Insecure loads

Blissfully driving along The Victoria Highway (Northern Territory) this morning, enjoying the magnificent scenery the brilliant dry season weather and the pleased as punch feeling of the shiney new toy attached to the tow bar (Coromol offroader van). One of those toys thats been on the wish list for a long time, it's now a reality, it's yours, you've picked it up from the dealers yard and wandered towards home with as much delay as you can so you can sleep in it and play with all the gadgets.
A roadtrain approaches you from the opposite direction ( no big deal there is absolute @hit loads of em up here ). Just as you approach the pass of each other
you observe a car tyre thats been casually sitting in the third trailer deck for christ knows how many kilometres,the tyre decides to commit suicide by leaping off the tray and towards your vehicle. Nowhere to go, roadtrain to the right, run off drains to the left. The tyre doesn't bounce, (no rim or air), it rolls at very high speed along the road, delivers a glancing blow to the rear right hand side wheel of the troopy but still bent on destruction like a heat seaking missile takes on the corner of the shiney new toy. Mangles the wind down leg, spews up into the lower side of the van just where the water pump and wiring decided to live, beats the said items to death then attempts to unsettle the van by exiting under the right hand tandems and giving the whole thing a good shake up as it goes.
Yes, Mr Truckie continues on his merry way oblivious ( or in denial ) of the mayhem he had caused. Yes he has caused it because he's been too $%%$@#@#% lazy to remove or secure loose items around his rig.
Yes, it's all insured, the consequences could have been far worse, it could have gone through the windscreen, it could have been a small sedan, motor bike it struck etc etc, but at the end of the day still caused by some lazy rick not doing his job properly.
Apologies for the ramble but a story I felt better shared with fellow formites.

Cheers
Wal.