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Old 10-20-2022, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC View Post
Driving next to someone in a roundabout is the best way to have an accident around here
Agree. This is an example of what can happened to me when in a RAB. (I'm sure most folks have their own near miss stories to tell too).

While driving northbound on Morse Blvd, just about at the Winn Dixie RAB, which is at Caroline, I was in the right lane about to go straight on Morse Blvd. No one was beside me. All of a very quick sudden, a car in the left lane comes speeding up beside me and cuts me off so he could exit the RAB from the left lane. I assume he was on his way to Winn Dixie and had a chocolate chip cookie attack. (they sell delicious HUGE cookies for $1.50. Used to be $1.00). Needless to say, I slammed on my brakes so hard my purse, which was on the passenger seat, fell to the floor. I avoided the near accident and I'm sure the driver had no idea how close he came to me slamming into his car as he so merrily exited the RAB directly in front of my car.
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