Why you should always secure your load properly!!

mattyp747 · 02-07-09, 08:00

far out this was one lucky guy, i heard he was ok in the end!!

found on this forum: from here at this Link

amazing!!

Setec Astronomy · 02-07-09, 08:26

Holy crap!

pattieman · 02-07-09, 08:51

Steel plate instead of back window.

thedetailguy · 02-08-09, 06:59

wow... very lucky.

Setec Astronomy · 02-08-09, 07:15

Ok, sorry, but this reminds me of two stories. One, a guy I went to HS with down the street, I was over at his house one day and the passenger side of his father's car was all smashed up, I asked him what happened and he said a load of bricks fell off a truck that was driving next to him on the highway. And a few years later a friend's roomate told me that his brother was driving behind a car carrier on the highway and a car rolled off the upper deck and fell on the road in front of him, and he figured he was dead, but the car bounced up in the air, went over him, and landed on the car behind him and killed the guy. I don't know if we believe that second one, but I have always been wary of flatbeds (and car carriers) since then, and I guess this thread just bears out that concern.

backwoods_lex · 02-08-09, 09:01

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Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

And a few years later a friend's roomate told me that his brother was driving behind a car carrier on the highway and a car rolled off the upper deck and fell on the road in front of him, and he figured he was dead, but the car bounced up in the air, went over him, and landed on the car behind him and killed the guy.

Wow. I guess you don't whine about the little things in life so much after something like that.

Who took these pictures? I'm wondering if it was the local paper, EMT workers, or a passerby.

salty · 02-08-09, 11:54

Wow lucky to be alive.

Scottwax · 02-09-09, 09:26

Unsecure load and rear-ended...don't think this driver lived.

LiveLeak.com - Truck Driver Killed As He Pays Road Toll (CCTV)

scaswell27 · 02-10-09, 04:56

good lord that is nuts