There I was. Patiently waiting in the turn lane at an intersection. I was about 4 cars back at the light. Traffic had built up behind me and there was a brand new green Toyota Camry right behind me. All was well.
As the light turned green I started to anticipate being able to go forward. I hadn’t moved an inch when I felt a "slam"! At first I thought maybe my foot had slipped off the clutch and I’d stalled the truck. As soon as I thought that, I realized that the impact was too hard for that. I checked in my rear view mirror and there was the lady and her two kids. Looking at me with that look of, "Oooops".
We both pulled off the road. I wasn’t sure what I’d find when I got out but was happy to see that there was no damage to the truck. Driving a 4wd Toyota Tacoma does have it’s advantages. In this case it was that her new Camry sits lower than the back bumper of my truck. In fact it was a perfect marriage of my trailer hitch and her front bumper. Poor thing. That brand new Camry has a nice scratch, smudge and dent on it’s front bumper now.
Apparently what had happened is that she was stopped behind me and had turned around inside her car to help her child with a fresh large red drink that she had just purchased for him. When she did this, her foot slipped off the clutch and that forced her in to the back of my truck. Not only was her bumper messed up a bit but there was red fruit drink all over inside her new tan interior. I’m not sure what she was more upset about.
Anyway, it shocked the heck out of me when it happened but all turned out well. Yet another great reason to drive an older truck. Although there was no damage, even if there had been a small scratch or dent, I might have been more likely to have not worried about it.