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Ice on trailer roof blows off and hits our car

Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by Robert Gift, Feb 3, 2014.

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  1. Feb 3, 2014 #1
    Robert Gift

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    Walmart trailer ******, NB I-25 in lane #2, milepost ~149, 65 mph, 05:12
    I am in lane #3 when the pieces blew up and off. Hit the car so hard I thought it was dented. Still too dark to see for sure.

    I entered the trailer number into the cell phone which also time-stamps it.
    Then entered the next milepost number.

    One piece hit the car so hard I felt it.

    Should I have flashed the driver with headlights and tried to get him to pull off at an off-ramp?
    Very cold, much traffic, no shoulder and I needed to use the toilet. So I did not want to get out of the car.
    (I'm a voldumbteer blood courier. Went to bed at 10:30, hospital calls at 10:41. Blood delivered at 2:41 a.m. Driving home dead tired.)

    Suggestions?

    Thank you
     
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  3. Feb 3, 2014 #2
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    Lucar

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    Its called a road hazard, like gravel picked up by tires that are thrown and break your windshield.
     
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    Robert Gift

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    Our insurance has a deductible. If not, much higher rate.
     
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    truckon

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    If it didn't hit the road first, then yes I believe you could file a claim with them.
     
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    Allow Me.

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    I use to haul gravel and we would get "claims" now and then from rocks hitting windshields. The manager would try to blow it off, however, if the driver pursed it, he would off 50/50 split. Sometimes it went to small claims. Legally, if the rock falls from the truck, it's the truck company responsibility. Normally, the rocks get on the frame and then bounce off in transit. Same theory as a mattress blowing out of your pick-up. Snow on the roof is responsibility of the truck company. However, a judge might say the 4 wheeler contributed by cruising too close to his trailer. Advice to 4 wheelers……..stay clear of trucks on the highway.
     
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    I was going to say don't follow trucks so close, it that was just stated. And the same thing can happen from a pick up or car, so I'll just say don't tailgate anyone a stay alert to your surrounding, this really important in the winter.
     
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    Lucar

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    I always tell every one I know that when driving on freeway or highways never follow or lead a truck, dont drive on the side of it while hiding from the sun. Either leave the truck behind or let the truck go. Then I proceed to explain the risks of such driving behavior; like blow outs, tired truck driver, blind spots, truck doing evasive maneuver, not stopping on time, and so on..
     
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    dutchieinquebec

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    Get over it.
     
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    Cat sdp

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    [video=youtube_share;cIOo9BEou1Y]http://youtu.be/cIOo9BEou1Y[/video]

    P.S. A road hazard is something that gets kicked up from the road surface .

    Ice blowing off the top of a box trailer is not a road hazard .... It's a liability claim.
     
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