Posted by fixerupper on June 29, 2015 at 11:21:48 from (100.42.82.100):
Was following a belly dump rock truck this noon doing 60 MPH on a two lane highway when a cap threw off on a passenger side trailer tire. A few seconds later the whole load of what looked like 1" crushed limestone spread out on the road. The flying cap evidently caught an air line. He laid out a nice smooth three or four inch thick layer of rock across the entire two lanes. We were far enough back to get slowed down, but when we were approaching the rock we were meeting a semi that wasn't slowed down as much. Had to get over on the shoulder and as far away from the flying rocks coming from that truck's wheels as we could. Being a part time small time trucker I kind of felt bad for the driver. I'm sure he was on the phone right after it happened. Now if you were him, who would you call first? The DOT or the local sheriff to get some flashing lights to slow down traffic? I'd probably do 911 and let them handle the DOT. The value of the load is probably only $500 so that is fairly insignificant.
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