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Originally Posted by 4X4
One fine saturday morning I was going to help a buddy do some concrete work, so I had a bunch of stuff in the back of my truck, and an upside down wheelbarrow on top of it all. It was only a few blocks away, so like an idiot, I didn't strap it down. Just puttering down a 50kph road, this stupid bitch texting away on her phone suddenly just walks right into the street at 45 degrees, doesn;t shoulder check to see the truck coming, so I slammed the brakes, all my tools in the back slid forward and the wheelbarrow popped up and smashed my back window. OEM that window was $1200. Found it for $400 at an aftermarket place. Insurance wouldn't cover it. I spend the rest of the day wishing I'd have pulled over and berated her, but it was also my fault for not strapping my tools down. But god dammit, who is so stupid that they just walk into the street? This was 33rd ave in Marda Loop. 50kph, but busy enough that you need to be a special kind of stupid to just walk into the street. Texting and walking will do that to you.
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She was lucky. My father in law, older, slower reflexes, nailed the woman who walked out into traffic without looking. Broke her pelvis, she was in big time pain. All because her text was more important than paying attention.