GA pilot reported a near miss with a ground vehicle during taxi.

Attributes
ACN	1538922
Time
Date	201804
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	FPR.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Ground Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5.5 Flight Crew Total 4172 Flight Crew Type 5.5
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical
Miss Distance	Horizontal 15

Narrative:

I was on an IFR flight plan; preflight completed; received clearance and atis; talking with ATC ground controller I asked for progressive clearance to active runway. I received taxi instructions; cleared area; and was told by ground controller to taxi to the taxiway. Just as I commenced my left turn out of ramp a ground vehicle; a tug driven by a lineman; very low to the ground drove in front of my aircraft quickly in the same direction and cut in front of my path. I put on the brakes immediately and stopped. The driver of the tug stopped to my left. I commenced taxi when tug was well clear. No discussion was made. Tug came from my right side unseen by me or the front seat passenger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported a near miss with a ground vehicle during taxi.

Narrative: I was on an IFR FLT PLAN; preflight completed; received clearance and Atis; Talking with ATC ground controller I asked for progressive clearance to active runway. I received taxi instructions; cleared area; and was told by Ground Controller to taxi to the taxiway. Just as I commenced my left turn out of ramp a ground vehicle; a tug driven by a lineman; very low to the ground drove in front of my aircraft quickly in the same direction and cut in front of my path. I put on the brakes immediately and stopped. The driver of the tug stopped to my left. I commenced taxi when tug was well clear. No discussion was made. Tug came from my right side unseen by me or the front seat passenger.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.