Kinda off topic but what about those A@# H*&* dump truck drivers that say "not responsible for broken windows" on their trucks when they have huge boulders flying off of them at 60mph? Are they still responsible?
I don't think so. It's your responsibility to maintain a safe distance behind it. In fact, they usually also have a warning sign: "Stay back 500 feet" or something.
I don't think so. It's your responsibility to maintain a safe distance behind it. In fact, they usually also have a warning sign: "Stay back 500 feet" or something.
I don't think so. It's your responsibility to maintain a safe distance behind it. In fact, they usually also have a warning sign: "Stay back 500 feet" or something.
IC 9-21-8-48
Vehicles with contents escaping; prohibition from operation; exceptions
Sec. 48. A vehicle, except:
(1) a vehicle containing poultry or livestock being transported to market; or
(2) a highway maintenance vehicle engaged in spreading sand or deicing chemicals;
may not be driven or moved on a highway if the vehicle's contents are dripping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.79-1991, SEC.4.
Boy this thread went real off topic
I think I may have to respectfully disagree on this one.
When I lived in Colorado this became an issue and I believe was the subject of a television investigative report. I think the results were that you can't have stuff (rocks, gravel, etc.) coming off the back of your truck. You have to secure the load.
On a personal note, i don't care how far back you are from a truck, if it starts sending rocks out of its bed, they should be responsible.
Unfortunately I don't believe that just posting a sign that says you are not responsible for something, actually makes you NOT LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE for something.
Hell, if that was the case, I'd be wearing a sandwich board all day absolving myself from the crap I do to offend people. Flatulance, swearing, general stepping on of toes... I might have to get one of those digital jobs so I could update the message on the fly.