Truck's forward radar prevented catastrophe.

Nathan

Nathan

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High Desert- Calif.
Yesterday I went to town to pick up the mail at the PO and go to the grocery store. I got on to the main highway through town, which had a repaving project in-progress. But for a stretch it was smooth sailing, traffic was running the usual 70 mph(15 miles over the speed limit). There was a large front loader tractor along the right shoulder doing something. I glanced in it's direction to see what was going on. A moment later an alert from the Toyota Safety Sense™ P forward radar sensor got my attention, the traffic in front of me was at a dead stop, but I was still going...fast. I stepped on the brakes hard, slide a bit to the right, but stopped before hitting the car in front of me.
Had it not been for the radar safety alert, I would have likely been seriously injured or killed, along with the occupants of the cars in front of me. I would have been 'at fault'...
 

Nathan said:
Yesterday I went to town to pick up the mail at the PO and go to the grocery store. I got on to the main highway through town, which had a repaving project in-progress. But for a stretch it was smooth sailing, traffic was running the usual 70 mph(15 miles over the speed limit). There was a large front loader tractor along the right shoulder doing something. I glanced in it's direction to see what was going on. A moment later an alert from the Toyota Safety Sense™ P forward radar sensor got my attention, the traffic in front of me was at a dead stop, but I was still going...fast. I stepped on the brakes hard, slide a bit to the right, but stopped before hitting the car in front of me.
Had it not been for the radar safety alert, I would have likely been seriously injured or killed, along with the occupants of the cars in front of me. I would have been 'at fault'...
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Glad to hear that it was a near miss rather than a catastrophe.

I sometimes get annoyed by all the beeps emitted by my car but I do realise that it is all intended for my safety.
 

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