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Dash Cam from a semi of my crash in my commuter.
 
Wow. Are you OK?? Crazy to see that 7,000+ pound dually get spun around by a Civic at half it's weight!
 
Hiluxforever said:
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Skyline killer. Spotted in FoCo, Co
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I remember back in the '70s and '80s when a Supra was a supped up Toyota Celica with some suspension tuning, exhaust and badging.
Albeit, they were pretty cool, but at the time I was a Detroit motor head and couldn't be bothered with Japanese vehicles.
That's till the whole oil thing happened and there were hour waits at gas stations to fill up with gas prices over a dollar! Then I started to think that good gas mileage isn't such a bad idea...
Now I have a vehicle that's lucky to get 15 MPG and usually 12 -13 MPG. I guess I'm reverting back to my teens.
 
Rednexus said:
Wow. Are you OK?? Crazy to see that 7,000+ pound dually get spun around by a Civic at half it's weight!
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The Civic was only 2750 lbs.

After almost 3 weeks my bursa on both knees is still swollen as are my hips and ankles. Still having short term memory loss issues. I have been working from home, sitting down and keeping my feet up when possible.

It was a beautiful illustration of the conversion of linear velocity to angular momentum.
 
r2m said:
I remember back in the '70s and '80s when a Supra was a supped up Toyota Celica with some suspension tuning, exhaust and badging.
Albeit, they were pretty cool, but at the time I was a Detroit motor head and couldn't be bothered with Japanese vehicles.
That's till the whole oil thing happened and there were hour waits at gas stations to fill up with gas prices over a dollar! Then I started to think that good gas mileage isn't such a bad idea...
Now I have a vehicle that's lucky to get 15 MPG and usually 12 -13 MPG. I guess I'm reverting back to my teens.
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They were so light though. What they lacked in acceleration they made up for with handling.

Celicas shared power train with the hilux back then.

One of my college friends had a Toyota Corona. Little compact rwd sedan.
 
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Hiluxforever said:
The Civic was only 2750 lbs.

After almost 3 weeks my bursa on both knees is still swollen as are my hips and ankles. Still having short term memory loss issues. I have been working from home, sitting down and keeping my feet up when possible.

It was a beautiful illustration of the conversion of linear velocity to angular momentum.
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I hope you recover, and hope the Ram driver is held accountable for their actions in this situation.
 
Rednexus said:
I hope you recover, and hope the Ram driver is held accountable for their actions in this situation.
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Thanks, I am taking it easy so I dont get any new features. I have enough arthritis as it is. 😂

I sicked my insurance on him so I could focus on moving on. Ill get the deductible back in a few months.
 
rav8 said:
You are indeed lucky. That truck was a textbook rolling stop and had no visibility of cross-traffic when they continued. Hopefully they learned something from that 270° you delivered them. Sucks you had to go through it.
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Yep, I was saying oh s*** in my head and just got to "oh" and then I was surrounded by smoke from the airbag.

I work in an industrial setting so was wearing double front carhart pants and a thick cotton long sleeve shirt. I also had a set of sunglasses on. So I only had a very small powder burn on my right hand from the airbag.

Bent their rear axle and it was pushed over 6" to the driver side. Also dented their fancy coal rolling exhaust.

Seriously hope its totaled from rear axle and frame damage.

Also just very thankful to not be pushing up the daisies. The Civic was an IIHS top safety pick but they didnt really plan on hitting a dually rear wheel at highway speed. There is even a indentation in the hood from the wheel and tire.
 
mtnco said:
Ditto. That stop was a joke.
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Yea. It was good I didnt find out he ran the stop sign until after words. I might have thrown hands.

As it was i had to give myself a 15 minute time out before I could be civil.

Dude is going to kill somebody, especially with a 1 ton.
 
Hiluxforever said:
Yea. It was good I didnt find out he ran the stop sign until after words. I might have thrown hands.

As it was i had to give myself a 15 minute time out before I could be civil.

Dude is going to kill somebody, especially with a 1 ton.
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Driving something that big and heavy, gotta be all the more careful when the consequences are so serious. That guy was not taking it seriously. Hopefully something wakes him up to that.
 
mtnco said:
Driving something that big and heavy, gotta be all the more careful when the consequences are so serious. That guy was not taking it seriously. Hopefully something wakes him up to that.
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Missouri is bro-dozer central. Lots of those guys drive those trucks like they are behind the wheel for a sports car. A few weeks ago I had a brand new F350 PSD cut me off in rush hour traffic, and then proceed to drive about 15' behind the car in front of them - going over 80 mph in a construction zone. 1,050 ft lbs of torque controlled by an idiot.

I've driven a number of those trucks. While they do have a ton of power they handle, stop, and corner like a dog turd.
 
Rednexus said:
Missouri is bro-dozer central. Lots of those guys drive those trucks like they are behind the wheel for a sports car. A few weeks ago I had a brand new F350 PSD cut me off in rush hour traffic, and then proceed to drive about 15' behind the car in front of them - going over 80 mph in a construction zone. 1,050 ft lbs of torque controlled by an idiot.

I've driven a number of those trucks. While they do have a ton of power they handle, stop, and corner like a dog turd.
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It feels like they're everywhere these days but yeah, I can imagine where you're at is a concentration of bro-dozers.

My last car was a 5-door Impreza and I definitely felt uncomfortable being around lifted 3/4 and 1-tons seeing as their bumpers were eye level—not that our RAV4 wouldn't be destroyed by one. Heck, I feel uncomfortable having a kid in the 3rd-row of the GX when we occasionally do that, especially after the fatal box truck accident in CO last month involving a GX. Not a bro-dozer but definitely a lack of respect for what they're piloting.
 
mtnco said:
It feels like they're everywhere these days but yeah, I can imagine where you're at is a concentration of bro-dozers.

My last car was a 5-door Impreza and I definitely felt uncomfortable being around lifted 3/4 and 1-tons seeing as their bumpers were eye level—not that our RAV4 wouldn't be destroyed by one. Heck, I feel uncomfortable having a kid in the 3rd-row of the GX when we occasionally do that, especially after the fatal box truck accident in CO last month involving a GX. Not a bro-dozer but definitely a lack of respect for what they're piloting.
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That was 2 miles from me. I25 is crazy once you get into weld county.
 
mtnco said:
I went to school in Ft. Collins and developed a healthy respect for I-25.
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Yep. I take 85 to Cheyenne for work now. Thats a little worse for weather though.
 
i would get your back farther checked out and even chiropractic and xray if you can. we were involved in something like this and were able to go after the other party and they paid for a years worth of therapy
 
mtnco said:
It feels like they're everywhere these days but yeah, I can imagine where you're at is a concentration of bro-dozers.

My last car was a 5-door Impreza and I definitely felt uncomfortable being around lifted 3/4 and 1-tons seeing as their bumpers were eye level—not that our RAV4 wouldn't be destroyed by one. Heck, I feel uncomfortable having a kid in the 3rd-row of the GX when we occasionally do that, especially after the fatal box truck accident in CO last month involving a GX. Not a bro-dozer but definitely a lack of respect for what they're piloting.
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The worst state I've been to recently for downright reckless (almost sociopathic) and redneck A-holes drivers (using my own user name as a slur....) was Montana. Passing on blind curves/double yellow lines, driving crazy speeds, tailgating. That included lifted bro-dozers, minivans, and almost anything else with wheels. But, that was just in the mountains. In central/eastern Montana, folks were super nice and courteous.

Funny thing is that there are plenty of farmers/contractors with bro-dozers around here - often with steel bumpers - that actually use them for hauling/pulling. They normally drive a reasonable speed and are courteous. It's the other guys who just drive them for show who are the problems.
 
Rednexus said:
The worst state I've been to recently for downright reckless (almost sociopathic) and redneck A-holes drivers (using my own user name as a slur....) was Montana. Passing on blind curves/double yellow lines, driving crazy speeds, tailgating. That included lifted bro-dozers, minivans, and almost anything else with wheels. But, that was just in the mountains. In central/eastern Montana, folks were super nice and courteous.

Funny thing is that there are plenty of farmers/contractors with bro-dozers around here - often with steel bumpers - that actually use them for hauling/pulling. They normally drive a reasonable speed and are courteous. It's the other guys who just drive them for show who are the problems.
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Lots of that in Wyoming and northern Colo.
 
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