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Collision

I believe it was Galileo who mentioned something about the idea that two things cannot occupy the same space. Last night that theory was put to the test with my automobile and another car.

I escaped with a big knot on my head, sore face, teeth, jaw and neck. The four young folks in the other car were not hurt, but both the cars appear to be trashed.

Driving to work last night at approximately 6:00 PM, I had stopped at the intersection of Buford Drive/GA-20 while heading west from Rock Springs Road (green line in diagram). The southbound traffic on the four lane GA-20 had a green light and left turn arrow. About four or five cars had proceeded through the left turn arrow onto Rock Springs Road (yellow dashed line in the diagram).

It looked clear so I proceeded to turn right into the right lane of GA-20 while the northbound traffic still had a red light. A southbound driver did a U-turn (the yellow line), admittedly "going pretty fast" to catch the turn arrow, and collided into my car.

view of intersection

I suppose I'll be looking for a new car now.

Posted by dancoy at December 22, 2006 10:25 AM