Scary moment... Nothing that happened to us, but something that we witnessed. We were driving north on Main Street in Logan (a four lane city street), when we passed a gigantic double (a full length truck with a full length trailer behind it) bulk material hauler, filled to the brim with road base. That thing must have weighed 20 tons at minimum. Just after I passed it, I looked back at it in my mirror – just in time to watch one of those tiny “Smart Cars” cross the street right in front of the truck. The truck driver locked his tires and honked. Smoke from the tires filled the air. The truck was wobbling all over as the driver struggled to keep it under control. And the “Smart Car” (complete with awesomely stupid driver) just barely made it across before the truck came through. I don't think the gap between the truck and the car was even a foot. If that truck had struck the “Smart Car”, I don't think there would have been anything taller than an inch left of the car.
That poor truck driver must have been sweating bullets, and I'll wager he was shouting some choice comments at the driver he nearly killed. It was scary enough just witnessing this...
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