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Jun 3, 2015

DANGEROUS LOADS * USA: What do I do about trucks with unsecured loads?

* Washington - All vehicles loaded with dirt, sand, or gravel must have a secured cover


-- A reader asks if there’s anything that can be done about trucks driving around with unsafe loads: “Every year we pay hundreds of dollars to replace broken windshields because of trucks hauling rocks with uncovered loads. Rocks either cascade off the loads or are driven like golf balls through our windshields. Yet when we have reported seeing these trucks with uncovered loads well over the back rim of the truck we feel we are dismissed by the police dispatch. We never see them pulled over yet we continuously see them hauling on Interstate 90 east of North Bend" ... The State Patrol offers various ways we can report them. This answer came from the Sgt. J.M. Ross, supervisor of the TACT (Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks) project: "All loads and any required covering must be secured. All vehicles loaded with dirt, sand, or gravel which do not maintain at least six inches of freeboard must have a secured cover... Any vehicle with deposits of mud, rock, or other debris on the vehicle’s body, fenders, frame, undercarriage, wheels, or tires shall be cleaned of such material before the operation of the vehicle on a paved public highway. A broom and shovel should be carried in the truck to accomplish this cleaning... If the load is a type of material that will be blown from the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion, then that type of load shall be covered to prevent this from occurring. The six inches of freeboard shall be maintained, if the load is not covered, after the load has had an opportunity to settle" ... One probably feels helpless after repeatedly falling victim to errant rocks from unsecured loads, but it seems the best we can do is report dangerous loads before something happens — or after... Spilling or failing to secure your load can lead to a penalty... 
(seattlepi.com file photo - Members of the Cascade Bicycle Club make their way from Fort Dent in Tukwila to Alki. A dump truck kicks up dust and noise as it rushes by the riders along West Marginal Way)  --  Seattle, Washington, USA - Seattle PI, by Lynsi Burton - June 1, 2015

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