Hi BrokenNBeautiful
I totally understand about being nervous crossing the street. For one, since childhood people have been telling us the look both ways before crossing the street. I work in Downtown Dallas and this is my first job downtown. About a year ago I just stepped into the crosswalk (Walk was on, then changed to flashing) the car I was walking in front of suddenly started his right turn. I was dead center when he moved into me. I was lucky that he took off slowly, I saw him looking right and not at me in front of him and I had a feeling he would go. I went up on his hood and used my arms to spin off the left side of him as he turned.

He stopped and was apologizing to me and I could tell he was really sorry. His reaction stopped my anger. The guy cursing you was totally out of line, but I've seen this reaction a million times. Someone cuts you off and you honk or flash your lights and they get PO'd at you?!?!? I think that is a startled knee-jerk reaction for them to get mad, instead of being sorry. Maybe this is from a poor upbringing, who knows.

I don't know how to stop the anger when this happens and you not only were in danger, but verbally accosted on top of it. Maybe think of how this event unfolded, what could you have noticed to possibly predict to some extent the event. Think of how you are okay,,,

I wish I had a better solution for you. I know after my incident that I am hyper aware of my surroundings when I cross the street, because this type of accident happens in the blink of an eye. Hopefully some other people will contribute to this post and give other suggestions.