Things which fall off lorries
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One of my friends had a lucky escape today.
Driving behind a skip lorry with a skip full of stuff and loose netting over the skip.
A large of bucket full of bits of metal and wood fell out, bounced off the ground (driving along the motorway at some speed) then just missed her windscreen by inches.
Lorry didn't bother to stop either. Not even sure they knew what had happened.
Driving behind a skip lorry with a skip full of stuff and loose netting over the skip.
A large of bucket full of bits of metal and wood fell out, bounced off the ground (driving along the motorway at some speed) then just missed her windscreen by inches.
Lorry didn't bother to stop either. Not even sure they knew what had happened.
Saw an aluminium stepladder fall off a small tipper lorry once, on a dual carriageway, I noted the company, pulled over and went and retrieved it (from lane 1 so was quite easy) and then called the company, they told me to keep the ladder (a few small marks on it) and said they'd give the driver a b
king for not strapping it down properly.
king for not strapping it down properly.I've had a taxi sign fall of a taxi (strange that...) down a NSL road, saw it flying towards me on my motorbike in slow motion.
Granddad was in the Met years ago (retired in the 80s I think). He was directing traffic as something went pass towing horse st. It rolled and covered him in it.
I've gone round a corner in the works van and the freezer door and swung open...15 trays of peoples shopping all over the road in the pissing rain. I saw people laughing...to be fair I would have as well!
Granddad was in the Met years ago (retired in the 80s I think). He was directing traffic as something went pass towing horse s
t. It rolled and covered him in it.I've gone round a corner in the works van and the freezer door and swung open...15 trays of peoples shopping all over the road in the pissing rain. I saw people laughing...to be fair I would have as well!
I saw a lorry fall off the back of a moving parcel, the driver was the hippopotamus from the 'Use it like a skip' bags in Wickes. He gave me the thumbs up as he drove past (Just like on the Hippo bags) and I used this tacit approval to justify beating my wifes head in with a coffee pot.
Never doing acid again.
Never doing acid again.
Monday afternoon Junc 40 M1, the carriageway was littered with big Metal hose fittings. The type that fuel tankers use. Saw one car limping along the hard shoulder with a tyre out, a car in lane 2 then clipped one sending it pinging at some speed in front of Me and another car.
Sure enough There's a bloke in a tanker pulled up scratching his head at little further along.
Sure enough There's a bloke in a tanker pulled up scratching his head at little further along.
I was on a number 169 bus once on my way to school. In front of us was a milk float. This was back in the time when people got their milk delivered to the door in bottles, by the way.
The road had just been resurfaced and they had left the drain covers quite deeply sunk below the tarmac. It was a three wheeled electric milk float and the milkie was close to the kerb. The single wheel at the front was doing alright, as was the rear offside wheel. Unfortunately, the rear near side dropped into the drain, tilted the float over and most of the load of milk shot out onto the pavement.
How we all laughed.
The road had just been resurfaced and they had left the drain covers quite deeply sunk below the tarmac. It was a three wheeled electric milk float and the milkie was close to the kerb. The single wheel at the front was doing alright, as was the rear offside wheel. Unfortunately, the rear near side dropped into the drain, tilted the float over and most of the load of milk shot out onto the pavement.
How we all laughed.
Roofless Toothless said:
I was on a number 169 bus once on my way to school. In front of us was a milk float. This was back in the time when people got their milk delivered to the door in bottles, by the way.
The road had just been resurfaced and they had left the drain covers quite deeply sunk below the tarmac. It was a three wheeled electric milk float and the milkie was close to the kerb. The single wheel at the front was doing alright, as was the rear offside wheel. Unfortunately, the rear near side dropped into the drain, tilted the float over and most of the load of milk shot out onto the pavement.
How we all laughed.
Not much point in crying about it.The road had just been resurfaced and they had left the drain covers quite deeply sunk below the tarmac. It was a three wheeled electric milk float and the milkie was close to the kerb. The single wheel at the front was doing alright, as was the rear offside wheel. Unfortunately, the rear near side dropped into the drain, tilted the float over and most of the load of milk shot out onto the pavement.
How we all laughed.
Eddie Strohacker said:
SantaBarbara said:
BertBert said:
I'm just wondering how this is related to any of speed, plod or law? Are you bored?
If a wheelbarrow falls off some DIY guys trailer on the M53, it can bring the motorway to a standstill or worseThere's no specific relevance to speed here, there's no question about the Police in relation to the quoted situation, and there's no Legal question being asked - So how does it qualify for this section?
(And to pre-empt your next question: I've never been tested but I suspect I'd be quite high up!
)Roofless Toothless said:
This was back in the time when people got their milk delivered to the door in bottles, by the way.
I still do it. Mostly glass bottles and a few plastic ones! Only had one mishap with a crate of glass coming out the side door after it never clicked closed properly! Unlike the lorry driver that must have been in a hurry or distracted and had forgotten to close his back doors and restrain the cages of milk in the back of his fridge on the way into work one morning many moons ago.Glass and crates everywhere and a river of milk running down the hill. Must have made a fair old noise and he'd certainly made a mess. scorcher said:
Roofless Toothless said:
This was back in the time when people got their milk delivered to the door in bottles, by the way.
I still do it. Mostly glass bottles and a few plastic ones! Only had one mishap with a crate of glass coming out the side door after it never clicked closed properly! Unlike the lorry driver that must have been in a hurry or distracted and had forgotten to close his back doors and restrain the cages of milk in the back of his fridge on the way into work one morning many moons ago.Glass and crates everywhere and a river of milk running down the hill. Must have made a fair old noise and he'd certainly made a mess. One of the great characters I remember from my youth was Reg the Milkman, who had a round in the side streets off Ilford Lane, where I was brought up. He had a proper old horse drawn milk float, which before electric ones came along, were the norm. Nice and quiet, and no noisy engine ticking over when making the drops to the doorsteps. Just an occasional fart.
Well, the time came when Reg decided to get up with the times and bought an electric float, and sold his horse. The trouble was that he was fond of a drink or two, and very soon after lost his licence for a year, having been caught over the limit. This meant he couldn't drive the electric float. Fortunately, he hadn't sold the cart, so for a year did his round pulling the cart himself between the shafts. He wasn't a big chap, either, and we all confidently expected to find him dead of a coronary one day between the traces.
caelite said:
There is a quarry near me, the exit of which is immediately before a stretch NSL dual carriageway. The drivers are supposed to check their wheels before they leave, they rarely do. The result is often big chunks of rock get lodged between the dual tyres, or in the tread. I had the unfortunate experience of having my work van hit by aforementioned chunk of rock as I was following a aggregate tipper as we where both accelerating. It took out a chunk of my radiator grill, I feel lucky it didn't hit ~30cm higher as it would've wrecked my windscreen.
Had that happen to me and took half a brick to the side of my helmet.I now pass any tipper truck as soon as is possible.
A squaddie. We were all a little pissed up in the back of a few Bedfords after a week on exercise and one lad was standing up pissing out the back when a bump in the road caused him to lose balance and fall out with his todger hanging out. Fortunately it was on a track on the exercise area or it might have been a bit more than injured pride.
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