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Great episode!! :tup:

First thing came to mind when I saw PC Principal was, "that Jim McMahon."

Truck shouldn't have changed lanes over a solid line -- but you made a basic z-driving defensive driving error as well; ALWAYS count on the worst happening -- and position oneself away from danger. You were running more or less parallel to this guy for quite a while, and you should have sped up or slowed down in a way that that truck would have merged out of the split lanes without you right next to him. Glad you avoided a mishap, nice job hard on the brakes -- but was unnecessary in the bigger picture "if I'd only..." scenario.

This is literally every day with one motorist or another on 635. Grats on the quickness that was almost your life for sure.

Wow too close for comfort, good job hitting those brakes and glad to hear you're ok!

I would have pulled a Fast&Furious and gone underneath the truck bed

Well, in my case, I was in the left turn lane waiting for the green arrow and a cement truck behind me just started to perform a monster truck routine onto my car. The sound of the revving engine, metals bending, etc shocked the hell out of me. Of course, I couldn't get out.

I finally had to press hard on my horn and he stopped. When I finally got out and he got out, he said, "sorry, I was too high and you were too low in front of my bumper.. I didn't see you!" Grrr!


I had many nights of nightmares.

Same thing, only I wasn't so lucky. On way to work in heavy traffic here in Jersey on Route 78W between Exits 50A and B. Construction truck tail-ended my '07 350Z and totaled it.

He,was going too fast for the traffic and wasn't maintaining the proper following distance.

Looking to replace the car with a 370Z now...

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Damn, bro. Glad you're OK. Nasty, nasty damage to your Z, for sure.

That truck driver should have made sure it was clear before he decided to merge. He also shouldn't have merged over a solid line. Had the OP been passing on the right, the blind spot excuse could have worked, but not on the drivers side. That was negligent driving. Good spider-sense OP. If you always anticipate the worst then you will have a better chance of avoiding accidents.

What kind of camera are you using as a dash cam? That's a good idea.

Well done on paying attention :tiphat:

I have very recently encountered an a$$hole not paying attention. Thankfully, I did not have a Jersey Barrier on my left, so a little off road action was necessary to avoid a collision. Just another reminder that everyone else on the road is an idiot :ugh:

Dashcam
 

Yup...maybe it's time for a dashcam. I see stupid s*** every day.
What's everybody using?

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That is a nasty collision :-(
Glad you're ok and good luck in replacing the car.

G1W Dashcam from eBay :D

Seemed to have paid for it self at this point.