Heart was in my throat!!!!

[fireman17]

Just came back to work after have three days off and silly me thinking was going to be a quiet Saturday. Well, around 10 a.m. we get dispatched as a mutual aid ladder truck to the next town over for an automatic fire alarm.
I am the driver/operator on my crew and we start out on the response. Now on the main route we take it's two lanes with a turning lane at the intersections.
Our ladder truck is equipped with an opticom system which will turn the traffic light green for us but, you still have to use caution going through the intersections.
As we approach the intersection I see all three lanes are full of traffic and I have the green, I start to go against traffic in the opposite lane and start to enter the intersection.
Well to my surprise the driver in the turning lane facing me decides he'll turn in front of me well I stomped on the brakes, layed on the air horns, the Captain grabbed the dashboard and I thought I was going to wpe out this idiot driver.
When I stopped all 56,000 pounds of our ladder truck I was three inches from his side door (I'm not kidding,just three inches).
I check and all the crew is okay, we get out and I start to yell at the driver just what provoked him to turn and he says "I thought you were going to turn left" I almost hit him I was so mad!!
Had I crashed into this idiot I would have killed him and would have to live with that the rest of my life.
And after all this the automatic alarm was for burnt food on the stove.
Someone was looking after me today.

 

[Tjaleks]

Some one was looking out for both of you. I am glad no one was hurt.

 

[chell]

 

[disneymama73]

I'm so glad no one was hurt.

 

[mrFDNY]

Hi brother!
Yep the bigger the rig,the more people won't yeild to your right away.Its amazing how some with a tiny civic or sports car,will play chicken with a huge rig 10 times thier weight and size.Gald it turned out ok. As always be safe and stay well!

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

I'm glad everyone's okay. I would say someone was watching over you today.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

I always hate it when there's a fire truck or ambulance coming with sirens and there's that one person who has to try to get ahead of them/past them/turn in front of them. What is that? I drive a Jetta and I know my place, out of the way of the 10 ton thing!

 

[Liberty Belle]

Thank goodness you're a good driver.

Hopefully that fool has learned a lesson and won't put anyone else through this.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I'm glad you're okay.