What is so weird is that it happened in a split second, honestly......
I was taking my normal route home.
I was in a diagonal single lane road that enters a 50 mph highway at a 45 degree Y branch.
Once you get up to the crosswalk, you glance to see oncoming traffic over your left shoulder.
The visibility is ok, not great, some obstacles, etc, but it can be done safely.
I was behind a car, he would be first to enter the highway.
At this point I am only watching him.
I see he decides to go.
I see him move out.
I then glance/look to my left to see if I too can go in this traffic break he decided to enter.
I conclude, yes, and start to give it throttle as I turn back to focus forward now and complete my entry into the highway....
WTF......
This guy decided to stop!
I quickly take evasive actions, from throttle to break and change my steering direction.
It was slow motion at this point.....
I knew I could not avoid him, so I went for minimal damage, impact.
I was able to just clip his left rear bumper with my foot brake and peg.
Bent it a tad, and got a small bump on my ankle, no blood
I was quite impressed with my reflex at my old ripe age of 64 and a 1/2....
I didn't even kill the engine
He got out and apologize, but I told him it was my own fault....
I should have KNOWN my path I was committing myself to, yes!
It is one of those episodes where if you are not 100 percent on your game, you elevate your risk.
I had lots of information to process at this junction, to be as safe as I can assure myself, and I missed one.
Thank goodness it was not a dead center bumper hump, the gal would be bent and so would I have been.
Heads up guys, really, it was that quick, be on your game at all times!