Tough situation to call the cops or not on a fellow trucker?

Simply getting the drivers attention by waving and then pointing back to his load ought to alert him that something back there is wrong. Likely he would pull over and check it.

 

Good reason for everyone to run a cb huh?

I personally would appreciate being told about it on the cb, vs someone calling the law.

But that is trucking etiquette That is mostly lost.

 

Calling law enforcement should be the last resort. Do that if it really looks like a major problem. Flapping straps is a problem, how much is the question.

some things you could do.
Get a radio. It comes in very handy for a lot of things.
One thing I have done, because of no radios, is print off some signs. Printed large enough to read when along side the other truck.
All they say is
“ Check trailer for flat tire”
“ No trailer lights”
“ Check your Straps/Chains”
Put them in a plastic binder sleeve.

The one I have yet to use is “ Trailer is on FIRE”

 

Buddy your money would be wasted. I'm not radio guy. Simple cobra, one antenna, power and ground kinda guy.

 

Just because you have a CB radio, doesn't mean the other guy does.....

 

As a flatbedder, my assumption is this was probably one of those “It’ll be ok, It’s just going down the road” types of drivers. He probably tightened two of the straps and just hand tightened the rest to make it look good (even though it didn’t actually look good, but you know what I mean).