The tires screamed and smoked as his brakes squealed, and in a last-ditch desperate move he swung the truck’s right front bumper against a concrete highway barrier bordering the exit ramp. Inches from my back bumper, the semi-trailer truck lurched to a stop. Another foot or two, he would have kicked my car out into heavy traffic moving at 65 mph. Traffic had stalled and the truck waiting too long to begin slowing his rig.