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Almost got taken out by an old Toyota pick up today.
I was sitting at a light waiting for it to turn, when I hear the screech of brakes.
I look to my left and there is a early 90's Toyota Hilux type truck headed straight for my driver side door. Guy's trying to make a right turn in a turn lane and has lost all grip (it's lightly raining), he's not stopping.
Fortunately for me (and probably him) there is a traffic island and a post with a pedestrian signal on it. He hits it, knocks it over and veers off because of the impact and his rear tires catching on the curb his front tires jumped.
I start to get out to help the guy, but there was a cop who witnessed it and he wave me off. Last I saw the guy was getting out of the truck, so hopefully he's OK.
Had he not hit that post and caught the curb I suspect I would have been injured he was traveling fast. Fortunately I was in the Suburban today which would have provided a little protection since the Hilux wasn't lifted but standard height.
That'll get your blood pumping!
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