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Originally Posted by Claeren
I don't mean the sun was right in front of her. It was on the lateral horizon though, and it was mildly distracting. I know because it was annoying ME!
And the damage to the front of the bus is from the pole AFTER it swiped the truck, not the truck itself. It may have been more than 3 inches but not much more.
The truck itself looked basically untouched.
Claeren.
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I guess we'll find out when the report comes out, regardless of what we think. I know you said you were there, but you were behind the collision and hadn't yet rounded the corner. Your angle into the sun was worse than the bus driver would have experienced.
From the looks of the damage, I suspect the first impact happened near the right headlight, perhaps by only a couple of inches...but got much more severe when the wider "bus" portion reached the truck an instant later. How much wider is the passenger compartment than the drive section on one of these things? About a foot on each side? When that part caught the dump truck, it ripped it like a can-opener.
Anyhow...I'm off to negotiate traffic on my own.
Edit: I shouldn't include my signature on a post like this when I'm just making unfounded guesses. Oh well :P