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Chinese driver rolls big-rig in traffic - Click above to watch video after the jump
Running a red light in your standard passenger vehicle is never a good idea. Trying to rush a trailer-laden semi-truck through a busy intersection is far, far worse. Such a machine has a lot of weight to throw around, as one Chinese driver recently learned. Physics strikes again!
The truck ends up on its side, but this crash could've been a lot worse. A quartet of two-wheeled traffic-goers hit the brakes at just the right time, and fortunately, a nearby cyclist was also paying rapt attention to the wayward cargo-hauler.
Click past the jump to watch a truck driver try to imitate Sam Hubinette... unsuccessfully.
[Source: YouTube via CarScoop]
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