Got Lucky This Time
Two days ago I drove from South Beach, OR across the Newport Bridge in driving rain and 45 mph crosswinds, crawling across with everyone else. DW decides she needed a Starbucks on the other side and w...
Forum Discussion
nightshift wrote:
Really? A large plastic cover with sharp edges flying at 55mph wouldn't seriously harm a person?
Who said anything about 55 mph? You said you pulled over and it fell off the roof. So I don't think it was going 55 mph. I don't think a plastic cover falling off your roof as you come to a stop would do any serious harm to a person. I'm sure they'd be mad, but seriously harmed, no.
If you were driving down the street at 55 mph and it flew off your roof and hit someone, I would say it could harm them. I don't think it could kill them. Keep in mind, even though you were traveling at 55 mph, once the cover left your roof it wouldn't continue to travel at that speed.
-Michael
