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Boat Oar Goes through Woman's Windshield
Have has a few similar yikes moments, though nothing actually has come through the windshield.
A couple years ago, I was driving through Memphis in my C5 Vett on my way home form a trip to Huntsville. I was behind a Van that had a Ladder strapped to the top with - Bungie Cords! The ladder was sitting on a large sheet of cardboard and the wind kept lifting the whole affair, causing the bungie cords to stretch! I had the presence of mind to back way off in case the ladder came off - which it did! Luckily, I was far enough back that I was able to maneuver away as the ladder came straight at my car! As Maxwell Smart would say "missed it by that much."
In another incident, on east-bound I-40 in Arkansas (I think), I was behind a truck towing some sort of Utility Trailer when the trailer came unhooked from the truck. In this incident, I was never really in too much danger since the trailer veered off and rolled across the median into the west-bound lanes of traffic. Some of the cars coming west bound narrowly avoided a collision with the errant trailer.
Incident #3 happens about 2 years or so ago when I was driving to work one morning. A large sheet of plywood came free from a trailer in front of me and was flying right at me! I hard jerk to the right allowed me to narrowly avoid a direct hit.
Have has a few similar yikes moments, though nothing actually has come through the windshield.
A couple years ago, I was driving through Memphis in my C5 Vett on my way home form a trip to Huntsville. I was behind a Van that had a Ladder strapped to the top with - Bungie Cords! The ladder was sitting on a large sheet of cardboard and the wind kept lifting the whole affair, causing the bungie cords to stretch! I had the presence of mind to back way off in case the ladder came off - which it did! Luckily, I was far enough back that I was able to maneuver away as the ladder came straight at my car! As Maxwell Smart would say "missed it by that much."
In another incident, on east-bound I-40 in Arkansas (I think), I was behind a truck towing some sort of Utility Trailer when the trailer came unhooked from the truck. In this incident, I was never really in too much danger since the trailer veered off and rolled across the median into the west-bound lanes of traffic. Some of the cars coming west bound narrowly avoided a collision with the errant trailer.
Incident #3 happens about 2 years or so ago when I was driving to work one morning. A large sheet of plywood came free from a trailer in front of me and was flying right at me! I hard jerk to the right allowed me to narrowly avoid a direct hit.
