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Hey Folks.

While walking my son, his friend and my toddler to school, a driver suddenly backed out,while we were behind her/his car,  the back bumper coming close to son's friend, frightening him and me.  My reaction was to stand behind woman's car shout "hey" repeatedly and wave my arms to alert driver that people were behind her/him.  I should have gotten out of the road.  She stopped and when I was going up to the car, I saw it was another mother, whose kid goes to my son's class.  She speeds off like a bat out of hell.

I am very upset that she could have hit a kid.  I consider going in to tell the office.  Another mother comes up to me and says she heard me and saw "it" and that she was "terrified." I talk to another mother in my son's class, who tells me to talk to the "woman," who must not have seen me.  I know the woman has back problems, like I do.

I get home and call, but leave a message on the answering machine, which is the wrong thing to do.  I am polite, but tell her that she scared me and the kid and to please look before she pulls out.  I also mention how I do this to avoid turning my neck.  I fully expect a call and an "I am sorry I scared you.  Didn't see you."

Instead she leaves a message saying not to "lecture her" and that her car was nowhere near me, that I was on the opposite side of the street.  Now that is a lie or her memory is shit.  I now think she saw us and was trying to get us  to "hurry up."  Perhaps she didn't see  us and is embarassed.

I called and left another message, apologizing for my previous message, but saying that I'd be happy to meet tell her in person what I saw.

It is really quite disconcerting.  Had I not known her, I would've tried to get a license plate and/or phoned the cops about reckless driving around the school.

I  scared a pedestrian once and went back to apologize profusely.  I don't get it. 

Help.  How do I prevent this from turning into a big screaming match with someone who has a ton of Jerry Springer in her and who I don't want on my bad side.  I really don't want enemies at that school.  This woman bad mouthes all the other moms.  She isn't nice once a person's back is turned.

Help.  Please.  I don't  want my kids or any other kids to be terrified of crossing the street.

Lucy