You are responsible as a flatbed driver for securing your load. If things aren't right and fall, not only are you liable, you could kill someone, including yourself.

I understand that it would be my fault, but would i be financially liable? Do loads gets secured improperly all the time or is it a rare thing to happen for the average joe who pays attention?

Originally Posted by elviaje26

I understand that it would be my fault, but would i be financially liable?

First off, I want to point out how incredibly uncomfortable this question makes flatbedders. So, I will try an answer hypothetically. If you have a Steel Coil on your flatbed while you do donuts in a walmart parking lot, and it comes off, bounces through the parking lot, and comes to rest in a ditch, or culvert. your company has just bought itself a steel coil, and they're writing a number of checks to walmart, and whoever picked up the coil.

If, on it's way to the ditch/ culvert, it runs over a minivan with a family of four in it, (three dead, one injured.) Your name is going to be on the list of people being sued.

If, a chain breaks, and part of it flys off, and cracks someone's windshield, the company is going to spend a lot of money on lawyers to convince people that the windshield was already broken in that pattern. And yes, they will spend more than the windshield would have cost.

Do loads gets secured improperly all the time or is it a rare thing to happen for the average joe who pays attention?[/QUOTE]

I don't know how it will show up but this is what Ive been doing, I keep track of my miles(per day, week, month, and trip)

also keep track of my fuel economy

Nice charts.