ice...unsecured load....WTF...????

ok, i get that everyone is supposed to clear off all snow from vehicles. but, how is it an "unsecured load"..???

and then there is this bullcrap...

Days After Storm, Windshield Is Damaged By Ice Falling Off Truck On I-95

 

i can fully understand, gravel/sand being a hazard if it is not covered.

but ice on a roof?

we cannot see ice on the roof. yes, i will admit, i have seen ice on my trailer roof, hanging over the edge, after sitting in the sun all day long, and re-freeze at night, when i go to work. but you cannot see any ice (or even snow) in the middle of the trailer.

if these states are so gung ho on snow/ice removals, well with state budgets hurting, why don't all these snow belt states, invest in trailer roof snow removal equipment, at ALL the rest areas and DOT scales, MAKE US PULL IN, to clean our roofs, for a "nominal" fee, of maybe $10 cash (or ezpass) and be done with it, and make some money, a better way than this stupid bullcrap..???

 

i have actually heard of that decades ago. to this day, i always knock off anything i see during my pre-trip. for me, and where i go, this is not an issue, but yes, i had in the past, dropped or picked up trailers in dirt/gravel lots.

 

well i dunno, they tax us to death (even in death they tax us), and the fee us to death.

seems to me they can churn out revenues pretty darned good by setting up snow scrapers at the rest areas....

 

i am glad you did mention you had a flatbed.

i am glad you did mention that van and reefers are different animals.

i can recall some time ago, that someone had said we drivers ought to climb up on top, and remove the snow. (maybe a truckers magazine, or an interview with a police/DOT spokesperson??)

the language i and a few others used, cannot be said here.

to me, if there is snow on top of the trailer roofs, then the company's ARE responsible to remove that.

an o/o would be responsible as well.

my company (for the past few years now) hire a contractor to come to our location, and they use a "lift truck" or a cherry picker like a electric company truck(??) to clear the snow.

it is safer for us drivers, and no real chance of us suing the company, making US do something that is quite frankly hazardous to our life, should we slip and fall that 13' 6" to the ground.

i have heard, actually seen too, a flatbedder throw "safe salt" on his trailer. i am not sure, the life cycle of the wooden bed after that, but i suppose "not much" harm can be done with a metal floor.??