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

Once when driving to work in Downtown Seattle early one morning I watched the entire passenger side axle of a semi (axle 2 wheels/tires straight out from the differential) literally come off the truck and proceed to ping pong back and forth between the walls on either side of the freeway while I tried to both slow down and dodge it at the same time. That was a bit of a "pucker" moment.

How about a large propane or other gas tank shaped like a bomb that bounced off a truck full of them on the highway at about 65 mph and bounced around 4 lanes of traffic back and forth like it was just having a marvy time freaking everybody out. :E

A few years back we drove through a Morman Cricket migration near the Ruby mountains in Nevada. The highway as well as the countryside was black with their crawling bodies. It sounded like driving through water or on wet pavement.
This was for about a mile and my Cherokee's undercarrage and inner fenders were a mess with their crushed bodies.
I'm sure if we didn't keep our speed down, we could have slid off the highway.

Cows and the stuff they leave behind. Just got home from Taylor Park Colorado and the drive along Taylor River Road is open to cattle grazing in places, it was like a maze avoiding all of them and their droppings. Thank goodness it rained through most of eastern Colorado on the way home to wash that s**t off.

Years ago, on I-290 I was driving down the center lane. As I crested a hill, suddenly there was a big (25' at least) cruiser boat laying in the passing lane, tilted to port side. A half mile ahead there was a pickup pulled over with an empty boat trailer, two guys with that "isn't there supposed to be a boat on this thing" look.

Another time, also on I-290, a big tarp blew off a dump truck and covered the car next to me. He swerved around a little until the tarp finally blew off. Bet he needed a clothes change after that.

Finally (yep,on the I-290 again) a big dump truck for whatever reason had the dump box raise fully and dump the full load of dirt in the center lane. At least it was soft if someone hit it.

As for me, I am OCD about tying stuff down. It usually takes me a while to undo all the straps that I use just in case.

Steve

A while back I almost ran over some ones R/V bike that was laying in pieces (many pieces) on the hwy.70 overpass over hwy. 270. I imagine it was strapped to the back of some ones R/V and came undone. Big surprise at their next stop.

Tonight:
A red 5 gallon gas can that looked like a beach ball from sitting in the 90 degree weather we are experiencing at the moment.

At least the lid was on tight!

mooky stinks wrote:
When leaving the St. Lawrence River area on Rt 81 south. We normally see 2 or 3 life jackets on the shoulder. This weekend on Rt 31 right near our house, there was a sign on a telephone pole in front of a house saying: Found Toyota Tonneau Cover. How do you lose a tonneau cover and not notice it take flight in your rear view mirror?!

Rear view mirror, that's rich, during my commute I feel happy when they're looking out their windshield instead of down at their phone.

When leaving the St. Lawrence River area on Rt 81 south. We normally see 2 or 3 life jackets on the shoulder. This weekend on Rt 31 right near our house, there was a sign on a telephone pole in front of a house saying: Found Toyota Tonneau Cover. How do you lose a tonneau cover and not notice it take flight in your rear view mirror?!

Why is it you only see one shoe. Is that all the aliens leave of a person when they beam them up? In 4 million miles I've seen everything. At 2 AM west of Tuscon it was chickens along the road just sitting. That was a laugh. Fell off a truck. Naked women, a 3 ft long Crescent wrench.