Red Light

The SUV is travelling down a path it has gone many a times. The driver had just got groceries and knew this route would get them home in about 10 minutes. The vehicle comes to a stop at a stoplight. It will be the first one to go when the light changes, but it will proceed cautiously. While this light does not have a left hand turn signal, and this vehicle will be going straight anyways, cars from the opposite direction have a bad habit of turning right in front of them as soon as the light changes. And so, caution will be used. The light changes and the vehicle start to creep forward.

All of a sudden a loud horn blares from the left. The driver has no time to look to see what it is but instinctively puts their foot on the brake. CRASH. The vehicle is hit and does a 180. It coasts slowly towards a tree on the side of the road. The driver hits the brake to stop but there is no response. They pull the emergency brake, and the vehicle mercifully halts.

Thanks to the air bags and seat belt all the driver ends up suffering is a soar neck. They stumble out of the car and are told immediately by a spectator to take a seat while they call the police. Reluctantly the driver does. From the ground they can see the other car a good 50 yards down the road, proceed by a trail of random car bits. They see no sign of the other driver. They get up and make a call to let their loved one know they are okay and may need a ride. There is now a chance to see the damage done to their ow vehicle. The frame in front of the driver’s side wheel is smashed in, but other than this the vehicle is fine condition.

By now the police have arrived on the scene. They talk to the witness and then to the driver. They ask what happened and gather their facts. It is quickly determined that the other driver ran a red light. The police ask the driver if they want to go to the hospital, but the driver refuses. Their loved one had arrived and there was ice cream melting in the trunk. More than anything they just want to home.