OT: Crash!!!, Just another day in So Cal Options

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Joe Buckle and I are out working, just leaving the first job in North Long Beach heading to the second store to install the next router. We are sitting in his Tahoe at the exit of an alley waiting for the traffic to clear so we can go, when I see this older 77 to 80 Dodge van come across the interesection and the trailer full of roofing shingles comes detached from the van and heads down the road all by itself. In my mind I am thinking "Back up, back up!" but by the time it actually comes out of my mouth to tell Joe, he has about 2 seconds to react, needless to say, this trailer with about 2000 pounds of roofing shingles strikes the front of the Tahoe and turns the big vehicle to the side effectively shifting the entire front clip on Joe's Tahoe. Unfu#$ing believable. The guy doesnt speak very good english, of course he has no insurance, the chains that are supposed to be attached to the vehicle are wound inside and through a ring on the trailer, not the van and there are no working tail lights on the trailer either. I'm sorry but in my opinion, the guy should have been deported on the spot since Joe's uninsured motorist will have to cover it anyway. People like that should not even be on the road. If the trailer would have veered any sooner, all the pedestrians at the bus stop would have been plowed over by this trailer. But of course, nobody was even thinking about that. Just another day in Southern California.
How was your day?