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Old 2008-01-22, 12:24 PM   #138
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Originally Posted by Nick Koan View Post
No, the truck was a little further away than in the diagram, but the guy freaked out and gunned it. I think he thought he had plenty of time to cross traffic, not realizing how slow he had to launch on the ice. And then, of course, his ass was halfway through the intersection and the truck was barreling down with no way to stop in time, so he just gunned it through the rest of the intersection, and still tried to make the turn. And that's when he looped it and was faced right at me. Luckily I saw this all happening and started braking well before he started spinning.

Although, I forgot to mention, we did see the remnants of a big-ol'-truck hitting a much larger delivery truck. It looked like another case of "hey, I've got enough time to pull out in front of this guy."
I was almost that truck on my way back from picking up lunch. I was on that ice-covered road that connects Double R to Prototype, pulling up to the stop sign to make a right on Prototype. Well the truck seems to have all sorts of grip and was slowing down just fine... then all 4 wheels locked, no ABS help. It's amazing how far a 7,000 lb truck will slide at walking speeds.

There was a Jeep coming down Prototype that I was going to fully plow straight to hell in slow motion, but he was nice enough to drive down the center of the street to give me room, and I was able to lift off the brakes and get enough traction to turn into the right lane of Prototype. It's kinda crazy how much adrenaline you can get pumping by being out of control at around 5 mph.
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