I was dropping off a deposit at my local bank this afternoon. After taking care of business, I prepared to exit the parking lot.
I had to go left across 3 lanes traveling the other direction. I cleared to the right and noted a vehicle in the center lane, I looked left and had oncoming traffic but had plenty of room. I pressed on the accelerator on the Smart Car. I remembered that car in the middle lane so I turned into the closet lane.
The next thing I hear are horns blaring and the see the other car pulling into my lane. I’m not sure if he started into my lane before I started across or if he wanted in while I was turning left. He was so close to me that I could not see the front of his car and his hands were waving frantically.
I made the next left and he followed me, I made a quick turn into a parking lot and while he started to follow, he decided otherwise and pulled back into traffic.
If I was at fault, he has my apologies. If he saw me coming across and decided to change lanes, there’s not much I could do after I started across.
Either way, a little courtesy would have gone a long way.
