15, Willow Ln just east of IL 31 in West Dundee, IL, heading eastbound (42.091121N, 88.290532W). Me: Street clothes, red Champion lightweight shell jacket. 22 in a 25, middle of the lane. Sunny. What: Small, silver sedan coming out of a side street (new, so not in Google Maps yet), makes eye contact with me, then proceeds to roll right through his stop sign anyway, coming to within a foot or so of me (remember, I'm in the /middle/ of my lane). He didn't fully stop until I threw my right arm out at him, giving him the "stop right there" sign. I don't know if he was just out of it, or if he massively misjudged my speed. I also had a close encounter with a dog today, involving a possibly autistic pedestrian, but that's another thread. -- __o Kristian Zoerhoff _'\(,_ kristian.zoerhoff@gmail.com (_)/ (_)