Hitchhiker with a Death Wish

You probably thought you were being über cool wearing black with a black backpack walking in the middle of the westbound lane of Convict Hill Road Thursday night trying to hitch a ride where there are no street lights.
If you only knew how truly sucky the headlights on Chrysler LH cars are, you would have thought twice. If you only knew how tired I was at 10:00 at night after being at the hospital since early that morning, you would have thought a third time. I damned near hit you. No joke.
I can only hope the APD officer I honked at as I rounded the next curve by the low-​water crossing saw you and took action to save you from yourself. My other hope is that your parents read this if you are not of age and give you a real ass-​whooping for your stupidity.
But at least you chose to pull this stunt at the right spot – in front of St. Catherine of Sienna. She saved your butt!