when douchebags attack

i was driving down Vine on Sunset on my way to buy some gay products at Bed Bath and Beyond when I heard a thud followed by a car spinning out, ramming into a pole and against a hydrant.

In the ensuing moments, I saw that this Audi had clipped a pedestrian while speeding through to make a turn and because he was driving so hard, hit the brakes so hard that it spun his car out and he wrecked the left side of his car. There is no way that car isn't a total loss.

The second strange thing I noticed as I was pulling over because I can't not look was that a cop was stopped at the light perpendicular to where said driver was coming from, and this cop not only saw the whole thing but instantly hit his lights and blocked off half of the street in an instant swift motion. It was almost cinematic, like how a child would imagine a car accident might happen, with the police there instantaneously.

Once the driver and his passenger got out of his car, we got a solid look at him. This kid was a douchebag. Clearly young, clearly stupid with big sunglasses and a stupid semi-sideways hat on and a young dumb looking girlfriend consoling him. It seemingly must have been the first serious moment of this young kid's life, realizing he'd fucked up his (dad's) car, someone else's life and the paramedics came minutes later and toted this poor hurt guy away while the asshole driver was standing there, dumbfounded.

It was one of those moments where so much was going on but nothing was going on. The kid just stood there, dumbfounded as his dumb girlfriend hugged him repeatedly. At that moment it was as if he realized what his life might be; a meaningless accident to most but this will probably haunt him for a long time. A thoughtless act, a stupid need to make it through the damn red light and a moment most that saw it probably won't forget.

It was one of those depressing moments when you realize an asshole like that can actually effect your life. Needless to say people, don't speed through red lights. And walk when the little white man in all of his white power, tells you to walk. Never when he says don't walk, because thats when things like this happen.

I'm definitely reluctant to be the party host tonight. It was a really serious kinda day.