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afflicted4 Enthusiast

afflicted4

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was waiting in the drive thru lineup and the guy in front of me was driving a dodge 3500 crew cab long box and was towing a trailer also waiting in line. I remember thinking to myself 'your daring or damn cocky to be going through a drive thru with such a setup'. had an atv on the back of his pick up bed, and another atv on his utility trailer.

so they took his order he drove forward, tried to make a turn then stopped.

 

I didnt go right away thinking he wasnt going to make it but he didnt move. then he moved forward slowly

 

so I moved forward and the girl started taking my order through the mic - all of a sudden he starts backing up out of nowhere and fast. then before I could beep my horn or put it in reverse to back up - SMACK.

 

his utility trailer gate hits my front end.

my Sierra 2500hd crew with 4,000 kms on it already hit.

small dint on the bumper and the frame under the driver side lights.

 

flag him down. young guy, he was clueless 'i thought I hit a pole' he said. honest enough to acknowledge what he did, swapped info.

 

but what a pain in the freaking arse. Now I gotta go through claims, taking the vehicle in and all that

kurt1993 Enthusiast

kurt1993

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dude that bites im sorry to hear. if it makes you feel any better my dad side swiped the house with the bed of the truck thats mine now.... so i drive around with a big "arse" dent in the bed :rolleyes:

09gmcwt Enthusiast

09gmcwt

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It sucks that you have to worry all the time about the "other guy" driving around you. I spend more time watching others drive around me then I am supposed to be paying attention to my driving.

 

it seems like people are just becoming much worse drivers then a generation ago.

 

Mike.

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