25,000 Crashes a Year Due to Road Debris

"A hunk of tread off a tire. A bag of garbage. A chunk of scrap metal...garbage from waste haulers; lumber and construction materials; gravel, soil and tree limbs; mufflers and exhaust parts."

Here in the "big A" we also have the ladder in the road. This is such a common occurence that one of the traffic reporters used to refer to them as "the ubiquitious ladder in the road." It almost sounded like a trademark-able name: Ubiquitiousladderintheroad™.

Not to mention nails, screws, and other sharp objects to do an number on one of your tires. Dirt and rocks that fly out of lawn service trailers that crack windshields.

Much less dangerous but pretty annoying: one of those plastic grocery bags that get loose. James had one, many years ago when he still had his Eclipse, go under the car and get caught on the muffler. It melted to the metal with the heat and for about four months, the smell every time you ran the car was god-awful.

Still, thankfully, it didn't kill anyone. It's a pity there's no way to routinely. prosecute these careless boobs that don't secure more dangerous materials that, loose, cause someone's injury or death.

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