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Aug. 30, 2011 10:30 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

On my way to work (5am) I am coming up on something laying sparks on the road ahead of me. Find out it is a white ford work truck with ladders... running three tyres and a rim. He is not slowing, he is running the speed limit going down the road, making a horrible racket and throwing sparks. There is no way a normal person can miss this as the noise is ear piercing and the whole truck is down on that corner by a substantial amount.

As many people on the road at 5am have been drinking, I pulled out the phone and called 911. The cops must have been around the corner as it took them no time at all to catch up and pull him over.

Just some really strange things at that early in the morning
Aug. 30, 2011 10:36 a.m. Rocco R16V New Reader

I recently a saw a flatbed truck with a shipping container on it goin down the freeway. as we were going around a corner there was a small bump. the container shifted and now was sitting 3-4 inches off one side. how could someone think its ok not to tie a load down?
Aug. 30, 2011 10:44 a.m. N Sperlo Dork

I had mentioned on before, but I was going home and there was a full 4 cylinder engine with transmission fully assembled laying in the middle of one of the lanes. If it was tied down, it wasn't very good.

I used to live by a dairy product facility. One day a truck full of crates dropped them all over the highway. I have a bunch now!
Aug. 30, 2011 11:56 a.m. cwh SuperDork

I contributed to something like that a long time ago- late 60's. I was a route driver for a soda company. Back then it was sold in returnable quart bottle, which I gatherd and stacked on my truck. I caught a curb rounding a corner and dropped 30 cases of glass quart bottles. Took over an hour to clean up that mess, then had to explain to the supervisor why I had so much broken glass.
Aug. 30, 2011 12:02 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork

that's scary! You just can't trust anyone on the road these days.

Yesterday morning on my run to the gym, one of the shortcuts I take to avoid running on the sidewalk of a major intersection around where I live was blocked off by a mass of Sheriffs, media, and so on. About 30 minutes prior they found a dead body in the parking lot of a Miami Subs joint.
Aug. 30, 2011 12:32 p.m. dj06482 HalfDork

I was on a bridge a few weeks ago and saw a truck towing a 28' or so travel trailer. On the back of the trailer was a bike rack that had flopped down and was dragging on the ground. As soon as he rolled down his window, he heard the sound and pulled over.
Aug. 30, 2011 1:11 p.m. aircooled SuperDork

Followed a glass company Sprinter van yesterday. The glass rack and a bunch of glass loaded on the left side, driver sitting on the left side, the van was visibly leaning to the left! Fortunately it was not windy.

Sprinter van, probably not the best choice for a glass truck.
Aug. 30, 2011 2:17 p.m. fast_eddie_72 Dork

When I saw the title of the thread I thought you saw a Porsche Panamera.
Aug. 30, 2011 7:36 p.m. LopRacer Reader

Had a similair Oh Crap moment afew weeks back on my commute home from work, a work van with ladders on a roof rack two cars up threw ladder off directly in front of us, both myself and the car ahead were able to aviod, the van was already stopping to retreive it as I went by don't know if it got anyone behind us before they could reclaim it. This was in the left lane of a major intertstate at better than 70mph.
Aug. 30, 2011 8:00 p.m. Rufledt HalfDork

fast_eddie_72 wrote:

When I saw the title of the thread I thought you saw a Porsche Panamera.

Ya know, I think those are much less hideous in person. They still aren't close to good looking, in fact they are still quite hideous, just not quite as ugly as the pictures IMHO.
Aug. 30, 2011 8:21 p.m. JoeTR6 Reader

Back when I had an M Coupe, I got hit by a ladder from the roof of a van. I was stopped at a light and the van pulled to a stop behind me. In obeyance of Newton's first law of motion, the unsecured ladder didn't. I heard a "thump, thump, thump, thump, WHUMP" and thought it took out the hatch. Somehow, it hit just the tag in the middle of the hatch and didn't leave a scratch. The driver (an older guy) blamed the kid that loaded up the van the day before. I made him promise to chew a little of his butt off for me.

I've seen some scary E36 M3 with people carrying mattresses on the roof of cars going 70+ MPH.
Aug. 30, 2011 8:48 p.m. T.J. SuperDork

Rufledt wrote:

fast_eddie_72 wrote:

When I saw the title of the thread I thought you saw a Porsche Panamera.

Ya know, I think those are much less hideous in person. They still aren't close to good looking, in fact they are still quite hideous, just not quite as ugly as the pictures IMHO.

They do look better than the Accord Crosstour I guess. I'm not a fan, but I agree the Panamera is better in person than in pics. Better in this case is relative....
Aug. 30, 2011 9:10 p.m. fast_eddie_72 Dork

Rufledt wrote:

fast_eddie_72 wrote:

When I saw the title of the thread I thought you saw a Porsche Panamera.

Ya know, I think those are much less hideous in person. They still aren't close to good looking, in fact they are still quite hideous, just not quite as ugly as the pictures IMHO.

There's one in my neighborhood. Meh. I just don't like it on principal. But there is a 911 Targa from the 70s and a 911 from the 80s up the street. I took my son up to study the finer points just a few minutes ago. That was fun.
Aug. 30, 2011 10:44 p.m. Trans_Maro Dork

JoeTR6 wrote:

The driver (an older guy) blamed the kid that loaded up the van the day before. I made him promise to chew a little of his butt off for me.

Should've told him to blame himself.

Check your load before you leave. That goes double if someone other than you tied it down.

Shawn
Aug. 31, 2011 6:36 a.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork

My ex worked for a glass distributor, a trucker came by to pick up a loaded shipping container and he didn't check the locks. About 100 yards from the dock he took a right turn and the fully loaded container fell off in the middle of the road, destroying ~$150k in windshields etc.
Aug. 31, 2011 8:48 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

I had a rolled carpet come off of the car in front of me at 70+ mph because the lady used a single piece of twine to secure it!

And the Panamera looks so much better after you drive it. OMG fast.
Aug. 31, 2011 9:53 a.m. Lesley SuperDork

pinchvalve wrote:

And the Panamera looks so much better after you drive it. OMG fast.

It certainly isn't ugly from the inside looking out. I'm getting a Turbo S for a week
Aug. 31, 2011 10:33 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork

white ford work truck with ladders... running three tyres and a rim.

Eeen Messico, ees no problem.
Aug. 31, 2011 10:56 a.m. chuckles Reader

East on I-40 several years ago, going down a long hill, I realize I'm catching a utility trailer that has come unhitched, but is still going at least 65 mph, right down the middle of the right lane, with the tongue on the concrete. The sparks were most spectacular. I lagged behind, and not too close, for about 1/8 mile, until it veered off to the shoulder. The neatest part was the long line of fire that immediately started in the dry grass.

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