SilverSeraphim Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 So yesterday I was driving along on I95 toward Providence when some fool loses a mattress and a box-springs off of the back of his pickup and they go flying into the middle of the highway! The F-350 in front of me SLAMS into the box-springs which is mostly wood and the thing explodes sending fragments of wood everywhere. A fragment or two hit my car puncturing the front bumper in two spots and giving the radiator a good knock as well. The radiator isn't leaking but it has some mashed fins and one of the brackets with the rubber plug is popped out of the hole it should be in and the bracket is bent. I'll put some pictures up tonight if I have time. So I'll have to call my insurance today and file a claim. Luckily no injuries and no serious damage but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denver133 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Just thinking of this happening here on a Cali freeway would cause cars to go flying! I am glad to hear you are ok! Think if you hit the box spring and not that truck, man! Think of it this way, time for a JDM front end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heightsgtltd Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 That sucks, glad you are ok and you didn't end up slamming into the F350! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katalyst Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 ouch, at least you weren't the truck that plowed into the mattress...... haha wonder what even happens in those situations? will insruance even cover the driver hauling the mattress ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taskforcefreddy Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Yeah... were you able to get the info on the dumb-ass driver who didn't secure his load? IMO, he should be picking up the tab on this. Glad to hear no one got hurt... witnessed an accident yesterday on I-10 where an SUV doing +75mph lost control and rolled 5 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSeraphim Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 I'm extremely grateful that the truck took the brunt of the impact. Hitting a big mass of wood at 70mph is on the list of things that my leggy should never ever be a part of. Unfortunately no info on the driver that dropped them. At first I was focused on braking to avoid hitting the F-350 that slammed on his brakes, and then avoiding other cars that were swerving all over the place. After I was clear of the frenzy I was slowing down and listening for any sounds that weren't normal and making sure the car wasn't pulling to either side. I was worried that a fragment might have caught my tire. I saw the truck that dropped them out of the corner of my eye right before I went past the nearest exit. I was almost to my friend's house so I kept going the last 5 minutes to his house and then found the bumper damage and bent radiator bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Too many persons transporting things are doing outright stupid things when they load their vehicles. Probably they don't even think about what will happen or think that they can drive as they normally do. It's like their mind goes blank about what they carry when they go behind the wheel. Securing load is two things - avoid that the load slides off or get caught by wind and even more important - make sure that it doesn't slide when you have to brake hard. Hurting or killing yourself is the least concern, but hurting or killing someone else is outright stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinlsb Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Consider yourself lucky. A very good friend of mine was killed some years back in Vermont when he swerved his Porsche to miss a mattress on a road in Vermont. "Belief does not make truth. Evidence makes truth. And belief does not make evidence." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSeraphim Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 Here are the pics. Apologies for the crappy cellphone quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Just think the owner of an F-350 is posting a story about how he got to run over a box spring and mattress set, and how cool it was to demolish them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baruGT Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Just think the owner of an F-350 is posting a story about how he got to run over a box spring and mattress set, and how cool it was to demolish them. f350 owner probably doesn't know how to use a computer glad to hear you're ok!! Any Updates?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 lucky you weren't on a motorcycle Stay Stock Stay Happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 That's really true. On a motorcycle that would have sucked... I did hit a block of styrofoam with my motorcycle once, but that was no big deal except the shock for my friends when there was styrofoam pieces flying in all directions. Just see this as a lesson to be safe and strap down your cargo even if it's lightweight or worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddie08 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Nooooooooooooossssss!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSeraphim Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 I opened a claim with my insurance online. They should be calling me today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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