Today driving to work down the 400 highway here is Ontario......I spotted a white reefer roof vent cover AND a black reefer access panel / vent cover.That's over and above the lid from a cooler that I ran over.Tough day for some.What debris have YOU seen?

I'm tired of ladders. Is it really that hard to secure a ladder to your truck? I've had a ladder in or on my truck for years. I value my tools. I've never lost a ladder, or any tool, while driving. It's hard to imagine so many people either don't care to secure them, or don't know how.

#1nobby wrote:Today driving to work down the 400 highway here is Ontario......I spotted a white reefer roof vent cover AND a black reefer access panel / vent cover.That's over and above the lid from a cooler that I ran over.Tough day for some.What debris have YOU seen?That's not road debris.just some errant plasticTHIS is road debris (Zion ---Jan 2017) :B

pira114 wrote:I'm tired of ladders. Is it really that hard to secure a ladder to your truck? I've had a ladder in or on my truck for years. I value my tools. I've never lost a ladder, or any tool, while driving. It's hard to imagine so many people either don't care to secure them, or don't know how.I once bought this 5' round plastic kiddie pool and threw it in the back of my pick up and proceeded to drive home.At some point I looked in my rear view mirror only to see the pool hovering in the bed like a flying saucer!I had to slide open the back window and grab on to it before it became road debris.But ya....stuff people don't secure is a pain in the a**.Myself and about 40 cars were all pulled over on the highway within about 1/2 mile of each other with flat tires.Roofing nails.....littering the highway.

.why is it I find that kind of "Lost" cargo.. while I am riding my motorcycle.my most "BAD" a semi-tractor/trailer wheel/tire in middle of curve and middle of my lane. yes on the motorcycle.its hard that Cars can not see "US"... but some lost items can be deadly.

#1nobby wrote:Today driving to work down the 400 highway here is Ontario......I spotted a white reefer roof vent cover AND a black reefer access panel / vent cover.Since I'm only about an hour from you I'll forward my address and you can return my parts to me, OK? :W

Road Debris: Gotta Be Some Upset RV Owners Out There.....

westend
Explorer
Sep 26, 2017
This month? 14" RV vent lid, vent fascia, Samsung Galaxy 8 phone (run over), adult Red Fox. The last decided to occupy the same space as my Oldsmobile 98, at night.

Around here, between two recreational lakes, life preserver and minnow bucket season has ended.
danimal53
Explorer
Sep 26, 2017
driving east on I90 through Indiana a couple years back, traffic was awful for seemingly no reason. Must be an accident somewhere ahead we figured, but no emergency lights or anything to be seen. Finally, we come to a mattress blocking the center lane, and box spring in the right lane. So traffic reduces to 1 lane because He-Man and his pal thought they could each one-arm a mattress on his roof.
LVJJJ
Explorer
Sep 26, 2017
when we lived in Las Vegas ('03-'06) we saw lots of couches and big stuffed chairs all over the interstates, and other furniture. House got too full, had to throw some back.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Sep 26, 2017
Personally, if I was hauling something like a ladder in the back of my truck I can't believe that I would not see , or possibly hear, it leave the back of the truck.

Smaller Items I can get but, something as big as a ladder you think that a person would notice that.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Sep 26, 2017
I live in farm country. I once found a Big Round Bale of Hay in the road. For those of you that don't know they are about 6-7 feet high, and weigh about 1000 pounds.

That is one of only 3 times in my life that I have dialed 911 and called the police. They said that someone else had already called. It was not far from home so I watched as the police showed up, went to talk to the nearest farmer, and then got him to use his tractor to shove it off to the side of the road. I'm sure it was not his. It just fell off of a truck. They ship these big bales all around the country.
Bucky_Badger
Explorer
Sep 25, 2017
I can't count the number of "cooler" lids I've had to swerve around
Tyler0215
Explorer
Sep 25, 2017
Not exactly road debris but I saw a Jeep being pulled behind a pickup using a tow bar come unhooked and roll into the ditch and on into a corn field. The pickup never slowed down. I tried to pass him and flag him down but he just kept going faster. I wonder how far he went before he discovered the Jeep was gone.
Bols2DawaLL
Explorer
Sep 25, 2017
Ron3rd wrote:
somebody top this one!

Came over a ridge on a 5 lane highway in So Cal and saw a Jet Ski immediately in front of me sitting in my lane. It had slid off the trailer carrying it and they pulled over and stopped. Young girl was running out in traffic trying to get herself killed so no one would hit her Jet Ski. I was able to stop in time and no one got hurt.

We have ourselves a winner :)
Ron3rd
Explorer III
Sep 25, 2017
somebody top this one!

Came over a ridge on a 5 lane highway in So Cal and saw a Jet Ski immediately in front of me sitting in my lane. It had slid off the trailer carrying it and they pulled over and stopped. Young girl was running out in traffic trying to get herself killed so no one would hit her Jet Ski. I was able to stop in time and no one got hurt.
afidel
Explorer II
Sep 25, 2017
DownTheAvenue wrote:
Road debris I have seen: Sofa cushions, chairs, ladders, mattresses, household appliances.

I once saw an entire loveseat in the middle of the fast lane, talk about taking evasive action.