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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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Glad to hear you were able to walk away, 70 mph and truck it could have been so much worse.
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:07 AM
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glad you made it fairly unscathed...

what was the drivers excuse...? probly didnt tell ya the truth...texting or ???
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:07 AM
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Wow. That is one helluva story that you are fortunate enough to tell. I'm glad the trucker stopped. Please take the above advice and get checked out by a doctor just to make sure everything is OK.
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:11 AM
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Yeah, glad you are relatively ok. I'm trying to type with broken hand, got blown off road on way to sturgis. By the way people, a "straight truck" is not a semi but could be anything from a U-haul rental truck to a seafood delivery truck to a rollback.
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:17 AM
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Like the rest of the folks hear I'm glad to hear you're okay.
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:24 AM
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Scary tale, glad to hear you're okay. It seems there have been way too many threads on here lately about someone getting hit.

Either someone up above really likes you or it just wasn't your time! I saw a guy go down once at about half that speed. The woman driver wasn't satisfied that she hit him, she had to run him over as well.
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:35 AM
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PLAY LOTTO... Hit by a damn Semi and rode home. You are far more than lucky son.
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:46 AM
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Glad you are here to report it to us.

I know woulda, coulda, shoulda, hindsight is 20/20, etc., etc., etc. But could you have let off the throttle, applied the brakes and let him continue past you?
 
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by inaroush
PLAY LOTTO... Hit by a damn Semi and rode home. You are far more than lucky son.
Exactly what I thought. Glad to hear you are OK.
 
Old Aug 16, 2011 | 09:16 AM
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Glad you're OK. Welcome to our club. Tell us about your safety gear and what you'd change, if anything.
 



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