My R1T got harpooned

[Oldcarguy]

The roads in our area are rough, and littered with trash and debris. Not to mention that it seems like we can not go out of town without driving through a road construction zone.

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[bigsky]

Did that piece fall off a Cybertruck?

Doubtful for sure because I hear CT uses crazy glue!

 

[madhat]

Man. I'm glad I haven't had any issues on AZ roads yet!

I had a ratty FB Rx-7 I was building on a budget when i was young; i was getting it home and the hood flew off and completely cleared the car. I came back with a bigger car to get the debris (hood) off the road. A tractor trailer had smashed it flat, so i taco'd it and threw it in the car. I felt horrible letting debris like that be on the road.

A friend of mine was in Dallas rush hour and hit a BBQ grille in an Olds Allegro!

 

[Proxy]

I lost a tire once in Phoenix. Ironically, it was the hook of a tie down strap. Secure your load securing devices!

 

[cpfrey77]

I had a semi loose a tire in front of me (not just retread) it luckily bounced somehow right over the car. Code Brown definitely, life flashing before my eyes is a real thing. Luckily it then rolled harmlessly off the highway and didn’t take out anybody behind me. I went and bought a scratch off at the next pit stop, won $100

 

[dradam]

Are you sure that Rod didn’t pop out of your car?

 

[KRIV_ian]

Worse thing we ever had to avoid was an eliptical exercise machine. Saw it was loose in the bed of a truck and decided to slow down just in time as the whole damn thing bounced out of the bed on I-215 in Temecula, CA right in front of us!

 

[dleepnw]

Not that close, because it went in at an angle. I was traveling about 35-40mph when I heard a sound like something hitting the plastic fender, then a few seconds later the same sound. I think it was likely hitting the side of the tire and the inner fender.

Arizona is famous for road debris, I have pulled a screw driver and pliers out of tires. My wife had a bookcase fall off a truck in front of her on a highway, and we had a box of plumbing parts fall off a truck and take out a grille on another car.

someone has bad luck... sheesh.

 

[Riv_Ian]

I was following a truck years ago when it lobbed a muddy fist size rock out of the bed. It bounced off the road and hit my windscreen dead center. There were bits of glass in the back seat. Definitely code brown!

 

[hammick]

Years ago I was riding my Beemer in the dark on a rural highway. I was going way too fast for the lighting conditions but I was in a hurry. I missed a matress in the road by inches. My life flashed before my eyes.

 

[LivingInKaos]

We get some weird stuff on the highways here. Ladders are common. Tons of semi truck tire treads. The scariest incident I’ve had was someone who had one of those truck bed tool boxes on top of a beat up RV and it bounced off the back just as I was passing it. It was code brown.

I used to commute a bit at swing shift hours. One night on my way home I came up on a concrete barrier completely sideways in my lane. Thankfully I was awake enough to see it. I was a good boy and parked there with my hazards and called the state police. That could easily of killed someone not paying attention

Another time, a semi in front of me went over a full sheet of plywood. Its wake lifted it off the ground and put it right inline for my windshield edge first. I ducked and heard an eery woosh followed by it dragging across my roof. My windshield air pressure must have pushed it up at just the last second.

I have several more close calls. I count myself very lucky.

 

[azbill]

... Was that in August of last year on the 60? I witnessed the same thing happen when I was visiting my buddy last summer. Same truck lost an empty washing machine box that a truck just blasted through.

My incident was a few years ago on I-10 in Goodyear.

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