The wheel didnt fall off a truck etc.... it literally came off his wheel hub while driving. It was a small import car like a Honda Civic or something like that.
The driver in front of me all of a sudden swerved over into the other lane....no braking, no slowing down......just all of a sudden, like they saw it at the last second. The big difference is that they had a place to go since the lane next to them was empty.....by the time that car moved enough for me to see a wheel in the road, there was a car next to me and I had no place to go. Its a very busy highway with alot of traffic, so it was wall to wall cars going 65-80 MPH...not many places to maneuver quickly. If there wasnt a car next to me I could have gotten around it.... there was no way I could have braked and stopped and even if I had there would have been a car up my ass in seconds.
I'll make some calls to day and see what my options are....at this point since the damage seems isolated to the rim/tire, I'll probably just fit the bill myself. If my lawyer friend can squeeze some $$ out of the other guy, all that much better, but I'm not going to count on it or make it a big drag out fight.
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