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falchulk
07-10-2006, 08:02 AM
On my way to work this morning I was behind a Tundra towing an old Ford pickup bed as a trailer. At one point a small open bag of concrete flys out of this crappy trailer and hits the front of my car. I tried to get him to pull over but he ignored me. I got his plate number so that I could call it in if there was damage. To my suprise, there does not seem to be a lot. There is a big dust stain on the drivers side front at the fog light. It looks like there may be small scratches but I cannot tell until its clean. I am debating on reporting this...............



gomango2860
07-10-2006, 08:16 AM
Report his azz!!!

It's jerks like him that make it so hard to keep a car nice and acutally drive it around. He should have secured his load so that kinda crap can't happen! In fact I'm pretty sure it's a law!! It's the same as those idiots who drive the big construction equipment on the back of the trailers. They couldn't possibly take an extra 30 minutets to clean the mud out of the tracks and sweep down the trailer! No, it's much easier to just take off down the road and let all the clumps of dirt and ROCKS vibrate loose and pelt the traffic behind you!! :mad:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! :fuming: :fuming: :fuming: :fuming:

Can you tell that's kind of a sensitive subject for me!
epoch
07-10-2006, 09:21 AM
Report it anyway, and have your car checked out professionally. A visual inspection won't do.

This is exactly why I stay the F away from pickups, unless their beds are empty.
XFIRE&SRT8
07-10-2006, 09:21 AM
I knew there was a reason why I left late this morning ... Were you in VA or WV?
falchulk
07-10-2006, 09:33 AM
I knew there was a reason why I left late this morning ... Were you in VA or WV?


Just past 287 on RT9. Pulled up next to the guy and tried to wave him over on 7 and he just stared at me blankly!
SilentBill4
07-10-2006, 09:46 AM
It can't hurt you to report it, because if you do find something wrong, and you did report it, you can take futher action if necessary. If you don't file a report, and you find something wrong, then you could be screwed.
HemiChemi
07-10-2006, 09:50 AM
It can't hurt you to report it, because if you do find something wrong, and you did report it, you can take futher action if necessary. If you don't file a report, and you find something wrong, then you could be screwed.What HE said! And ep, and everybody else. Even IF there was nothing wrong with your car, he still is responsible for leaving his shlt on the road and disrupting things. I think if it were me, I'd've stopped and dialed the police right where it happened.
falchulk
07-10-2006, 10:03 AM
What HE said! And ep, and everybody else. Even IF there was nothing wrong with your car, he still is responsible for leaving his shlt on the road and disrupting things. I think if it were me, I'd've stopped and dialed the police right where it happened.


heh heh, there is no room to do that. No place to pull over. My wife and I actually got in an accident in the same exact area a few years ago. The car in front of us stopped to let deer cross and an explorer rear ended us. Its a very dangerous road.
XFIRE&SRT8
07-10-2006, 10:04 AM
Don't know if the law has changed, but a couple years ago my car was hit on 7 in VA with a brass headboard that came out of the back of a pickup. Ripped up the front end pretty bad, it took 2 guys to get the thing off the road. The police finally show up, and said they could not write her a ticket because the law about securing loads only applied to commercial vehicles. I did get her insurance company to pay for the damage.
falchulk
07-10-2006, 10:10 AM
Don't know if the law has changed, but a couple years ago my car was hit on 7 in VA with a brass headboard that came out of the back of a pickup. Ripped up the front end pretty bad, it took 2 guys to get the thing off the road. The police finally show up, and said they could not write her a ticket because the law about securing loads only applied to commercial vehicles. I did get her insurance company to pay for the damage.



We were almost hit by a washing machine on RT 7 just before the toll road going west a few years ago. Flew out of a truck in front of us and jumped into the next lane just as we would have hit it! Scared the crap out of us but it went between us and another car to cause no harm. If it had been a weekday it would have been bad.
falchulk
07-10-2006, 11:56 AM
Don't know if the law has changed, but a couple years ago my car was hit on 7 in VA with a brass headboard that came out of the back of a pickup. Ripped up the front end pretty bad, it took 2 guys to get the thing off the road. The police finally show up, and said they could not write her a ticket because the law about securing loads only applied to commercial vehicles. I did get her insurance company to pay for the damage.


Finally talked to a cop. Apparently they wont even write a report if the damage is less then $1k!!! How stupid is that??
4DEATER
07-10-2006, 01:17 PM
I think I have learned one thing from this post....... STAY THE HECK OFF RT 7 & RT 9!!!!:knockout: LOL!
falchulk
07-10-2006, 01:28 PM
I think I have learned one thing from this post....... STAY THE HECK OFF RT 7 & RT 9!!!!:knockout: LOL!


If only you knew!!
HemiChemi
07-10-2006, 01:42 PM
Finally talked to a cop. Apparently they wont even write a report if the damage is less then $1k!!! How stupid is that??That sounds like something said to get out of doing work. Did you get that from someone at HQ?
falchulk
07-10-2006, 01:44 PM
That sounds like something said to get out of doing work. Did you get that from someone at HQ?


Yeah, they want to set a time to look at it but if its just small scratches they wont file a report. Now the cops are doing estimates..........
XFIRE&SRT8
07-10-2006, 01:51 PM
I think I have learned one thing from this post....... STAY THE HECK OFF RT 7 & RT 9!!!!:knockout: LOL!
I've seen some bizzare things on Rt 7, like the time a semi full of live turkeys overturned in Leesburg and the State Troopers were standing on the sides of the road, guns drawn, trying to keep the turkey's off the road. I think that was the same week the pigs were loose on the Beltway.
falchulk
07-10-2006, 01:54 PM
I've seen some bizzare things on Rt 7, like the time a semi full of live turkeys overturned in Leesburg and the State Troopers were standing on the sides of the road, guns drawn, trying to keep the turkey's off the road. I think that was the same week the pigs were loose on the Beltway.


When was that? Must have been before my time in this area.
XFIRE&SRT8
07-10-2006, 01:57 PM
When was that? Must have been before my time in this area.
I'm thinking it was early 90's - I was living in Purcellville and my boss did not believe I was stuck in traffic due to turkeys. I had to take the newspaper in to work the next day.
Darnice
07-10-2006, 03:49 PM
I was driving on I-75 in Detroit when a bumper (the molded type) flew out the back of a junk truck and struck my bumper tearing out the foglight.

Trying to explain to the insurance company that "Yes I was hit by a bumper" and no I did not get the license plate # because it did not have one" The just could not fathom being hit by a bumper that did not have the rest of the car with it.
The finally got it figured out, and payed up no problem but looking back it did sound pretty funny!.
Feros
07-10-2006, 05:18 PM
Yeah, they want to set a time to look at it but if its just small scratches they wont file a report. Now the cops are doing estimates..........

The entire reason why my wife got a Charger was due to some dude from CA rear ending her in Newport News, VA. We was stopped at the time! the police showed up and he figured it would be under 1K and no report.
I ended up costing 989 or something like that.
(if the guy was going faster...it woulda' been UGLY)
The guys INS. Company did pay in full and the car was repaired, and traded in!
rowdy
07-10-2006, 06:00 PM
That cements my opinion that it is better to pass these vehicles if possible.
legmaker
07-10-2006, 06:37 PM
On my way to work this morning I was behind a Tundra towing an old Ford pickup bed as a trailer. At one point a small open bag of concrete flys out of this crappy trailer and hits the front of my car. I tried to get him to pull over but he ignored me. I got his plate number so that I could call it in if there was damage. To my suprise, there does not seem to be a lot. There is a big dust stain on the drivers side front at the fog light. It looks like there may be small scratches but I cannot tell until its clean. I am debating on reporting this...............

i say report him, if you don't you will not have a "leg" to stand on if something needs to be done to your car in the future! although, if you do end up not having a "leg" to stand on, i will make you one! hahaha :grin:
rowdy
07-10-2006, 06:48 PM
i say report him, if you don't you will not have a "leg" to stand on if something needs to be done to your car in the future! although, if you do end up not having a "leg" to stand on, i will make you one! hahaha :grin:

By the way, who makes your legs, armmaker?
HemiChemi
07-10-2006, 07:09 PM
By the way, who makes your legs, armmaker?Leg, do you know anyone who makes prosthetic brains? Rowdy is in the market... a wooden one will do! :grin:
rowdy
07-10-2006, 07:41 PM
Leg, do you know anyone who makes prosthetic brains? Rowdy is in the market... a wooden one will do! :grin:

I got it and it is in. Now all I can think about is.....Man, that one on the far right is a real hottie. Nice trunk.

http://www.chargerforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8529&stc=1&d=1152578393
HemiChemi
07-10-2006, 07:50 PM
I got it and it is in. Now all I can think about is.....Man, that one on the far right is a real hottie. Nice trunk.

http://www.chargerforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8529&stc=1&d=1152578393Wooden it be nice for you to get a sliver of that before she leaves... KNOT! :smoke:
rowdy
07-10-2006, 07:58 PM
Wooden it be nice for you to get a sliver of that before she leaves... KNOT! :smoke:

Not if I have to listen to her bark.
HemiChemi
07-10-2006, 08:00 PM
Not if I have to listen to her bark.Is she a dogwood?
rowdy
07-10-2006, 08:12 PM
Is she a dogwood?

No, I didnt feel like sticking my limb into her so she is now a Weeping Willow.
HemiChemi
07-10-2006, 08:19 PM
No, I didnt feel like sticking my limb into her so she is now a Weeping Willow.Bah! She's just a stick-in-the-mud! Prolly flat as a board, too.
rowdy
07-10-2006, 08:24 PM
Bah! She's just a stick-in-the-mud! Prolly flat as a board, too.

I agree, she would probably give me splinters, or worse.
rowdy
07-10-2006, 08:26 PM
Are you ready to give up yet, I'm stumped.
DeafCharger
07-10-2006, 08:29 PM
Are you ready to give up yet, I'm stumped.

Try to use Zaino. Maybe you feel better.
HemiChemi
07-10-2006, 08:29 PM
Are you ready to give up yet, I'm stumped.Too bad; she was prolly cherry...

(OK, I'll stop!)
rowdy
07-10-2006, 08:34 PM
Too bad; she was prolly cherry...

(OK, I'll stop!)

I am probably going out on a limb here, but she does have a nice cherry.
rowdy
07-10-2006, 08:46 PM
OK, I will stop too. I am tired of always going against the grain.
RDBRT
07-10-2006, 09:24 PM
Butt seriously folks.............., CHANGE THE AIR FILTER
legmaker
07-10-2006, 09:53 PM
By the way, who makes your legs, armmaker?

rowdy, you're killin' me..... no, really, you're really killin' me!!!! :dead:
R/T Hemi Nut
07-10-2006, 10:16 PM
I live on a main road, and the latest horrible thing that has fallen out of a pickup, is two full size truck rims without tires Sunday morning.
The guy didn't think they would slide, so he didn't close the tailgate.
I laid into him and told him he was lucky that there wasn't a motorcycle behind him.
These people don't need to be on the road.