Driving in the South

This story is not funny like the fact that everyone drives for miles with their blinkers on down here. This story involves me coming within a foot of being smushed.
I was driving home from school (of course). I was in a left turning lane, the left most turning lane of two. When the light tuned green, I did what I always do: I waited for about 3 cars to run the red light, then proceeded. All of a sudden I saw a large red truck about a foot away from the side of my car! The kid was traveing at about 60mph. He barreled through 2 lanes of turning traffic to nearly hit me!