Park Lamp/Light - Page 2

alantf · 11-14-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Water Warrior

How the heck do you not see a bus ?

I remember once , in the 1980s, when I was driving a bus (no electrical work around at the time, due to the recession). I was in an English double decker - 10 ft wide & 15 ft high, painted red and yellow - parked at the edge of the road,taking fares as the passengers got on, when I felt a terrific THUD. I looked in the mirror, & all I could see was half of a pick up truck. When I got out to see what had happened, the passenger side of the pick up was buried in the engine at the back of the bus. When I asked the guy how it had happened, he replied "I didn't see you". Nobody could believe that he hadn't noticed a 10' by 15' red & yellow object sitting by the kerb!

burkbuilds · 11-20-2009, 02:56 PM

Pretty much the same thing happened to me once Alan, only I was not driving a bus, but a 4 door F-350 Truck with a 9' flat bed with 3'high tool boxes mounted down both sides, a fairly large vehicle. A driver pulled out of a shopping center, crossed three lanes of traffic and nailed my truck dead center on the drivers side right behind the back door, she told the cops she never saw me. By the way, it tore the entire front off of her car, including the front bumper and the grill and mashed up her hood and both front side panels, it only bent my running boards a little and put a 1/8" knick in the paint on the corner of one tool box that was welded on under the flatbed frame just behind the cab.

11-20-2009, 02:56 PM	#12
burkbuilds Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shannon, Georgia Posts: 1,268	Re: Park Lamp/Light Pretty much the same thing happened to me once Alan, only I was not driving a bus, but a 4 door F-350 Truck with a 9' flat bed with 3'high tool boxes mounted down both sides, a fairly large vehicle. A driver pulled out of a shopping center, crossed three lanes of traffic and nailed my truck dead center on the drivers side right behind the back door, she told the cops she never saw me. By the way, it tore the entire front off of her car, including the front bumper and the grill and mashed up her hood and both front side panels, it only bent my running boards a little and put a 1/8" knick in the paint on the corner of one tool box that was welded on under the flatbed frame just behind the cab.
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