Is hitting a low hanging tree limb a preventable accident?

NONONO first of all your question is all wrong.

"I was driving down this road and a tree branch FELL out of the tree and struck my truck."

 

Another driver had a break down, he had just a few drops left so I took the drops. This was winter around 6pm. Matter of fact it was going to a farm, it was 3 pallets of Purina dog food.

 

Road should have 14' or more minimum to the fog line. If you were legal height and in your lane when you hit it. I'd call that an unmarked low obstruction

 

To the letter of the law, yes it's preventable.

The only thing I've ever hit in 12 years was a limb hanging straight down from a tree that had blazed from a lightning strike.

Knocked the glass out of the passenger side mirror. Not a mark on the mirror housing. Scared the F out of me, cause I never saw it. 0300 morning.

Dispatch said I should claim an object was thrown at me.

I believe the truth is the armor of God.

So I told the truth. Never heard a word about it.

 

"I believe the truth is the armor of God."
God's been my copilot since day one but he always seems to be in sleeper berth when s#it happens. Just sayin.

 

You hit a stationary object, so a safety department stickler would say yes, it's a preventable accident.

Now repeat after me: I was just driving along minding my own business when all of a sudden there was this really big bird...

 

Yours is in the sleeper? That doesn't do you any good. He needs to get where mine gets, in the passenger seat area (no seat there) with one hand on the wheel at all times.

 

Pretty sure God has nothing to do with the truth being the right path. Some of us don't do the God thing and could live with out hearing it. Unless of course I get equal time on why God doesn't exist.

 

Same thing happened to me - and I got fired by the CEO

CEO fixed the damage. He was none too happy.

He calmed down, hired me back, - (who else would work for his knuckle dragging troglodyte outfit?) He took it out of my check.

I was none too happy, but the CFO told me (on the down low) - that the guy was a real rectum cavity anyhow. So I was happy. She's kinda hot - I think she's got a crush on me.

Life as a single truck, married owner/operator - a little schitzophrenic at times, but strangely rewarding.