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Shinsen774
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Last week I saw two 55 gallon drums of white paint fall off a truck and on to a six lane highway, and spill. As the police and fire department/Hazmat guys showed up, we had a torrential thunderstorm with hail (not good in a Miata by the way). The police were writing the tickets....no one was smiling. Oddly, the paint did not run when it rained. Must have dried very quickly on the hot road before the rain started.
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shinsen774, oil base? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
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Funny, but it could have caused serious injury.
In drivers ed classes, they call injuries caused by unsecured items flying from the back seat/rear window, etc., "the second collison". Unsecured items behind the driver/passenger area can become literal projectiles in a front-end collision.
I make a habit of not allowing unsecured stuff behind the driver/passenger area in my car. I try to put most things in the trunk, or secure them in the floor. I put the seat belts around larger items in the back seat.
It can save a life. Oh, this includes paint cans, too! LOL!
In drivers ed classes, they call injuries caused by unsecured items flying from the back seat/rear window, etc., "the second collison". Unsecured items behind the driver/passenger area can become literal projectiles in a front-end collision.
I make a habit of not allowing unsecured stuff behind the driver/passenger area in my car. I try to put most things in the trunk, or secure them in the floor. I put the seat belts around larger items in the back seat.
It can save a life. Oh, this includes paint cans, too! LOL!
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Beige.....I think I'll paint the ceiling beige.....
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That happened to me with a rental in Palm Beach - not quite as bad though.
Was staying with a friend. Got a gallon of paint at home despot. Put it in the trunk. They can't have put the lid on right. Got back to his house and the lid was off.
Paint was bright orange. What a mess......
Was staying with a friend. Got a gallon of paint at home despot. Put it in the trunk. They can't have put the lid on right. Got back to his house and the lid was off.
Paint was bright orange. What a mess......
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anthony7777 said:
My theory is that it was primer since it was very runny. The hazmat guys were getting out the big torches to burn it off the road.
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I never see those splat marks on the highway around here.
In Cali they are everywhere.....
Oh yea......We're all about vinyl siding &/or cinder block here in Appalachia. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif
In Cali they are everywhere.....
Oh yea......We're all about vinyl siding &/or cinder block here in Appalachia. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif