Trucks and loose loads

Brethren

Driving home from work Friday midday, just having topped up with diesel, I had the utter misfortune to have my TD6 in a traffic lane that suddenly became the deposit spot for a bloody heavy and largish steel box that had ejected itself from the bed of a truck in the lane beside me.

To make a long and terrifying story short, the TD6 needs a new front passenger side guard and door, and the door (front of the door) pillar is out of shape meaning that the passengers door is out of place. Bits of the thing somehow flung themselves far enough to wipe of the perspex dust deflector thingie over the back tailgate doors, and the sheepskin seatcover on the drivers side will need replacing I suspect as well!

In all of this, my foot came off the brake and I hit my leg on something that provided a nice cut to my ankle.

Not happy - repairs believed to be in the order of $4-5,000.

Of course, truck continued on its merry way, and I was left perched nicely over the corner of the steel box, with the damage to contemplate.

I know truckies are busy guys, and I know we all have a soft spot for them out on the roads, but around town they are often a danger.

I now have to get the TD6 to NR<MA to have it assessed. This is my third accident in 37 years, two now caused by things falling of trucks; the third was me inserting my Austin Healy Sprite under the arse end of a double decker bus in Hong Kong.

Regards,

Len