I was sitting in the families Olds Cutlass on a two way street waiting to make a left hand turn when the traffic cleared.  I happened to glance in my rear view mirror and noticed another car coming up at a fast clip and clearly not slowing down.  Since this car had a real engine, I floored it as the other driver realized I was there and hit their brakes.  But it was by my cars acceleration the accident didn’t happen, plus I was paying attention to my environment.