I went out on a road test to validate a repair i made and got half a mile down the road from the shop and watched a log truck knock a car off the road. i made sure the lady was ok and then made sure the truck was not going to run, sure enough he tried to lie and say she hit him.. if it had happened 25 feet further up the road, she would have hit a telephone pole when she left the road. could have killed her. messed her car up pretty bad, i thought i was fixing to see someone die, traffic was heavy, also glad i did not get tangled up in it. was all in front of me.. driver in the truck snatched the wheel and almost tipped his trailer over, he barely kept the rig from crossing into oncoming traffic.
please guys, don't ride near big trucks, they have blind spots you would not believe, and your little compact car never looked so small as when you are in the cab of a semi truck. I never ride near them, a tire tread weighs over 45 pounds, just a blow out in front of you can send the tire tread through your windshield.