The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Monday, October 27, 2025
A meme that didn't make me laugh...
... but certainly caught my attention!
I'm guessing nobody got out of that one unscathed...
I also never cock my wheels when waiting to make a left turn. I think about the car, wheels cocked the the left, that got rear ended by another car, propelling them in front of a loaded concrete mixer.
He didn't just "pull in front of a semi". He was sandwiched between one in front and the rear one. If he was just rear ended by the semi, it would have f*cked his truck up, but pushed it out of the way..
I did a little digging. That truck that was crushed was between two 18 wheelers that were stopped on I-20 in Georgia. Another 18 wheeler ran into the back of a similar truck that was behind the one depicted and caused the chain reaction. The accident was forceful enough that the trailer ahead of the crushed truck was damaged. This occurred back in 2016. What I read was on Snopes but since it wasn't political I think it may have been reported correctly.
The story by Anonymous rings true. I wonder if the pickup was stripped off of its frame and the body crushed between two large trucks. Most big pickups are built on steel frames that are quite heavy but I don't see a frame in that pic.
Were they making another remake of the Road Warrior?
ReplyDeleteAlive. Truck was KIA right there
ReplyDeleteMaybe he was reading “English as a second language “ while driving?
ReplyDeleteAnd the driver lost his CDL and now has nightmares for the rest of his life.
ReplyDeleteNo, the pickup driver was reading Traffic Safety for Dummies while piloting the vehicle. I would say he failed the self test . . .
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing nobocy got out alive.
ReplyDeletePhysics, still the undefeated champion, and final arbiter of rules of the road.
ReplyDeleteI also never cock my wheels when waiting to make a left turn. I think about the car, wheels cocked the the left, that got rear ended by another car, propelling them in front of a loaded concrete mixer.
ReplyDeleteLaw of lugnuts wins again...
ReplyDeleteHe didn't just "pull in front of a semi".
ReplyDeleteHe was sandwiched between one in front and the rear one.
If he was just rear ended by the semi, it would have f*cked his truck up, but pushed it out of the way..
"Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"
ReplyDeleteThe last line.
--Tennessee Budd
I did a little digging. That truck that was crushed was between two 18 wheelers that were stopped on I-20 in Georgia. Another 18 wheeler ran into the back of a similar truck that was behind the one depicted and caused the chain reaction. The accident was forceful enough that the trailer ahead of the crushed truck was damaged. This occurred back in 2016. What I read was on Snopes but since it wasn't political I think it may have been reported correctly.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/three-tractor-trailers-involved-in-accident-on-i-20-one-person-killed/434341296/
DeleteThe story by Anonymous rings true. I wonder if the pickup was stripped off of its frame and the body crushed between two large trucks. Most big pickups are built on steel frames that are quite heavy but I don't see a frame in that pic.
ReplyDeleteI see the airbag deployed, so he had that going for him.
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