Almost got Broadsided!

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Today on my way to work, I stopped at a store to buy something. Pulling out of the parking lot, I almost got broadsided by another car that came flying up in the wrong lane. It was at a very difficult place to get out of, very close to a light at a busy intersection, and I had to turn left. I expected a very long wait, as a whole long line of traffic was approaching the light, which of course turned red. But a lady, since she had to stop for the light anyway, stopped before she blocked the driveway, holding up the traffic behind her so that I could pull out in front of her and turn left. Of course, I looked both ways, and made sure nobody was turning from the light onto the road. But as I got out across the road, some car, several cars behind the nice lady, decided to pass the line of stopped cars and come down along their left side (it's not a two lane road there!). He was able to slam on his brakes only a couple of inches away from hitting me broadside! He would have gotten the back part of my vehicle, so I don't think I'd be hurt, but my car would have been totaled judging by how fast he was going. Of course, maybe that would have been a blessing, if he had enough insurance to buy me a new car. My vehicle is on it's last legs. I don't even know where he thought he was going, since the light was red anyway!