I was recently hit by a car while walking with my cane… (and other near-death experiences)
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I'm Molly, a typical sushi, makeup, and fashion loving millennial girl who just so happens to be blind! I was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at just 4 years old and began public speaking at age 5. I started just doing motivational speaking, but now I make videos and even model! Even though I can’t see, I know that there are bright spots in everything we face. Let’s find them together. 💕
100% would have asked for that drivers information in case you needed medical attention. In the moment, adrenaline can mask physical injuries. Also he should definitely get his car insurance bill raised for being in an incident
Not sure how it works in the US, but here in the UK he'd likely get points on his licence for that too (if you get too many points you lose your licence).
He could have easily gotten a ticket if a police officer was nearby and would have been fined..At least in my area he would have, as our police are strict af
@@weeklyalexa257 there’s nothing strict about giving fines to someone who hit a literal human while driving
@@hannahk1306 same in Canada
very good advice! Once I was hit by a car and during those first moments I was shocked and thought "well it's only my bike that's broken no big deal" and I was mostly rambling about the dentist appointment I was on my way to ... so when I arrived at the dentist, a kind passer-by had called just in case I actually was hurt and would need a witness or detail information :)
The first thing my Mother said when I started learning how to drive was, "Every time you get in the car remember these two things: Driving is a priviledge and that this vehicle is a weapon. Drive with awareness and respect and if you can't do that, call a taxi or walk."
I'm so glad you and your Mom are okay. As a sighted person, I do not like crossing roads as well, as there are so many distracted negligent drivers that have almost run me over because they just aren't paying attention to what they're doing. I do have the ability to see them coming for the most part so I can't imagine what it is like to not be able to see the danger coming.
Sending healing and good energy to Bennix. Hopefully, things will turn around soon for you all 💛
Your momma is wise 👏
Sightie here too & yeah the amount of times I've nearly been hit is ridiculous
Yeah one of my best friend since childhood is blind and my dad would say "You need to be aware of everyone else (on the road), cause not everyone will be aware of you." And " When you get in the car remember the danger. A car is a 1800k weapon. Think of Mykala (My friend) crossing the road." So that always made me take it seriously plus I did a whole semester of drivers ed in HS.
Yup, my mom too, said, "You might b careful &follow all the driving &roads instructions, but you dont know other ppl on the streets with you. You have to be safe not only for yourself BUT also ppl who might b careless."
PS. Elton John her new dog is ❤ 🐶
I don't think people take driving as seriously as they should because it's an activity we all do everyday. But you can kill someone with your car and it should be taken more seriously.
I am happy you are okay and sorry your cane was dinged. Hopefully you speaking out will help others be safer when driving.
That is why I didn't start driving till I was 18. I was worried because everyone makes driving seem like no big deal, but one wrong move you are another person could be seriously hurt.
The way people drive in jersey.......people are insecure and are trying to remain first in line....my lane is running out YOU HAVE TO LET ME IN
I'm actually watching a channel on urban design and structuring of roads, and he ALWAYS compares Europe with North America for walkability. So, I've had this mentality that North America is just not built for people and only built for cars for such a long time. And this basically proves it. I mean, the cane and linkes marking the crosswalk are there for a reason, people!
This!! People are on their phones while driving is extremely common and scary (as well as drunk driving). Some people are just extremely impatient as well. I've almost been hit a lot while walking, I used cross walks every time and it was my turn. They would just rather risk a humans life to be somewhere 5 seconds quicker ig 🤷
Also the car-dependent infrastructure of most US cities is so hostile to pedestrians that most people don’t walk to shops and stuff, so on busy streets drivers aren’t even LOOKING for pedestrians bc they just assume there won’t be any. And that is so dangerous. PSA to US motorists: not everyone has a car. Keep your eyes off your damn phone and on the road.
Pedestrian always has the right of way. Doesn't matter if you got there after he was stopped. Pedestrians always get the right of way.
ESPECIALLY someone with a walking cane. Even if the light is green, if someone with a cane starts crossing you have to stop and wait
Depends on the area though, it’s also on pedestrians to be safe. Don’t get me wrong obviously in Molly’s case she’s in the right.
But in my touristy town people on their phones just walk out. Because we are known for being pedestrian friendly.
And they take advantage of it to the point of blindly walking out. With no personal responsibility.
They don’t even take a glance. Like don’t take it for granted that I can see you.
Sometimes I can’t due to sound being dark and they are wearing dark clothes
My point was the law was on her side; Molly doesn't need to apologize for anything. Jaywalking is not the same as crossing safely at an intersection.
Especially if you see a pedestrian with a cane. Just for human empathy reasons, let them safely cross!
Not always. Depends on the country and location. Where I live pedestrians only have a right of way at a traffic light when it's green for pedestrians, and on zebra crossings. All other times cars have the right of way.
Oh girl you are SO much nicer than me! As a sighted person I would have immediately filed a police report and requested the information of the driver. Hitting someone in a crosswalk because of your own negligence is still a crime even if you didn't injure the person you hit. He should be held accountable for his actions, lest they happen again
I had nearly the same crossing the street situation happen to me. It was terrifying, and I am sighted. I can’t imagine how scary it would be if I was blind. The driver was in a huge truck and said I was too short to see. How is that an excuse? If you can’t see any size of people right in front of you, you shouldn’t be driving that truck.
Anyone who is old enough to be walking in traffic on their own is big enough to see in front of a car. Sure, there might be blind spots around the car, but you were walking! Human eyes have evolved to be drawn to motion!
The only way their excuse could possibly make sense is if you'd stepped out directly in front of their truck. Which I assume you didn't do. That driver was clearly someone refusing to take personal responsibility for endangering your life!
If you have the possibility of hitting a child crossing the street due to height restriction visibility in your vehicle... drive something else!
@@jp9707 Yeah. :( He was sitting at a stop sign looking at his phone. Even though I had right of way because he was at a stop sign, I still looked to make sure he wasn't going before I started to cross. Nevertheless, he decided the perfect time to go was right when I was in the middle of crossing.
@@Nikotastik 100% when I read that excuse I said out loud, "Nah he wasn't paying attention, that a lame excuse." People never fess up.
I feel like you definitely should have taken his info and filed a police report. He should have been ticketed for careless driving. It could have been so much worse and I think he got off way too easy by just getting to drive away from that. But hopefully he takes that as his wake up call
Probably he won't, he sounds like an A-hole! The excuses!! She is blind, he is not! 😡😤
All I could think is “that’s enough, that’s enough slices!”
I’m glad you’re okay!
It’s honestly probably a small miracle that Ben wasn’t with you when you were hit. From the way you tell the story, he would have been hit instead. Not that you being hit is any better but him being lower to the ground he may have been hurt. I’m glad you and your mom are not hurt!!
Yes but then she wouldn't have been out at that moment, as she was busy moving and only went out because of the call she got about Ben's health. I mean there's a lot of "ifs", coincidences, destiny, butterfly effect... I don't know. Just glad it wasn't worse and of course it happened without her dog.
I was thinking the same!
When I started driving, my dad told me " you are operating a lethal weapon, okay? you need to be very careful because it isn't just a means of transportation. you can kill people" I think a lot of people may need that reminder. I'm very sorry you have to experience these dangers on the daily. Especially when car incidents can almost always be avoided
Oh my GOD! I was hit by a falling bolder on my head while I was rock climbing and almost died. It split my head open and I had to climb back down the mountain... I'm so SO glad you guys are okay!!!! 😢😢😢😢
That’s terrifying. Were you aware of how injured you were? A lot of ppl with TBI’s aren’t so I’d imagine that would be helpful for keeping calm enough to get yourself back
I'm glad *you're* okay!
Praise God that you're okay too!
@@abbigailcarr2725 Actually by chance there was an emergency EMT who was rock climbing next to me and told me that it didn’t look as bad as you’d expect and that I needed to climb back down the mountain because it was faster than waiting 12 hours + for the emergency evac helicopter. So I spent the next two hours soaked in blood with my skull open, climbing back down the mountain without any water… I kept myself as positive and conscious as I could while avoiding more falling rocks and boulders on the way down…. 🙃 And when the first boulder hit me, I saw it coming but I didn’t have anywhere to duck or go. If I would have let go of the mountain, I would have died. And a week later they closed the mountain because too many people have died and fallen off… And what’s even crazier, is that TODAY I just realized marks 4 days since I was hit. And I didn’t suffer any kind of brain damage. Sometimes when I have nightmares that spot swells and even will bleed on the surface. Absolutely wild. I don’t have any affinity for long walks in any kind of risky environment anymore.
@@harveyabel1354 Thank you so much!!
Oh Molly, I hope you get some well deserved rest after all this! I can’t speak for other countries but the US has such terrible infrastructure for pedestrians, truly so awful that you went through all this and in such a short time! Sending you good energy to make up for this!!!
The US has terrible infrastructure for everything. Education, roads and walkways, healthcare, and everything else our tax dollars are supposed to pay for. Oh but our military get as much funding as the rest of the worlds’ countries combined, nearly. Super!
Really good points about our infrastructure in the US. There’s a couple of GREAT channels on TH-cam that illuminate this issue perfectly and show really inspiring examples of cities/countries that have done it right.
Not Just Bikes is one such channel. It’s amazing.
Yeah they throw a couple sound alerts for sighted impaired people on cross walks and call it good.
While people like me with physical disabilities and a service dog can't cross a road in my state fast enough for the light that I get panic attacks.
I am a sighted pedestrian and there have been so many occasions that I would have been hit by a car if I wasn't watching and seeing that drivers notice me. It's awful and sometimes I just have to step back off an intersection even if I have the right of way, only to have drivers turn where I would have been walking and never even notice me.
Molly, I’m so sorry you and your mom went through these misadventures!!! I’m glad that both of you are safe.
I started using a cane about 5 years ago and my hope was to be safer when walking but now I’m concerned.
When I lived in Los Angeles I almost got hit by a car walking on a green light and a car wanted to make a turn. He was turning left and he ended up almost hitting me. I mean he was inches away from me.
Ok saw the intro on instargram and had to jump over here. This sarcastic , chaotic yet somehow positive energy is so relatable to me right now. Happy your okay :)
I'm sorry you got hit by a car, but you REALLY should have filed a police report. Because that person is a careless driver and I just hope they don't kill the next person they hit!
Agreed
Yess Molly! Your comeback to the reckless driver was so good! I’m so sorry this happened to you and hopefully you sharing this reminds people watching as well to be safer drivers and to look where you’re going!
thank you so much molly. i'm not blind but I have epilepsy and although it's not as serious my disability impedes my life. it affects my work, my friendships, my relationships, ect. hearing your stories gives me a level of comfort to see someone with a disability to accomplish so much. it gives me hope that if you can do it so can I.
I was hit as an older teenager walking in a crosswalk with the light in my favor. The driver never stopped or gave us info. I was injured much more than initially thought. My whole hip and side was black and blue for weeks-covering my whole thigh. Always get license plate info and more.
Omfg Molly 😭. I saw the title and my heart sunk. I’m just here to leave a supportive comment and share my outrage at what happened to you and my relief that you’re still with us. I have pretty awful CPTSD and it might be awhile before I’m able to watch this without being too triggered. Sending you and your extended family all my love. 💙🙏
Back in December I was out walking with my dog in the middle of the city. Here, cars are actually supposed to stop and let you cross at marked crosswalks, unless there is a traffic signal in which case you obviously follow that. I had stopped, made sure I could be seen (had my white cane in one hand). I heard a car coming a löittle ways away but it had ample time to stop so I thought nothing of it and started walking... Except the car didn't stop! It only did so when it was literally like a foot away from hitting my poor dog! At which point I had a panic attack and backed up back to the side walk which was a couple of y ards behind me. The car then ust drove away, and people just kept walking past me as I was sitting on the sidewalk hyperventilating, crying and hugging my dog...
i am so so sorry, that's so embarrassing to the people walking by that they didn't ask if you would like help?? I'm glad your puppy and you were physically ok.
People are awful. I'm sorry you went through that. I am glad you and your dog are okay though.
How horrible, I'm so sorry that happened to you! Glad you and your dog are OK
Immediately switched from the other video i was watching over to this one. When Molly posts, we watch
Same!
Yessss! 👏👏👏 😂❤️❤️🔥✔️
I’m glad you’re ok. I liked your response to the driver; snarky but not unkind.
I’m so glad you’re ok - you give us sighted people too much credit - even if you can see being distracted / tired / inattentive / intoxicated makes driving one of the most insanely dangerous things we casually do every day. And gradually becoming less able to drive is also so dangerous - you often can’t tell where the point is when you should stop until something happens.
"That's why I don't drive." Me too Molly me too 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I thank the Father that Molly and her friends and family are all safe! I've had a similar car incident even as a sighted person. Where I live people make that mistake ALL THE TIME. I skate to work and at least once a week someone almost hits me. Nearly every single time I go out someone pulls out in front of me WITHOUT LOOKING BOTH WAYS. These are the basics!! Please drive safely, everyone! And pedestrians: be cautious.
Oh wow that’s insane! I’m glad you are able to make lite of the situation. And I’m glad you are “okay”
You have been fighting the people that don't understand you. You send out positive vibes and the universe test you, you are so much stronger than you think.
thank you for sharing about your vulnerability! as a blind women i also feel this, thank you for normalizing this
I’m so glad you are ok, both of those accidents are insane I can’t even imagine how on earth there is more.
So glad you’re ok Molly! Proud of you for that comeback, I definitely would’ve just cried then thought of a good comeback later!
Omg I’m so sorry I’m glad you’re still here with us.
OMG. I’m so glad you are all still with us
The awareness you instill in us has for a while now made me check the curbs, both sides, before I take off at any intersection. Even if I have the right of way, I am unsure if there is accessable ways for people to be aware that I have the right of way, so I always double check. 💛
Sending you love and positive vibes, I'm hoping you're okay! I'm so sorry to hear you're going through a lot this year, I hope that things for you get better soon!
I was actually smashed into by a speeding vehicle, thrown in the air, and hit another vehicle and hit the ground. Long coma, severe TBI. Stay safe.
I’m sorry that happened to you! I hope you’re doing alright now.
@@Kristiekins2 , I will unfortunately live with the many consequences of my permanent disability for the rest of my existence, but I’m glad I can still talk and help others in situations similar to mine.
Weird question but did this happen by any chance in Skaneatlas NY?
@@caleighdadey5381 , not NY, but Im really sorry if you know someone who this happened to in NY. It happens way too often :(
@@Gbdevaux I know! It’s so sad and I really hope you are feeling a bit better and it will always get better. I actually watched this happen across the street to a runner and I started crying. I felt so bad and I was scared. I wish it didn’t happen as often as it does. Sending love and happiness! ❤️
I am so glad that you weren’t seriously physically injured! I can only imagine how much stress and anxiety you have right now. I pray that things get better for you!
That is so scary. I know a little boy (not blind) who ran out into a busy street where cars drive 40mph when he and his family were going to get ice cream. His mom and older sister and another family were there, but it only takes a second. Thank god the young man driving the minivan who hit him *immediately* slammed on the breaks. If he had not been paying attention, that boy would’ve been dead.
Wow, Molly, when in shock I could never drop a line like that. To be this quick in your mind is really awesome! Perfect line for that situation!
I’m sorry you and your Mama have gone through so much so quickly. It’s upsetting and you are an Angel for sharing. I’m so glad you ladies are safe 🙏♥️
OMG. Love the snarky spunk in this video. I agree, it's a good way to cope with everything you're going through recently. I hope the future is better for you soon.
I thought I was having a tough year...but it is nothing compared to yours...so I will not be complaining anytime soon! I am happy that you and your mom made it out of your accidents not badly injured.
Aw Molly! Glad ur ok! Love to see ur updates! ❤
"I thought it would be fun to come on here and share my trauma" as someone who also jokes about their trauma, big mood, and i am absolutely here for it
Oh my goodness Molly! I am so sorry you’ve had to experience all of this. Here’s to hoping the next bit is WAY better for you!
omg Molly!!!! thank you for sharing. sending love and hope things get better soon
I'm so glad that you and your mom are safe. Thank goodness nothing bad happened to you both. Sending in the prayers! 🙏🏽💖💖💖
It sounds to me like you have a powerful guardian keeping you safe from whatever is trying to cause you harm.
I have also been almost hit by a car. I had the right of way too. I had a walking signal, I got to the intersection first, no cars were turning. When I was a few steps out a car whipped around the corner and had to swerve wildly to miss me. (Now that I think about it, that’s happened twice to me.) It’s a TERRIFYING situation. Like, a life-flashes-before-your-eyes situation, to have a car driving that fast, right at you. So sorry you’ve been having so much bad situations lately.
So glad you and your mom are okay. You have had a very rough 2022. I am praying the rest of your year goes better. Praying for you and Bennix.
So NOT CLICK BAIT!! A must watch video! Thank you for sharing Molly, it brings awareness and may save a life!💘
Im so god you and your mom are okay, but I’m so sorry you experienced these terrible situations. Sending the most love ❤
I'm sorry you had to go through two scary situations. I'm visually impaired and I no longer go for walks where I live because I was hit by a car once and almost hit two other times when I was walking. Drivers just don't look and a car can come out of no where on an empty street. It's really scary especially because I was alone in all of those situations.
Sending you hugs and prayers. I’m so sorry that you and your mom have been through so much lately.
As someone from the PNW (just a few hours north of Portland) I'm not super surprised you got rained on. I've never heard of a Boulder coming through, though. Glad you all are safe!
I have also been hit by a car and know how painful it is. I hope you're ok and that the person took the incident seriously. Let's have faith that your year will improve! ❤️
Oh molly 😔
I’m so sorry girl. This year has really sucked. Sending you love ❤️
Whenever I watch your videos, along with your remarkable independence I am also struck by the trust you have to have in those you know well around you as well as total strangers. We, who have no disability, don't generally think about that sort of mental stuff that goes along with whatever disability someone has, so I'm glad that you bring it up here. Side note, I worked at an elementary school for 23 years and I can't think of a day in all that time when our crossing guards didn't almost get hit or get hit by careless drivers in the school zone. Really folks! Pay attention while driving!!!
Im so glad that your healthy and doing good! I love the way that you tell stories ;)
So sorry you had to go through those experiences! I'm glad you're okay.
I ( a sighted person) have been hit by so many drivers turning right because they don't look to the left. Thankfully it's always been very slow as they tend to slow down before an intersection. I've learned to look at the way the drivers head is turned and try to make eye contact (thankfully I can do that) before I cross.
I don't drive and so I walk a fair bit. I get so mad when I have the right of way, but because I'm taking care and notice when drivers don't look before turning, I manage to not get hit by cars. It's infuriating when they don't even notice they would have run you over.
How have you been hit by a car multiple times? Maybe you need to pay more attention to your surroundings while complaining about drivers not doing the same
@Alex Shaw
Pedestrians always have the right of way at crosswalks, so legally/in principle there is no need for them to pay attention bc they should always just be able to cross the street without waiting for cars. Drivers, however, ARE obligated to pay attention and stop if a pedestrian is in the crosswalk.
Obviously it is good for your personal safety to look out for irresponsible drivers doing illegal activity, but you're not doing anything "wrong" if you don't. Legally the accident would be considered 100% the fault of the driver.
I’ve almost been tagged while crossing the street at least twice because impatient drivers got a little too close when trying to pass behind me, i’ve walked right off the edge of several decks/docks and down a few flights of stairs I didn’t know existed, And then there was the time I almost got knocked the fuck out bye some guy twice my size because while I was standing in line behind him, I didn’t realize my ice cream cone had grazed the back of his jacket… at this point, I’ve learned that near death experiences are just a naturally occurring element in the life of a blind person.
As a sighted but somewhat clumsy person, I’m baffled by the idea that accidentally getting ice cream on someone’s jacket is a reason to start a fight.
Your sense of humor throughout this is so fun.
omggg the ho,ding up the cane was iconiccc!! i’m so sorry you went through all that though
Oh my god. All of that sounds terrifying! I'm sorry you guys are having such a difficult time and I hope you find some peace soon. I am legally blind and sometimes leaving the house just feels so scary. I have had many near death experiences where I've had similar situations. I am so glad you stood up for yourself and said something to that driver. I'm sending positive vibes your way. Also, the background music is so great here, it really gives attitude.
I got hit by a car, coming out of their driveway, I was walking by with grocery bags and they drove right into me I fell onto the road and severely broke my wrist, one of the biggest most traumatic experiences of my life happened last June.
As someone with a pet in the hospital right now, I feel a portion of your pain. I didn’t lose my mobility as you have right now but the emotions of your animal being away and sick is awful. I’m so sorry ❤️ I wait for updates daily hoping soon the call will be that I can come get her.
My daughter and I almost got run down in pretty much the same situation back when she was a toddler. I had her out for a walk on a bike with a push handle on the back, so she was in front of me. I noticed a car backing down his driveway ahead of us so I approached slowly, he looked around, I thought he saw us, and he was stopped for a while, so we proceeded. Suddenly he floored it in a reverse turn onto the road and I had to push my daughter on her little bike forward so fast and hard she fell off. He just narrowly missed crushing us and he was very apologetic when he realized what had happened. Apparently when he looked both ways before he hadn't noticed us (bright colours, middle of the day, sunny, I question his vision) and when he decided to proceed he was only looking in the direction he wanted to go and not back at what was coming.
Wow! All of that sounds so scary! Glad you are ok!
Lots of love. I’ve been struggling this year too.
Glad to see you are okay. Love your reaction to your cane because yes going from a guide to your cane does stink. I’ve been hit by a car twice and both times the drivers asked about my dog didnt even care about me.
Driving is the most complex thing we do as humans every day, and because we do it every day (in most U.S cities) people get very apathetic to the very real potential dangers involved with driving. I work as an OT at a level 1 trauma hospital, and have definitely become a more defensive driver and more anxious in cars in general as a result (something my husband can attest to as I have become a nervous nelly passenger). I'm glad that you are okay, and that the incident wasn't worse.
Also, that boulder story-- holy moly! That's terrifying! Again, glad everyone was safe.
Sending so much love!! Gosh so much stuff is going ON in Mollys life, so glad everyone is okay💐🌸🧸 she is so strong and awesome!!
It's crazy to me that people don't look both ways before driving, we learned to look both ways before we cross the street as kids. So they should know to look both ways while driving, I'm glad you are safe and didn't get seriously hurt.
I hope life gets better for you very very soon. ❤️❤️❤️ sending lots of love, and the best wishes
So glad you are safe!
Omg that response was amazing
I regularly almost get hit by cars when legally crossing and it's terrifying enough with sight; I'm SO glad you're okay!
Thank goodness you are ok. Also it was good that you didn't have Bennix with you as he could have been badly injured. I really hope Bennix recovers. Please keep us updated about him. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Xx
So sorry this is all happening hopefully things start going better soon, take care beautiful 🌈
I’m so sorry this happened to you and I’m so glad your ok
Oh my goodness that is so scary I’m so glad you are ok Molly
I’m sighted and I’ve had ppl turn into me two times bc they were only focused on oncoming traffic and not what’s in front of them (yes I had the right of way, one of the incidents was at a crosswalk and during daytime). This is so not your fault, I’m really sorry this happened to you.
So glad you and your mom are okay Molly. Sorry you're going through such a hard time.
Hope your luck changes soon 🍀 I’m so glad you are ok❤️❤️
I sometimes shut people down in the car when there's is a busy intersection or something, just because I need to give it my full attention. This is exactly why I do it!
Omg Molly I’m so sorry for everything! And so glad that you are still here with us and things weren’t worse than they were. 🙌
The car thing almost happened to my boyfriend a few days ago, but thank God the guy driving heard me scream or saw him and didn’t hit him, but I was scared!
People do need to look both ways before stepping on gas!! I hate negligent drivers!
So glad you're alright!
this is all so crazy😨 I’m glad you’re okay!! Isn’t it so interesting how the best humor comes out of these types of situations?
Also, I’ve been seeing sugar fish pop up and being recommended to me so I’ve been wanting to try it and now I’ll definitely have to that you’ve mentioned it!!
Oh no both of the situations must have been so scary! I'm glad you and your mom are alright!
Multnomah falls is such a dangerous hike and very few people know how dangerous it can be. I actually lost a great uncle on that hike.
Sorry for your loss
You know they always say bad things come in threes, but seriously I'm really glad that you're safe. Best of wishes!
2022 has not been my year either, luckily I haven’t had stuff just piling on top of each other, but the one thing I do have is cancer! Whoooo!! I got diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer right at the beginning of the year. Like January 9th and I’ve been in treatment ever since. So I feel you girl, we’re just powering through the struggles together. Sending you so much love and positive energy!! You totally got this! You’re a powerhouse!!
My sister almost drove her car into a blind guide dog user couple because she was turning right into the right road and the couple happen to decide to cross. She was appreciate of me informing her they were blind and therefore unable to have noticed her mistake. Sucks that the US is one of the countries that allow right turns on red lights. I was watching a couple from Japan where the Japanese husband was surprised about it as it’s illegal in Japan.
Both of those sound absolutely terrifying! I'm so glad you and your mom are okay. - Amanda
What I tell myself is that a certain amount of crap has to happen, and it gets divided amongst the strongest best people who have the best chance of getting through it, and that’s why bad things happen to good people.
OMG Im not the only one! Living in a city, this has happened to me 3 different times, not actually getting hit but almost getting hit and me moving out the way or another person would push me and yell at the driver. It’s crazy how they don’t recognize what the white cane is. It’s been scary every time though & I’m always glad it didn’t get worse and but oh my god I am so sorry that happened to you! Hopefully that never repeats itself in the future.
I love you attitude and sense of humor in this video. Coping with trauma through humor, yep! 🙋♀️
Idk if this will make you feel better, but my fully sighted friend got hit in a very similar situation! The driver turning right just didn’t see her. She is a small 5 foot nothing female and got his by a Dodge Ram! She is lucky to be alive and so are you!
I am so happy you survived your near death experiences! Good vibes have to be coming your way soon. Sending you lots of love and healing and positivity.
Molly, we all have an unseen enemy of evil who will try anything to kill, steal and destroy your purpose on this earth. The work you are doing is so vital and life changing for so many people. You sharing your life, experiences, motivating and uplifting others is such an important thing. Your purpose on this earth is so important and much needed especially in these tough times we are living in. The devil may try to take you out and to stop you but keep going. Its a miracle you survived. God is watching over you. Let these experiences you face be a reminder that your purpose is helping so many people and you are doing so much good. You must not give up! Keep fighting the fight warrior Molly!