This happened a few months ago to my Dad.
He has an old 1997 "Smodge" cargo van that he uses for deliveries for his business. This van's mirrors are on a sort of hinge and then the mirror itself is on a stick that swivels inward and outward. Like this.
Now as Dad was driving along, he came to a tricky intersection on the west side of town. You have 6 lanes coming off and going to the interstate and the city's downtown, major street and smaller streets all converging, plus traffic from "Dipping Donuts" and the gas station at that intersection. Therefore, if you don't want to be sideswiped you need to be alert. Dad is entering the left turning lane to go to the interstate and city.
As Dad is just starting to make the turn, Prick In Pickup (PIP), the guy behind Dad, decides he wants to turn too so Dad is forced to swing himself wide. PIP hits Dad's mirror.
CRASH TINKLE CRACK. PIP guns it and vanishes into the gathering twilight.
Dad looks at his mirror. By some freak, the mirror had snapped itself outward onto its swivel so it was laying parallel to Dad's door, reflecting surface out. The mirror is unharmed.
Dad looks up long enough to see PIP vanishing into the night, the broken remains of the passenger side mirror dangling by a few wires. Because PIP has a "Smord", the mirrors are motorized and made of one solid piece. Rather expensive to get fixed.
He has an old 1997 "Smodge" cargo van that he uses for deliveries for his business. This van's mirrors are on a sort of hinge and then the mirror itself is on a stick that swivels inward and outward. Like this.
Now as Dad was driving along, he came to a tricky intersection on the west side of town. You have 6 lanes coming off and going to the interstate and the city's downtown, major street and smaller streets all converging, plus traffic from "Dipping Donuts" and the gas station at that intersection. Therefore, if you don't want to be sideswiped you need to be alert. Dad is entering the left turning lane to go to the interstate and city.
As Dad is just starting to make the turn, Prick In Pickup (PIP), the guy behind Dad, decides he wants to turn too so Dad is forced to swing himself wide. PIP hits Dad's mirror.
CRASH TINKLE CRACK. PIP guns it and vanishes into the gathering twilight.
Dad looks at his mirror. By some freak, the mirror had snapped itself outward onto its swivel so it was laying parallel to Dad's door, reflecting surface out. The mirror is unharmed.
Dad looks up long enough to see PIP vanishing into the night, the broken remains of the passenger side mirror dangling by a few wires. Because PIP has a "Smord", the mirrors are motorized and made of one solid piece. Rather expensive to get fixed.
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