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oper8orAF t1_izwxa3c wrote

It’s happened to me when the state truck was oncoming. It’s on you no matter how it happened. It’s happened to me with privately owned vehicles even, and ended up being on me again. (1 ton flat bed had a 5gal pale with cured cement in it, flew off of their bed and took my mirror off, broke rear window and mangled the side of my jeep, also oncoming)

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The_On_Life t1_izxd5tm wrote

Yeah that's not correct. If you fail to properly secure your cargo and it comes off of your vehicle, that's a finable offense, and the operator who failed to secure their cargo would be responsible for damages.

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HikeEveryMountain t1_izxi15i wrote

If you're responsible for damage caused by snow you failed to clear off of your car, you are certainly responsible for damage caused by unsecured buckets of concrete on your vehicle. For Pete's sake, they're practically just loose cannonballs if the truck is traveling at highway speeds.

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oper8orAF t1_izxq272 wrote

No it’s not correct but good luck convincing a trooper to go looking for the guy. Trooper took info and shrugged and said “better call your insurance company.”

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CheliceraeJones t1_izxpka8 wrote

>(1 ton flat bed had a 5gal pale with cured cement in it, flew off of they’re bed and took my mirror off, broke rear window and mangled the side of my jeep, also oncoming)

Uh... Yeah you kind of got fucked over on that one. There's no way you should have eaten the cost for damages on that one.

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oper8orAF t1_izxq6hh wrote

You’re telling me. Trooper I spoke to shrugged it off and told me to call my insurance company.

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CheliceraeJones t1_izxsfky wrote

That's the kind of thing that I randomly remember years later and seethe as if it just happened.

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FaustusC OP t1_izwxh8o wrote

I figured but figured I'd ask. Sucks, I'm glad my Jeeps older so the price is lower.

Hope your jeep made it.

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oper8orAF t1_izxqn1i wrote

It was a lifted 98 cherokee, insurance company “totaled” it, gave me 3500$, and because of its age I didn’t have to title it under salvage 😂 Ended up buying door with glass and mirror at a junkyard for 200$ and my uncle and I painted it for 300$. Made out like a bandit really 😂

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FaustusC OP t1_izxrior wrote

Fuck, please, someone hit mine so I can do the same 😂

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