This one looks like the truck ended up rolling for a bit.

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Yet another accident I saw on/near the freeway on the way to work.

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I'm assuming the car was going fast when the back end somehow rotated onto the K-rail.

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So I was driving from Thousand Oaks down to Long Beach for the weekend and I decided to take the scenic route. It was such a beautiful drive that I actually had to stop twice and get out of the car to take pictures of what I was seeing.

At the first spot, I took the following photos:

And at the second spot, I took the following photos:

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You know what I just barely avoided hitting on the highway today? A freaking bucket! Luckily I was able to react fast enough to change lanes and avoid the bouncing bucket of doom. This just goes to show, it's always a good idea to know where cars are in relation to you; in case you need to change lanes in a hurry.

Another thing, I had a schradenfreude moment when I saw the car that was behind me hit the bouncing bucket of doom and actually get it stuck underneath their bumper (I guess it must have been the adrenaline and joy of not hitting the bucket myself).

Today I saw two things on the highway that shouldn't have been there. One of them is inexcusable, and the other was recent; thus, understandable.

A) Another tire, WTF!!!!. At least this one wasn't bouncing around. It was actually lying flat on the ~30cm (1ft) wide painted divider that separates the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lane from the 'regular' people.

Every seen a tire on the highway? I don't mean the kind attached to a car ... I'm talking about the kind that just detached itself from a car. I'm also talking about the kind that's bouncing around from car to car on the highway!!!

And you know what's worse than just seeing one of these bouncing bumper busters? What's worse is actually hitting one because you can't react fast enough and change lanes to get out of the way.

So I was driving home on Friday the 13th of all days. And I actually ended up driving past a 3 car pile-up. Quite literally, I was in the lane of traffic right next to the one with the accident.

What's noteworthy about this pile-up is what happened to the middle car. It looked like the middle car had slid it's bumper under the front car, and then had it's back end lifted up in the air by the rear car. So basically, there were two cars bracketing a middle car that was pointing downwards at a good 30 degree angle.

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