“I will probably kill you…”

 Esteban: I will probably kill you, before I am arrested.”  This is what Esteban said to me a few minutes ago.

Earlier this morning, I got my daughters into the car to take them out to breakfast. I pulled up to Rancho Santa Fe. Rd. facing West and  into the left turn lane. As I was pulling up to the light, the sun was shining bright into my eyes. I could not see past the bright light and was shielding my eyes. When I periodically looked up, I noticed that I could see the turn signal further to the left or the light. There are actually two turn signals at this intersection. Since the main overhead light was hidden by the sun, I was relying on the other light. A woman pulled up next to  me in the next turn lane. I looked up again and I saw the turn light was green. So I put my foot on the accelerator and moved forward into the intersection. Then I looked to the left and a car was coming at me. This was on Rancho Santa Fe. Rd. where cars drive around 50 miles per hour. I have always thought that the speed limit was too high on this street. People move so fast that it makes it difficult to stop at a red light. Many people just run the red light to avoid slowing down. So anyway, I was in the middle of the intersection and saw cars coming at me, so I looked back and reversed to safety before any cars flying by clipped us or possibly killed me and my daughters. When I looked back at the other driver, she didn’t look back at me or react. She knew the light was red and she was just sitting at the red light on her phone.

 One could say, it was sunrise and I got mixed up because of the sun shining into my eyes. Or you could say, that Esteban played a trick on me. He may have covered my eyes and created some green light hallucination so I would drive “towards the light and to our death.” Later Esteban laughed and warned me that he will probably “Kill me” before he gets arrested. Good to know!