I Almost Hit Two Joggers This Morning!
By Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78833)
East Tawas, Michigan
July 1, 2023 12:12pm CST
The road we live on is a dead-end road. Nobody walks past or drives by, unless they are visiting our neighbors.
I was leaving at 7:00A for my morning coffee by the Bay. As I was pulling out of the driveway, two joggers appeared it seemed like, out of nowhere! I slammed on my brakes and both these men jogged to the side, to avoid an accident.
They never lost their stride, laughed and kept going! I immediately put my window down, to apologize. The younger fella waved back and stated, "No problem at all!"
Yet, in my chest my heart was beating overtime! I was thinking about what COULD have happened, but didn't:( I've never had a close call like this one, in over 55 years.
It frightened me!
Photo:Mine
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
1 Jul 23
That was totally scary
Some guy was hit by a car recently on the walk part as he jogged back home . It caught him off guard and boom! Was hit by a car Avery rare accident on that part. Hope you cool down
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Jul 23
I'm OK now, but this did frighten me!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Jul 23
@Laurakemunto Yes, it certainly did put a scare in me:(
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
2 Jul 23
@kobesbuddy it's frightening if it were me I would still feel the same
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@snowy22315 (208913)
• United States
1 Jul 23
Things like that are scary as all get out. I remember one time when I lived in NOVA, it was near George Mason University and raining...two or three peope in dark clothes likely students showed up right in front of me. I didn't have to brake hard or anything but it shook me up because I never saw them until I was right on top of them. I could have hit them.
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@snowy22315 (208913)
• United States
1 Jul 23
@kobesbuddy They couldn't have known how it affected you.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Jul 23
And these two men laughed and kept right on going!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Jul 23
@snowy22315 Those fellas were out having fun, probably timing themselves or regulating their speed. They were in another universe, striving for enjoyment!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Jul 23
I was frightened, but the men seemed to take as, "no big deal!"
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
1 Jul 23
How very fortunate that you saw them and they saw you in time? I was once in the jogger's shoes, only instead of apologizing, the driver - a male - flipped me the bird and drove off. It did teach me to always double-check that no one is walking or jogging toward my driveway when pulling out.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Jul 23
@kobesbuddy I'm glad they weren't alarmed. Yes, God prevented the accident.
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Jul 23
Neither one of them was alarmed! I certainly was:( God prevented an accident
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@Deepizzaguy (122162)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Jul 23
I know what you mean that nearly hitting two joggers by accident would be cause you a lot of stress.
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@Deepizzaguy (122162)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Jul 23
@kobesbuddy I can relate to what you went through since at least the two joggers were not mad at you.
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Jul 23
Yes, this really frightened me. I was mildly upset all day long!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Jul 23
The first thing I did, slammed on the brakes and grabbed my mouth! This caused them to laugh at me:(
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