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Old 09-04-13 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by squegeeboo
Almost got hurt on the ride home. Under 1 mile from work, crushing down a hill. About to pass a guy walking, and a pickup truck shoots past me, slams on the brakes and swerves over directly in front of me. I lock up the brakes, go all squirrelly on both wheels, manage to not eat it. End up directly along his passenger door, about 6 inches from a ditch. Start screaming at him, nothing polite. He won't roll down the window and just waves me on.
Glad you are okay!

For me, it was a pretty eventless commute home. There were a couple of close calls, but that's nothing new.
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