So the other morning I was driving to work on I95, minding my own business. I wasn't going the speed limit, but I was going with traffic and I thought I had left enough space between me and the vehicle in front of me (about 2 car lengths). Suddenly, the guy in front of me swerved violently to the left to avoid a yard long piece of tire that was sitting on it's edge. I didn't have a chance to swerve around it as well and I ended up hitting it. I heard a really loud crack, but the truck was still handling ok and nothing changed on the gauges, so I continued on to work. When I got there, I got out to look at my truck and on the right rear passenger side, the fiberglass moulding around the wheel well had been broken loose and bent backwards. My bumper was also a little scrapped up, although it can be easily fixed. All in all it was around a $100 in damage to my truck.
After talking to my bf, it turns out that I was pretty lucky. Those things can break gas and brake lines, so thank God that didn't happen.
Posted by Shadoe at March 18, 2002 10:46 AM