To think a lorry shedding it's load all over the road...

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...is an offence if the driver didn't bother to secure it with netting and nearly caused a big accident?

not everything can be secured with netting! but accidents still happen no matter what precautions are taken

it depends, was it peanut butter that shot up in the air, through the sunroof and into my mouth?

if so, no.

This was secured with netting after the fact, with the police in attendance. Guy admitted he hadn't done it. Slightly annoying when you've had sheets of metal flying at you and hitting your car on the motorway. Took him all of five minutes to do it.

ha ha...doritos in my case!

It is up to the driver to properly secure their load, or refuse to rake it if they think it's unsafe.

I wouldn't mind a nutella pile up in my mouth, but big bits of metal not so tasty.

'Take' it, not 'rake' it....

But if he ends up causing an accident surely the vehicle wasn't fit to transport what was shed? Or driving without due care etc?

Had this at the weekend with some idiot transporting small excavators etc who shed them, causing a woman to end up in a critical condition and the metro to be off for 2 hours. Think he tried to go under a bridge that was not high enough.

This was fortunately only a car that got damaged, and two of us a bit shaken up, but they guy didn't stop even after we were signalling him like mad to let him know he was losing load, we had to follow him. We had another lady pull up with two kids in the car who saw the whole thing, managed to swerve the metal, but was pretty shaken up too.

Oooh was it chocolate on a hot day? With marshmallows?

I gotta spoon! Where is it?????

I would be surprised if the police weren't pursuing this.

This happened here recently, a sheet of glass fell into the road and shattered everywhere, guy just drove away and left it for other cars to drive over. What a nob.

I think we can find out if they are with the incident number right? Guy was new on the job and thought he might lose it, so we felt bad for him, but how bad would he feel if for the sake of five minutes work he had seriously injured someone. I get the rage at the advert on TV for insurance where the lorry drops big carnival animals and they just swerve and laugh and go to a party, you stop, idiots! The car is all busted up, front indicator gone, scrapes all under the car, possible slits in the tires and scratches all along the side. Was advised to go home, so I'm cross because we were on our way to pick up my DD. Five minutes of his time, causing hours of problems our time.

It is a driving offence:

The Road Traffic Act 1991 states:
A person is also guilty of using a vehicle in a dangerous condition if he uses, or causes or permits another to use8, a motor vehicle or trailer on a road when the purpose for which it is used or the weight position or distribution of its loads, or the manner in which it is secured is such that the use of the motor vehicle or trailer involves a danger of injury to any person.

The maximum penalty for this offence if committed in respect of a goods vehicle is a £5000 fine, plus 3 penalty points and disqualification.

So a lorry spilling a load over the road as a result of the dtivet not securing it properly should be subject to a £5,000 fine plus 3 penalty points and disqualification.

If the police were in attendance, and they think an offence has been committed, either by the driver, or his employer, I'm sure that they'll take the necessary action.

It is an offence.

Unless it was a gritter.

I read that as 'Unless it was glitter'......

Mum is having trouble getting the company who owned the truck to admit liability. I have no idea what to say to her. The police told us it was his fault, he said it was his fault, so why isn't mum getting the hire car to replace hers until it's fixed? What can she do?