On a dark winter night, on a lone road in North Dakota, Tomo the trucker was cruising up to Canada. The winter weather had warmed and awaken the confused wildlife. Along side of the road, Tomo noticed several 'eternally resting deer'.
When up ahead he spots two lively deer. He is doing 70 mph and hits the brakes. By the time he has slowed the truck down to 45-50 mph, the wise deer made for the fields but the foolish deer sprinted across the highway. Unfortunatedly, that foolish decision resulted in the butchering of the deer and the bumper!
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| Torn away bumper. |
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| The side view of the torn away bumper |
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| A trucker's friend, the faithful bungee cord!! |
The next question to ponder is what will the DOT officials at the next scales say about this set up at the next stop! Hopefully, repairs will happen before that .... but who knows for sure.
1 comment:
Via Judy
Pass on my heartiest compliments to Tomo for that great quick fix. He is probably also carrying some #14 or #16 gauge wire that could have done the job too. The DOT might be a problem as you indicate, but also there are different traffic laws in different states and in some hitting a deer is considered a single car 'accident' and subject to the paperwork and reports to insurers. Just a thought.
Steve T.
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