I’ve always had a fear of heavy objects falling out of the back of some vehicle I was following. It’s never happened to me but my mind envisions it and I find ways to avoid them.
I’m always fearful of the trucks carrying loads of cut trees. I can just see the straps coming loose and all of them rolling off the truck like pick up sticks.
Same here. Stay way back, or get around ASAP
I was once driving my Chevy pickup around the Memphis I240 loop in traffic, when I saw probably a 3 inch diameter pipe nipple, maybe 4 inches long, fall off a plumbing truck about 10 or 12 car lengths up.
It bounced once, and I got nervous - I played outfield a lot, and I can usually tell when and where a projectile is going to hit. I pulled as far to the right as I could without side-swiping the car next to me.
It bounced twice, and I knew I was in for it. I pulled a little farther right, hoping the other car would move too... I was trying to get my truck’s windshield pillar to take the blow instead of having that thing come through the windshield and kill me.
It hit my side mirror, which basically exploded and sent glass shards all down the side of the truck. Had to have that whole side re-painted. But I’m still here...