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November 13, 2004
vigilante on the side
i had a wonderful dinner with my dad and lee tonight at the buffalo club. i rode on the back of my dad's harley, which i love because you really get to see things differently on the back of a bike.
on the way home, we stopped at a light at 17th and pico, and were waiting to turn right to head home.
a woman in a saturn turned left in front of us, when suddenly a small ford truck sped into view out of nowhere and slammed into the woman's car. her car turned 180 degrees spinning right toward us. for a split second i thought she was going to slide right into us. thankfully her car stopped a few feet short.
then, we realized that the truck that slammed into the woman just kept on driving. my inner vigilante kicked into gear, and i leaned forward and yelled, "hey that guys just taking off! we need to get his plate number!!"
but lee and my dad were on the same wavelength. we sped off down the street after the guy and lee got his plate number.
we turned around to head back to the scene of the accident, and realized that the woman had also sped down the street and was right behind us. i motioned for her to follow us back to the scene of the accident.
then of course, i chastised her for trying to chase him down herself. a single girl alone in her car should never try to chase someone down like that...well unless she had a couple of harley guys at her back. ;)
anyway, we gave the police the information they needed to track the guy who just hit her and ran. fortunately no one was hurt. but man, i just hate it when i see people just run away like that. but talking to the police, i guess it happens all the time.
i feel bad for the girl, but it felt really good to step in and help. vigilante work is very exciting.
Posted by heidijanet at November 13, 2004 10:39 PM
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Wow. Do You live an exciting life!
I think we need to change your name to
SuperHeidi!
And, give you a darling constume to don whenever you step in to fight for justice and become a guardian of your fellow man.
Er ... or woman.
Posted by: judi at November 13, 2004 11:46 PM
ooh you're right ! it would be oh so much more fun in a costume! although i suspect my testimony might be taken somewhat less seriously. ;)
Posted by: heidi janet at November 14, 2004 09:12 PM
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