[Summit] terrifying drivers on our streets

[Breslers]

It happened about 8:30 or 8:40 PM.  That was part of my shock.
I have also heard drag racing at 3 or 4AM; that is still not right, but at
least then one would not expect many other cars out to worry about hitting.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Theresa Mathiesen <elvamath at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi, Elianna!
>
> I can only imagine your terror... and not much time to think!  But you
> survived!
>
> What time of night did this happen?  Sometimes when I'm in bed at
> night I hear what sounds like cars racing down Hope St.
> Usually in the distance.
>
> Yes, good idea to report this to your insurance co. and also get
> yourself checked over.
>
> Thanks for alerting us on the List.
>
> -- Elva
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Breslers <breslerfamily at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello Neighbors,
> > I had a terrifying experience on Rochambeau Ave. this evening.
> > I was driving up the hill towards Hope, almost to Ivy St (the one behind
> the
> > library)
> > when two cars turned out of Summit Street towards me, going fast,
> > accelerating more, hard, NEXT to each other.
> > Suddenly coming straight at me, next to each other.
> > Thanks to those bleep "traffic-calming" slabs, there WAS no other road,
> and
> > I had only a split second to save myself from a high-speed head-on crash,
> by
> > driving up on the side walk.  As they flew by, one of the cars missed the
> > back of my vehicle by mere inches.
> > I sat in my car on the sidewalk and shook for a while.
> > I did call the police, but I was so rattled that I could barely explain
> > myself, and the lunatics were long gone anyway.
> > Of course I never got a license plate;  I was too busy trying to get out
> of
> > the way without hitting any people, fences or trees on the sidewalk.
> > Now my back hurts from slamming up over the curb.
> >
> > I can't get it out of my mind. As they bore down on me, for a flash I
> > thought one was actually aiming for me,  TRYING to hit me.  That turned
> out
> > to be a GOOD thought to have, because my instinct for self preservation
> > kicked in and got ME to ACCELERATE hard, past social conventions, right
> up
> > onto the sidewalk, and as it turned out, with NO time to spare.
> >
> > It will be a while before I forget this incident....
> >
> > EB
> >
> >
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