Mistakes were made.

Instagrammer moy_monster captured a tense moment while driving to work earlier this week. A bucket truck was casually driving down a highway near El Paso,Watch Passenger 69 XXX Texas with its bucket fully extended.

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As the truck drives closer to the signs that stretch across the highway, it looks as if there is no way the bucket won't make contact. But miraculously, it misses a pole and two signs by just a few inches.

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"After we shot video we sped up and let the driver know," moy_monster wrote in the Instagram comments. "He pulled over and everything was OK."

It's sort of like leaving the gas cap dangling off your car, except so much worse.

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