Hey Del, I hate Prius's too .... never like them , hate them now ...
I'm on my way to work , minding my own beeswax..... on the Florida turnpike.
ahead is a Prius struggling to pass a semi trailer in the right lane ...and ahead of him another Semi and behind him (Prius) a Jeep Patriot or something.
So a semi in front, semi on his side , Jeep....and along comes me about 100 feet behind the Jeep and closing...
all of sudden it gets
real @ 65 MPH....
Semi in front shreds a tire, Prius stands on the brakes , as the tire carcass goes under him.... smacks the Jeep, which at this time
(to Close) is hauling down on the binders ...blue smoke billowing as the Offending Semi Trailer disappears into the distance.
Jeep hits Prius and they pirouette into a wad , and I have time "100 feet" worth to react and swerve back to the Right lane
and miss them >...X'cept there is another you guessed it Toyota " not a Prius though, Corolla I think
in my blind spot... Note: here, I was re-acting to missing a rear-ender in Mila-seconds
and I TAG mind you "tap" the Corolla.
Worst thing is I got the fault charge in that one....Jr. Highway patrol kid
said "it was avoidable..."
yeah ! I said "if I had not gone to work today"
I said "I avoided that melee over there " and the Corolla Driver was cool and told the JR ranger , it wasn't my fault too !
Junior Cop still charged me ....
anyway my X over and the Corolla are both drivable, minor ( though prolly costly) dents & his left headlight.
and I smacked my right wrist hard ! ...sore enough ,requiring X ray's @ my Doc ....sore as hell and dislocated she said not fractured ....
so I wear a wrist brace and will have my State Farm Ins. fix the X over.... Florida is a no fault state , so The Corolla driver also State Farm Ins. will get his head light fixed and his co pay covered .
Course my premium will likely go up ....
FYI , other State Troopers handled the Melee, I didn't go over there as they were out and conversing , and I'd have had to cross the road with traffic still whizzing by...
( funny if you're just standing there it seems fast, but if you are in the jam with the rubber neckers it excruciating show ! )
I betting the Jeep driver was charged
Fricking Prius
actually it was the Semi , whom drove off into the distance prolly unaware ...