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Overloaded Truck

Started by farkinga · 7 months ago

About a week ago on California’s Highway 99, I snapped a picture of this majorly overloaded truck. To make it easier to tell how high it’s piled, I photoshopped a second copy of the cab into the picture.

Is this dangerous? I don’t know, but I wouldn ... Continue reading »

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  • Question: "Is this dangerous?"

    Answer: Well, yes. Hell yes.
  • As a motorcyclist I am frightened by these types of situations. Anything flying out of a truck can become a deadly missile and could kill someone riding behind.

    Even if these bags were full of nothing but paper, a motorist behind might not know that and swerve to avoid it, causing an accident.

    In one year I lost a windshield due to flying debris, and flattened two tires when I swerved to avoid something that had fallen off a truck.

    When I was younger one of the families in our church lost their son (and his girlfriend) in a freak accident when a piece of re-bar fell off a truck, bounced off the roadway and impaled them on their motorcycle.

    Anything not tied down is a danger and drivers should be ticketed and fined by law enforcement. Not tying down your load is a crime in most states.

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