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Old 10-04-2008, 05:28 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tasdrouille View Post
Had you been in a 20 second car, you would probably just have stayed behind the big rig. Since you were already at the tractor when he started to drift, he knew you were there and coming. He probably had judged your speed, the speed of the truck in front and was starting to pull left a bit so he would not have to swerve. But anyway, even if you had not been able to pull it, I don't see why the big rig would not have braked or pulled left earlier before you could pass him. It's not as if the truck in front just popped in his face out of nowhere.
I'm pretty confident he had NO IDEA I was there. He put on his blinker and IMMEDIATELY started to pull into my lane. I barely got past his bumper. I bet I scared the crap out of him. He also started the lane change much earlier than I expected, since he still had about 400' to the lowboy. I think he was trying to change lanes before other cars further back trapped him behind the lowboy, and while focusing on them he didn't see me.
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