Driver accidently runs over large boulder in Ikea parking lot, drags it onto I-205

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  1. THBatMan8

    THBatMan8 Road Train Member

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  3. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    zobo, those things are a lot of things, but fast is not one of those things! I swear you could do a Chinese fire drill in the time it takes one to shift (tranny is similar to an Ultrashift,) and they barely make enough power to load themselves on the top deck.

    Now the Smart Diablo is a slightly different animal...[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vExpEl0_5-Y&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vExpEl0_5-Y&feature=related[/ame]:biggrin_2556::biggrin_2556::biggrin_2556:
     
  4. zebcohobo

    zebcohobo Vincent Van Gopher

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    I don't know which one passed me on the interstate but he was moving faster than I thought those little cars would go. I mean, I didn't think they would do highway speeds. I know they're not setting any land speed records. But if it looks like a go cart and sounds like a go cart well..........
     
  5. Working Class Patriot

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    Now that's a "Compact (ed) Car".....:biggrin_2554::biggrin_25523:
     
  6. scottied67

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    Proof those trailer skirts can take a beating and keeping ticking. I see they removed the good skirt to remove the rock lol, why not remove the damaged skirt to pull out the rock? I guess the truck was OOS and it was easier access to the driver's side.

    Those stupid rocks are always in the way. Who is the brain dead fool who puts them on the grass anyway? How you supposed to mow underneath them.
     
  7. Everett

    Everett Crusty Shorts, What???

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    :biggrin_25519: I guess noboby saw the geicio tv ad with the man under the rock, that was his house and he tore his house all too heck, o-well it's up to knight and the ins adjuster now :biggrin_25522:
     
  8. lonewolf4ad

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    I found his secret stash, he liked going out in the middle of BFE and getting stoned

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  9. Cjewell77

    Cjewell77 Light Load Member

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    Im not the smartest man around but I just cant see how you could not know you are dragging that
     
  10. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    It's a loss of situational awareness caused by information overload. The basics of driving haven't yet become instinctual and occupy too much of the brain's processing power, leaving some tasks undone, i.e.,watching where the trailer is tracking. A lack of sleep only exacerbates the problem.
     
  11. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    In other words....he screwed up!:biggrin_2554:
     
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