SECURE YOUR LOAD PEOPLE!

[toyotafan]

Saw this on Facebook from a police office in MO's page. How would you feel if this was you, a loved one or friend driving behind a truck that this flew out of?

 

[toyotafan]

Here's the Facebook page. Ive been behind a truck towing a trailer in which a half sheet of plywood flew out and gave me flat tires, narrowly missed driving into it vs over it.

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[kennythewelder]

Man was anyone hurt. I tell our customers to secure there loads all the time. This pic will drive my point home.

 

[kennythewelder]

I shared this on the other 3 truck forums I am on. I knew you wouldnt mind Steve. Thanks for sharing and the pic.

 

[tibadoe]

Just goes to show how much damage anything flying out/off a vehicle can be. Hope no one was hurt.

 

[toyotafan]

I'm not certain if anyone was hurt or not by this, but if it has entered on the driver's side of the cab instead of the passenger's side it would have smacked the driver with glass and what not. You can guess that the driver was able to keep control and move to the shoulder as there doesn't appear to be any major damage to the car, but just a crazy crazy photo.

 

[kennythewelder]

Here is the story.

Plywood slices into Florida woman's car in latest unsecured-load crash

Plywood slices into her car — and almost into her.

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[toyotafan]

That's just insane.

 

[MuddyTacoma]

With enough speed, honestly just about anything will fly out of a vehicle.

Plywood, 2X4s, a mattress, a tv, pictures, photo albums, children, people on top of a mattress ... just about any object that is in the bed of a truck, given enough speed and enough wind underneath it, can come flying out and becomes a road hazard.

 

[MuddyTacoma]

Watch what an unsecured ladder on the freeway does.

 

[toyotafan]

I'm guilty of trying to stop to pickup a ladder on the side of the road before.

 

[rickc5]

Our neighbor had the front end of her Camry smashed by a spare tire that fell off a lawn care truck. Truck driver never knew it fell out.

 

[toyotafan]

Our neighbor had the front end of her Camry smashed by a spare tire that fell off a lawn care truck. Truck drive never knew it fell out.

What stinks is that you have to stop because your vehicle is disabled, can't chase down the offender. Makes a strong case for a dash cam rolling at all times. One use would pay for the cost of the unit

 

[rickc5]

What stinks is that you have to stop because your vehicle is disabled, can't chase down the offender. Makes a strong case for a dash cam rolling at all times. One use would pay for the cost of the unit

Yep. She didn't get the license plate number, so no going after the offender. Major repair too. Kinda like hitting a cow or elk.