To this day I remember what happened to a grad at the university where I was doing my PhD. The truck in front of her was hauling furniture (just a regular guy moving stuff) and something flew off through her windshield. This woman’s life was changed forever, but the driver only got a fine.
She went from a bright, young grad to a blind woman with a disfigured face. I stay well behind anyone with a big load.
In high school, I was following a pickup truck and a 4x8 sheet of plywood flew out of the bed and sailed OVER my car. All I couldn’t see was instant decapitation headed my way. Learned my lesson real early.
About the same time, I was driving parallel to the neighborhood golf course when an errant drive shot bounced on the road right in front of my car and ALSO sailed over the car.
Nothing like that in the 50 years since!