A NEAR CRITICAL CONFLICT BTWN AN LTT; TAXIING TFC AND A GND VEHICLE IN A RAMP OP.

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WE WERE CLRED TO LEAVE GATE ON GREEN LINE FOR N INDIA. A FUEL TRUCK WAS FUELING AN ACFT ON RAMP. WE WERE SQUARE ON GREEN LINE TAXIING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPD WHEN WE APCHED SPOT. AN FBO PICKUP; WHITE FORD; LATE MODEL; WITH THE NUMERAL '3' ON IT; APCHED US FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT RELATIVELY HIGH RATE OF SPD (ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 35 MPH). FROM HIS COURSE AND RATE OF SPD IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE WOULD HIT US ON L WING IN THE AREA OF THE L PROP/ENG. HAD AN MLG TO OUR R ON BLUE LINE AND COMPANY TFC PARKED TO THE L SO EVASIVE ACTION WAS NOT APPROPRIATE. I MADE A HARD -- AND I MEAN HARD -- STOP AND WE PREPARED FOR EMER SHUTDOWN. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP WAS TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS TO US. HE WAS LOOKING THE ENTIRE TIME AT THE FUELER SVCING THE ACFT ON SPOT XY. AT THE LAST SECOND HE VEERED TO HIS R AND CIRCLED AWAY. I CALLED FLT ATTENDANT TO MAKE SURE PAX WERE NOT INJURED (EVERYONE WAS OK). I THEN CALLED RAMP TWR TO MAKE A COMPLAINT WHILE FO CALLED COMPANY OPS TO TELL THEM ABOUT SIT. I THEN MADE PA TO REASSURE PAX (ACFT NOT IN MOTION). NO DAMAGE TO ACFT; NO INJURIES; SO I CONTINUED TO DEST. THERE IS NO EXCUSE -- NONE -- FOR THAT DRIVER'S CARELESSNESS IN A RAMP AREA. HE GOT WITHIN APPROX 30 FT OF THE L PROP! P.S. I WAS STILL 'EXCITED;' SO TO SPEAK; WHEN I CALLED THE RAMP TWR (OWNED/OPERATED BY THE AIRLINE; NOT FAA) AND WHEN I POINTED OUT THE TRUCK I SAID 'THAT SON OF A _____' -- I STOPPED MYSELF BEFORE I ACTUALLY SAID 'BITCH.' I KNOW THAT I SHOULDN'T USE UNPROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE LIKE THAT OVER A FREQ; BUT HELL; THE SON OF A BITCH TRIED TO KILL US!