Someone say "karma"?

[Gavin Allan]

I believe in karma!



Yesterday I was hauling 50 bags of mulch in the back of my Trac down the highway. I needed to make a left turn at the next intersection about a quarter mile down the road, so I was in the left lane, pretty much doing the speed limit. I was also passing a slower lady in the right lane. Anyway, this idiot in an Audi comes up from behind and starts flashing his headlights and rides my ass (just like I do when some idiot is hogging the left lane and I want to pass). Anyway, before I could raise my one-finger'ed acknowledgement, I saw a bag of mulch slip off the back of my truck and explode as it hit the ground right in front of the Audi. I see the guy FREAK in the Audi and jump on his brakes. (the mulch and bag fragments went right under his car.) Good thing no one was right behind him or next to him. Anyway, I kind of wanted to stop and offer him some tissue paper to wipe out his undies! He made the left turn onto the side road with me, but he stayed waaaaaayy back behind me after that. I laughed my ass off!

 

[Darrel Chaney01]

:lol::lol::lol::lol:Boy I wish you had that on video, that's great!

 

[Wes Davis]

I think the guy was trying to signal that you were about to loose a bag of mulch. LOL Now I feel sorry for the guy and your improperly secured load.

 

[Tom Schindler]

You could be held responsible for loosing your load. That wass dangerous and you could have killed someone. I have seen a car, actually the aftermath, of one being behind a semi truck when a roll of steel let loose. Not a pretty site.



The Audi driver could call the police and file a complaint. If it were me, I would already have and what ever damage my vehicle sustained, you would be paying for.





Tom

 

[Bill Ellis]

That's why I always have a set of straps and rope under the back seat. I never drive with a load that isn't secured in some way. I don't like things moving around in the bed nor do I want anything to fall out. So, if I can't cover it with the soft cover it gets tied real good. Often, tied and covered.

 

[Gavin Allan]

I guess you're right. I wish I would have been hauling bags of NAILS!

 

[Chops]

You could be held responsible for loosing your load

Yes and for 18 years at that.



Finally! We agree on something.

 

[Deleted deleted]

So basically you are guilty of road rage and get impatient when someone won't move out of your way, yet when you are guilty of driving slow in the left lane, you get angry and flip them off?



Hope the guy wrote your tag number down to turn you in.

 

[Sed Thompson]

It's possible he was signaling you to let you know your load was slipping, instead of trying to pass you. Never know:unsure:

 

[Rich Stern]

I'm paranoid about securing loads. A couple of years ago, a county maintenance worker was killed a couple of miles from our home. He was driving his county truck behind a flatbed truck that was carrying a load of tires. One of the tires came loose and went right through the windshield, crushing the guy's chest.



I've also been on the receiving end. Years ago, on the Mass Pike, was behind a scrap truck filled with plywood. The air pressure caught some of the plywood, and it litterally exploded into shrapnel, showering all three lanes of traffic. When I got to work twenty minutes later, I walked around the front of my car, found a 2' section of plywood imbedded through the plastic fascia, just in front of the radiator.



I always carry a lot of heavy rope and bungy cords. Nowadays, when I pack up my load at Home Depot, or wherever, I'll drive a couple of hundred feet, stop, get out, and recheck everything to be sure it's secure.

 

[2]

I used to work for a drywall (gyprock) company that delivered the stuff to houses. We had a load on driving down the highway when a guy in a chev pickup waved at us to pull over. A piece of board had broken off and hit his windshild with the edge of the board and went right through it. He was lucky there was not a passenger in there. I couldn't believe something as fragile as drywall could punch right through someones vehicle. His entire truck was full of drywall dust. So like Rich I am extra cautious whenever I have something in the back of my truck that could possible come loose. I would rather spend the time adding 2 or three extra straps just to be sure it is secure.

 

[Tom Schindler]

Dad gets mad at me for using too many straps when securing a load. My retort is usually, "I have never heard a driver say: 'This load was too secure. It never moved at all during the whole trip. Talk about unsafe. '"





Tom

 

[Dallas Starr]

hahahaha

 

[Josh Langel]

I wouldn't appreciate someone's mulch all over my truck either...



But I guess that saying about being so many car lengths behind is for this particular reason ... if the Audi was 6 to 7 car lengths behind he could have safely swerved ... who knows.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Gavin...What kind of mulch? How much did each bag weigh? Did the Trac handle it well? I ask, because I usually mulch by the yard, because it is cheaper...but for smaller jobs, bags can be more convient. Just wondering about the weight, capacity and handling.



TJR

 

[Fer Echegaray]

I think the load should have been secured better, why throw away money?

If you don't need it send me a paypal payment every other week..



On the other hand, the Audi driver should have kept his distance, as Mud points out, maybe he learned a lesson... <i> I brake for tailgaters!</i> :lol:

 

[Tom Schindler]

I brake for tailgaters!

If you get busted for brake testing in Ohio, you get charged with wreckless operation and can be charged for inciting violence.



Not funny at all.





Tom

 

[Fer Echegaray]

"No officer, I was not testing my brakes, this damn dog ran across the street from whoknows where!... If the gentleman in the other car was not keeping a safe distance, how is that my fault?"

 

[Thomas Rogers]

PA too is tracking down big-time on reckless driving. They are targeting tailgaters, unsafe lane changers, you name it. There was a report on the local news last night about it.



Caymen, we all want "wreckless" driving, right? Just yanking your chain.

 

[Tom Schindler]

"No officer, I was not testing my brakes, this damn dog ran across the street from whoknows where!... If the gentleman in the other car was not keeping a safe distance, how is that my fault?"

Officers are not that supid. The officer sees it, he will issue a citation. Much the same as using the excuse...



"I did not see that stop sign. A bird must have flown between the sign and my line of sight."



You brake test someone for "riding your bumper" you are guilty of road rage.





Tom