Wednesday, April 20, 2005
_Non-elastic Collisions

We're coming back to work from lunch, and while we're waiting for the light to turn, there's this pickup truck that's pulled himself into the middle of the road, somewhat illegally. That's fine. Maybe a cop comes by and gives him a citation for obstucting traffic or something. Well, upon closer inspection of his vehicle from 20 m away, we see a freaking huge dent (literally 60 cm across, and 1 m tall) right in the side of the truck. So he's probably done this sort of thing before, and someone hit him in the side. Fine.

Well, the light turns, then turns red again before we get there. And right next to us at the light is that truck. I'm trying to see who this guy is, and -- What?! There's another dent, just as big, on the other side of the truck, in pretty much the exact same place! The guy driving our car inches up to get a look at the driver of the truck. He's chowing down on what looks like a quesadilla-type food item. Whatever, dude. At least he wasn't driving, eating, and talking on a cell phone all at the same time, though that's really not that much worse.

My guess is he has a history of bad driving and collisions. Mental note: stay away from this guy when you see him on the road.


Comments:

 
was it a red truck?


 
No, this time it was not a red truck. ;-)


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