Soundguy
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not sure if i posted it here or not.. but a year ago i was headed to work. i stopped at a light and was watching a guy behind me slowing down. looked normal. he was slowing..e tc. so i look ahead again to keep an eye on the light then all of a sudden i feel a jolt. look up.. and i don't see him anymore 
he het me.. not a 'plow in' or anything.. but he had still been moving some low double digit # when he hit me. his story was he glanced down at his gps and misjudged his distance and speed.. whatever.. light changes i hang a left and pul into the jiffy beside us.. he does as well. I get out. it's a young kid.. maybee early 20's.. looks shaken.. I ask if he is ok.. he says fine.. but he;s still moving slow. i take a look at his front end. grill crushed hod bowed up. both quarter panels drawn in, both headlamp clusters nuked, his lower air dam / cowling was popped out and rubbing.. whatever passed for a plasti-bumper was mashed and bowed dow from bending forces of material above,a nd wa spinned to both front tires, thus rubbing as he rolled. I swallowed hard as i walked to the back of my 99 f350 dually to see what the damage was.. hmm.. ok.. there is a new nickel sized ding in my metal bumper right next to the 50 cent sized ding i put in there backing up into my gooseneck trailer post. that's it.. literally.. a ding inthe metal bumper you could hide with a nickel...
cops showed up.. everyone was kinda amazed..one asked me if i was a witness tot he accident, and i told him i was the one that got hit..
he did a doubletake at my bumper.. i them pointed out one of the dents was from me. 
I was late for work at that point and the lead cop on scene asked me what i wanted to do.. IE.. how i felt about the guy getting a ticket.. I told em i had no interest in him getting a ticket if they could let him go.. kid thanked me.. i guess while calling his mom to get a tow truck.. i hopped inmy truck and went to work..
gosh i love driving a big 14yr old truck...
he het me.. not a 'plow in' or anything.. but he had still been moving some low double digit # when he hit me. his story was he glanced down at his gps and misjudged his distance and speed.. whatever.. light changes i hang a left and pul into the jiffy beside us.. he does as well. I get out. it's a young kid.. maybee early 20's.. looks shaken.. I ask if he is ok.. he says fine.. but he;s still moving slow. i take a look at his front end. grill crushed hod bowed up. both quarter panels drawn in, both headlamp clusters nuked, his lower air dam / cowling was popped out and rubbing.. whatever passed for a plasti-bumper was mashed and bowed dow from bending forces of material above,a nd wa spinned to both front tires, thus rubbing as he rolled. I swallowed hard as i walked to the back of my 99 f350 dually to see what the damage was.. hmm.. ok.. there is a new nickel sized ding in my metal bumper right next to the 50 cent sized ding i put in there backing up into my gooseneck trailer post. that's it.. literally.. a ding inthe metal bumper you could hide with a nickel...
cops showed up.. everyone was kinda amazed..one asked me if i was a witness tot he accident, and i told him i was the one that got hit..
I was late for work at that point and the lead cop on scene asked me what i wanted to do.. IE.. how i felt about the guy getting a ticket.. I told em i had no interest in him getting a ticket if they could let him go.. kid thanked me.. i guess while calling his mom to get a tow truck.. i hopped inmy truck and went to work..
gosh i love driving a big 14yr old truck...
Agreed, I see a lot of people in small cars doing the same thing in front of transport trucks.....
..... Go Lemmings, GO !
Hey, they're just creating mobile speed bumps....... yeah, that's it !
Rgds, D.