People DO learn things from watching movies

[Allen]

Remember that scene?

[JohnMOhio]

I must have missed that movie.

[Allen]

I must have missed that movie.

In the movie logs were pictured coming off the back of the trailer and into windshields while going down the highway. Fairly good movies (there was more than one) and at least, a little different.

Actually, in the above picture, at zero mph the only people who could possibly be in harms way are the ones in the left or right lanes IF a strap were to break and the logs roll off to the side.

[JB White]

It was all a setup.
Nobody could change lanes due to the solid lines.

[Allen]

It was all a setup.
Nobody could change lanes due to the solid lines.

Sure thing. And the left lane may be a left turn lane only including the lane the truck is in. It's just a joke. No one wants to drive behind a slow moving truck like this so people avoid it when they can.

[Oyaji]

It's not just the binders and chains that hold the logs in place....they also sit in a heavy, welded steel cradle. Chains and binders simply hold them fast to the cradle. Still, not a good idea to be following trucks with exposed logs or other freight. Debris and other hazardous sheit can unload and fall into the pathway of oncoming traffic. Best to steer clear and rapidly pass heavy vehicles on the road. Do not linger adjacent to them or follow closely. Stay alert.....be safe!

[JohnMOhio]

Good advise Oyahi. One thing I always do, stay on the inside of the curve. Don't be on the outside with the heavy loaded truck on the inside of the curve.

[JB White]

Reminds me of a few incidents I experienced.
Behind a flatbed hauling pallets of 80lb sacks of Portland. They were coming undone and falling off the back each time he hit a bump. Practically an explosion of white dust each time. This went on for several miles. Could not stop or pull over. Had to back off and wait it out. At least until traffic got to the end of the New Orleans causeway.

Another was a dead heading flat bed. One by one dropping his chains across lanes of traffic on the Kennedy X-way going through Chicago. As if traffic wasn’t already bad enough.
That was a costly run for him. All those $100’s worth of chains every quarter to half mile.

[Oyaji]

As a newly licensed driver when I was 16 or so, started to pass a slow moving tractor/trailer rig on the Interstate. As I approached to the left of the trailer's tandem axle, a tire blew out abreast of me. Scared the holy beejesus out of me, sounded like a major explosion or sonic boom in the backseat. I managed to maintain control of the vehicle I was driving but, may have had to change my underwear after reaching my destination. Point being, don't linger or lollygag adjacent to heavy trucks on the roadway. Pass and stay clear. Think we've all see large chunks of tire tread littering the roadway from retreaded truck tires. These are known in the trucking industry as "alligators." One of these chunks of heavy rubber or "alligators" hitting a passenger car could cause major damage and possibly injure/maim or kill an inattentive driver.