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WWTOTD: Vehicle hit by rock on the interstate
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:08 pm
So I was driving today on I-12 in BR when I heard a loud thump. Look around and there is a brand new chip (a little smaller than a dime) on the passengers side of my windshield. There was a large dump truck in the right lane (I was in the center lane) about 3-4 car lengths ahead. Caught the name of the company and called the number.
Left a voicemail right afterwards. Owner called back about an hour later and said he was sorry but he had no trucks carrying any aggregate and that I was SOL.
Is there really no recourse of action for something like this? What would the OT do?
Left a voicemail right afterwards. Owner called back about an hour later and said he was sorry but he had no trucks carrying any aggregate and that I was SOL.
Is there really no recourse of action for something like this? What would the OT do?
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Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:09 pm to northern
KICK HIS arse C-BASS!!!!!!!!!
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:09 pm to northern
You are SOL. Those dump truck companies must buy lots of tickets to the police ball.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:10 pm to northern
I'd get a new windshield the day before my inspection sticker expires.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:10 pm to northern
How much is your deductible?
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:10 pm to northern
Did you see the object come out of the truck? Pics? What time was it? That should help make a guess on whether the truck was empty or not. Sounds like the owner just blew you off.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:11 pm to northern
Go to the company's office and throw rocks at the windshields of all the trucks there
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:11 pm to northern
Don't follow so close next time.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:12 pm to northern
It has been proven that you can kick a rock up with your own vehicle and crack your own windshield.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:13 pm to northern
Doesn't Safelite glass repair fix chips for free so they don't spread?
Its just a chip. Get it drilled and filled.
Its just a chip. Get it drilled and filled.
This post was edited on 1/5/16 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:13 pm to northern
I had a girlfriend years ago that told me that her mother had the same thing happen to her. Basically she just collected a slew of numbers from the back of various dump trucks and called all of them until she found someone who would pay the damage.
Apparently she did this a lot.
Apparently she did this a lot.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:13 pm to northern
Guaranteed the top truck has a sign that they're not responsible for damage. They'll just argue that you were closer than 200 feet. Your fault.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:14 pm to northern
I love the trucks with stickers that tell you stay back 200 or 500 feet with print that isn't visible 200 feet away in many instances.
Or the "not responsible" stickers. Aren't there secure load laws that would make them responsible?
Or the "not responsible" stickers. Aren't there secure load laws that would make them responsible?
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:16 pm to Jake88
I'm pretty sure a rock on the interstate isn't considered part of his secure load.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:16 pm to theenemy
Your insurance should cover it. Fixing a crack that small is cheap.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:17 pm to Lsuhoohoo
frick them, they don't own the 200 feet behind them.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:17 pm to northern
Serious answer since I went through this recently with a $1600 windshield on my 2016 work car. The law in LA is that once the object leaves the truck and touches the ground it becomes a "road hazard" and the truck company isn't liable. If the crack can be covered by a dollar bill, your insurance covers 100% of the crack and chip repair. If it is bigger, your insurance covers replacement MINUS the deductible. In my case $500. I have now had three replacements in 8 months due to a combo of bad luck and I12.
Sucks but that is the way it is. For reference, I had pics of the truck on the first one. It didn't have its cover over the load and the tailgate wasn't properly latched. Their insurance still told me to get fricked.
Sucks but that is the way it is. For reference, I had pics of the truck on the first one. It didn't have its cover over the load and the tailgate wasn't properly latched. Their insurance still told me to get fricked.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:17 pm to northern
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Is there really no recourse of action for something like this? What would the OT do?
No. Most trucking companies have insurance that doesn't make them liable anything small that falls from their vehicle, unless something isn't done properly.
I was on I-10 behind a guy whose latch came loose that was carrying loose gravel. shite was like a waterfall. Me and three other people pulled ahead of him and called the cops. They pulled him over and we followed. Had to make a claim on the companies insurance that they were negligible.
TL;dr - unless they were negligible, you are SOL.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:18 pm to BRgetthenet
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I'm pretty sure a rock on the interstate isn't considered part of his secure load.
If it is a load of gravel?
Posted on 1/5/16 at 7:19 pm to jbgleason
Pay an extra 20.00 a year and and get get 0.00 deductible on comp. Every year get a new windshield when your brake tag is due.
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