My car was hit by an SUV at Green Street and McCarter Highway last night. The other driver said the light was yellow when she crossed the intersection. But it was clearly green when I was going through. The road was slick, and I slammed on my brakes, which limited the damage to my car's front end. The other driver was really shook up, poor thing. Fortunately, no one was hurt. She insisted we call the cops, which I feared would delay us at the scene for a while. She called her husband too, who came right away and agreed with me that we could resolve this without the police's help. He also agreed that his wife probably was facing a ticket and points on her license. I even had a witness who was saw the lady blow through the light of the intersection.
As much as I denied it to myself, I was still pretty shook up. That witness, who happened to be a friend from work, went with me to get a coffee, before I hit the road from home. My car is still driveable. Thank goodness for that too.
Driving in Newark is a bit risky. There are a lot of careless people behind the wheel, and speeders. We also have sometimes have drag racing. I try to use public transportation as often as I can, and the light rail is truly wonderful. Too bad there's not more of it through out town. So modern, quiet, and definitely safer.
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