Back from a meal and more bumper cars - this time literally, unfortunately. I was coming north on Laurel Canyon and in the left turn lane at my street. Now, they've been doing work a little further south so the southbound lanes have been backed up all week. So, cars nicely stop and allow people to turn left rather than block the intersection. That is precisely what happened - the cars in the left and right lanes were stopped. I proceeded to turn left slowly, and then from out of nowhere some ASSHOLE speeds through trying to beat me, even though there's nowhere for him to go. He wasn't really even in a lane (there's room to drive on the extreme right, but there are really only two called out lanes). So, he didn't beat me and I hit the back of his car - he spun around completely but didn't hit anyone else, thankfully. I finished my left turn and got out of my car, hopping mad. He perused the his car, which from where I was standing didn't look like it had much if any damage. He had his son or some young man in the car with him. He came up to me with a very cocky attitude and I immediately saw that and said, "You're not going to say this wasn't your fault, are you?" And this fat mo-fo says, "Yes, it was 100% your fault." I said, "See you in court, pal, you won't be getting away with this one." Luckily, I had someone in the car who was coming back with me to do something on the computer, and who saw EVERYTHING. This guy hands me his card and wouldn't you know, he's both a CPA AND a lawyer, hence the cockiness. I checked my car and other than it having had its front license plate ripped off the car, the bumper was just scuffed - I'll probably have it replaced, and I have to get the license reattached pronto, probably first thing Monday morning. I called my insurance hotline and reported it and filed a claim and told them exactly what happened. I have no doubt that this peckerwood is going to do whatever he can to make it seem like he was in the right. But I will stand firm. The worst that could happen is that my insurance company will have to settle with him, but I don't want to. Also, neither he nor his son nor me nor my passenger was harmed in any way - it will be interesting to see if he goes down THAT road, what with being an attorney and all.
