Re: Son-of-a... ...I'm hit!

[Night Shadow <soltwede@ucsub.colorado.edu>]

It would be completely the trucking company's fault, and the driver would
be ticketed for an uncovered load.  I had a extreamly overloaded truck
pulled over for that a couple of years ago, was dropping branches and shit
all over the highway, saw a cop, stopped told him about it, cop took off,
saw them a couple of miles down the road, cop writing a ticket.  That shit
just isn't safe!

Eric


On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Brooke Fairbanks wrote:

> In advance, I'm sorry for venting...
> 
> I'm driving to work this morning...    ...speeding naturally, and I notice 
> in the lane far ahead of me, an overly loaded dump truck.  No good!  I 
> quickly switch lanes to avoid the potential shower of gravel from this 
> mobile sandblaster.  Sure enough, a Scirocco seeking stone is ejected off 
> the truck...  ...and it's pinballing its way towards me!  I try some 
> evasive maneuvers, to no avail!  Its got radar lock on me!  *Wham!* 
> Son-of-a...  ...I'm hit!
> 
> I land at work safely, and bolt to the front to survey the damage... 
>   ...luckily, the Scirocco only lost sight in one eye.  And thankfully I'm 
> not Euro-lamp equipped (yet)...  ..the golf ball sized rock blew a hole 
> through the lamp and its connector.
> 
> The point of my PAM (piss & moan)?  What is the liability of the object 
> ejecting trucking company?  Granted, it's just a $5.00 headlight, but it 
> could have easily hit a vital organ instead...  If it was the radiator, 
> windshield, or sheet metal, what recourse would I have (except for the 
> obligatory exchange of "you're number one!") ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Brooke Fairbanks
> Savage, MN
> 3-eyed 87 Scirocco 16V
> 4-eyed 87 GTI 8V
> 2-eyed 95 Audi 90S
> Cross-eyed 74 Ford Bronco
> 
> P.S.  Those of you that have the Euro-lights, is there a clear plastic 
> cover or tape (helicopter tape) that you use to shield your lights from 
> heat seeking stones?
> 
> 
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