Random acts of vehicular stupidity...today's rant/story

[vi edit]

Make a run over to Home Depot to pick up some cat5 modules and some misc other odds 'n ends. Pull out of the parking, drive a block down the road and approach a red light. There's a truck in front of me that has about 12 feet worth of some sort of aluminum trim in the back There's probably 5-10 12' pieces in there. They hang half in the truck, half out. For starters I nearly put it through the front end of my truck because the trim was black, and the truck was black and the red flag that is *supposed* to be hung on the end was actually a red piece of tape stuck about halfway down the trim piece. A long ways from the end.

The truck bed has a hard plastic liner in it. And trim isn't wired down in way. I'm sitting here thinking...long pieces of metal...on a slippery surface...not strapped down. Can't be good. We're sitting in a left turn lane. Light goes green, I stay put, they go to make the turn and wouldn't you know it, all of those pieces of trim go flying out the back end spraying all over the intersection.

:disgust:

It's called a bungee strap. Spend $1 and buy 4 of them.

 

[Shockwave]

That would be funny to see. Why cant I ever see cool stuff like that? I NEVER see accidents, motorcycle deaths, airplane crashes, idiot drivers......nothing. The world is always normal when I'm around.
On a side, you almost impaling it is no fault of the other driver, but rather your own vehicular stupidity

 

[vi edit]

On a side, you almost impaling it is no fault of the other driver, but rather your own vehicular stupidity

True. Though I had the sun directly in my face and the fact that it was black on black made the trim hard to see hanging out the back. They make you hang off a bright red flag on the end of things that hang out the bed for a reason. When the flag is in the bed of the truck it doesn't help much.

 

[dquan97]

I think we all should have a camera in our cars to share moments of hilarity

 

[rh71]

Human stupidity never ceases to surprise.

 

[StageLeft]

My brother bought a laser sailing boat from a guy. We had it in the back of his pickup truck and when he floored it at the lights the mast came out the back in the middle of a crowded intersection so he had to pull over and go get it