ashby koss
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Legal source, please.[/QUOTE
my personal and business insurance agents
and
https://www.cantonrep.com/article/20130721/News/307219930
anything else google it.
Legal source, please.[/QUOTE
my personal and business insurance agents
and
https://www.cantonrep.com/article/20130721/News/307219930
anything else google it.
I’d really like to see wind get under a piece of riprap and blow it out. That’s a speedy truck, even in a headwind I’m doubting the physics.You want to use your tarp as little as humanly possible, typically only with fine sand, coal ash, wood chips, or other things that can't bounce in chunks big enough to damage it. An exception to that rule is riprap, because wind can get under large rocks like that and blow them out.
That tarp costs $5k+. It's also very easy to damage.
I recommend not getting close to the back of dump trucks.
Have you ever noticed that most of the signs on trucks that say to stay back 200 ft aren’t actually legible at a 200 ft distance? I used to see a few trucks with that painted across the entire back, but for the most part the notes are smaller than a piece of paper.That sucks. Glad you weren't hurt. But there is a reason why the back of those trucks usually has a warning to stay back at least 200 feet.
Did you by chance get a pic showing the tarp not down? If so file a IDOT complaint against the company. The threat of doing so may get them to play ball with you if you have the pic...
That sucks. Glad you weren't hurt. But there is a reason why the back of those trucks usually has a warning to stay back at least 200 feet.
Note per se, but "Failure to secure load" is a negligent action by the driver and a ticketable offence.there is no tarp law in Indiana per the state police....
Yes I did. As soon as it happened we took photo. No license plate visible on back, but I chased them down and got drivers picture and a door picture..thanks for advice.
CM, Funny you said that because I am thinking of waiting on these bastage to come back and doing that same thing.
my personal and business insurance agents
and
https://www.cantonrep.com/article/20130721/News/307219930
anything else google it.
What is the "law" on following a car? What is the distance between vehicles to not get a following to close ticket?
there is no tarp law in Indiana per the state police....
Insurance agents aren't legal sources. Case law, outcomes of civil suits, that sort of thing. Insurance companies often decide they aren't liable and then a court or arbitration decides otherwise.
The difference between a crash and a road hazard/damage to property is if the falling object directly strikes the other vehicle. It doesn't have to be a crash to have liability if the damaging party was negligent. If my tire picks up a rock and hucks it at your windshield, not negligent. Unavoidable and unforseeable. If a truck is overloaded, isn't using a tarp, and is shedding rocks that's avoidable and foreseeable. If you have a little sign that says "stay 200' back" and then pulled in front of me allowing less then 200', what's that mean for who's liable?
Is there a difference here in intra-state vs inter-state, and who is to obey what rules?No bright line rule.
[FONT=&]IC 9-21-8-14 Following other vehicles; distance restrictions[/FONT][FONT=&] Sec. 14. A person who drives a motor vehicle may not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of both vehicles, the time interval between vehicles, and the condition of the highway.
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Correct, but for commercial vehicles subject to motor carrier inspection they don't rewrite the book and use the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations instead. Not applicable if you aren't a commercial vehicle.
Commercial or not commercial, there's 9-21-8-48:
A vehicle, except:
(1) a vehicle containing poultry or livestock being transported to market; or
(2) a highway maintenance vehicle engaged in spreading sand or deicing chemicals;
may not be driven or moved on a highway if the vehicle's contents are dripping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle.
I’m not saying that at all. Loads have to be secured no questions asked.So idiot has a recliner on the top of his car holding on to a rope through the windows (not tied, mind you) while driving on 465. (Saw it.). It blows off, hits the ground, and is struck by following car, but no time to react, are you guys saying that recliner idiot is not responsible? The car that struck it is?
Boat or lawn mower come off a trailer on the road, if they hit the ground, then the car that hits them is at fault?