Ok, so here's a note to the gentleman with whom my friend and I had the clandestine meeting with at the corner of Frankfort and Ewing Sunday night...
From the 2006 Kentucky Driver's manual for training new drivers for the Commonwealth's Highways (hint, you should be familiar with this considering *your* car's licensed here).
GREEN: If the way is clear, after
yielding the right-of-way to other
vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within
the intersection, you may go straight or
turn left or right, unless such turns are
prohibited.
***Left turns on green must
yield to through traffic coming from the
opposite direction.***
(separation of component text and emphasis added by me).
In other words, I HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY. (1)
When you proceeded to turn ANYWAY, I attempted to stop, to swerve to do ANYTHING to PREVENT THE COLLISION YOU INITIATED BY VIOLATING KENTUCKY STATE LAW.
*ahem*
As a result of your actions, I have lost the vehicle I had just finished paying off, my friend may potentially have suffered career ending injuries (which in fortunately far better than the initial life-threatening injuries that was the initial triage diagnosis). I have missed considerable amounts of work and I will have to figure out how I am to move forward from the setback effectively and efficiently. As this is a very significant problem you have managed to foist upon me in such a careless manner.
Oh by the way, I wasn't really amused by the argument you proposed that I should not have crossed *your* path and the collision was *my* fault. Considering your car is licensed for Jefferson County and that it could possibly be yours, meaning your would be licensed for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, your argument makes you a liar as well as technically a criminal for putting forth the effort that ended in said collision.
The saddest part of this mess is that you probably went home, had a beer, cussed me out and slept well, while I, my family and friends spent the night at Jewish trying to assess the personal damage you caused.
Gee, thanks, fucker.
(1) http://drlic.kytc.ky.gov/drivers_manual/driversmanual.htm
Download the PDF, go to page 13.
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