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I caused a major accident once. Closed the highway. Medic copters flying in. I was in my early 20s, two days before Christmas, on my way to the laundromat. I was inching out to make a left, you know how people inch out when the light is green, and if the traffic flow never stops, they wait until the light turns red and then scoot across the oncoming lane? That's what I did. 2 lanes stopped. One lane I didn't see coming, a flash of white, and then blammo.

I felt horrible. I remember a lawyer friend of mine at the time said "That's why they call them accidents." Since then, I don't inch out on left turns anymore. I stop at the line, and I wait, and make sure traffic is clear and that I have the right of way.

I almost caused an accident in a similar fashion — rushing to do the left turn as the light changed/ very nearly met a VW bus (not the most stable car) that was rushing to make the light, coming the other way. That bus careened and very nearly tipped over, but didn’t. Thank God. I am much more careful at intersections since then.

I caused a major accident once. Closed the highway. Medic copters flying in. I was in my early 20s, two days before Christmas, on my way to the laundromat. I was inching out to make a left, you know how people inch out when the light is green, and if the traffic flow never stops, they wait until the light turns red and then scoot across the oncoming lane? That's what I did. 2 lanes stopped. One lane I didn't see coming, a flash of white, and then blammo. I felt horrible. I remember a lawyer friend of mine at the time said "That's why they call them accidents." Since then, I don't inch out on left turns anymore. I stop at the line, and I wait, and make sure traffic is clear and that I have the right of way.

Your lawyer is a fool if he told you that. An accident is getting hit by a meteor. You should have yielded and made sure it was clear for you to left turn before proceeding. It doesn't matter if you were at the limit line or rolled into the intersection to wait, you must yield to on-coming traffic...

The only way here to be found not at fault, is to have witnesses state that the on-coming vehicle blew the red light. But the fact is, you have to watch, because the red light means nothing in real life, and if ya left turn in front of an on coming vehicle, you could be dead in an instant.

Intersections are death traps. The grave yards are full of those that lost their lives in intersections.