Today, I just got my windshield fixed due to a rock hitting it off the highway. Just one hour later on my way home, a large stick flew off the back of a landscaping truck. My windshield is cracked again. FML.
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, for the second time this week, a jerk in a big truck let a big rock fly out of their uncovered back and damaged my windshield. Both times the cops refused to do anything and I can't afford to fix it as I was demoted at work. FML
Today, after work, I found my car in the middle of the empty parking lot with a huge crack in the windshield that wasn't there in the morning. Looks like I have to get the windshield replaced. Again. For the fourth time now. FML
Today, I was driving home on the highway with my wife and her parents. As I overtook another car, a rock got kicked up into our windshield. My wife screamed about the crack it created, while my mother-in-law goaded her on and mocked my "piss-poor driving." FML
Today, I purchased a new car. On the drive home, gusts of wind blew up debris and pebbles and caused little chips in the paint and small chips on the windshield. FML
Today, while driving home from work, I heard a loud crash immediately followed by the sound of wind and shifting glass over my head. My sunroof exploded for no perceptible reason 5 days before Christmas. FML
Today, while I was working replacing a windshield, some jerk off hit my truck. A truck carrying 2k in glass, including the windshield I was about to install. The driver gets out and says, "Sorry man, I had to text my girlfriend." FML
Today, I was really excited that I'd made it the two weeks I'd borrowed my mother-in-law's new car without putting a scratch on it. I got off work to discover a customer's child throwing rocks in the parking lot. They cracked the windshield. FML
Today I noticed a large crack in my windscreen. Two weeks after getting it replaced. The warranty doesn't cover cracks. Several attempts were needed to replace it last time for reasons like losing the new windscreen and telling me they couldn't make it that day and turned up any way after I'd gone out. FML
Today, as I was pulling into my driveway, I hit my fence. The same fence that I had repaired last week because I had run into it. FML
Today, I was mowing my yard when I hit a small rock, which hit my shed. I got done mowing and realized that it wasn't a small rock, it was my son's toy plyers and it wasn't my shed, it was my car window, which had shattered on impact. FML
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stryder9090 28
I hope you have some sort of insurance or warranty for that.
lexiieeex3 32
Hopefully you have good insurance... In the meantime, maybe don't make a habit of driving behind trucks?
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Comments (35)
peckerbeak22 14
Owner should be responsible for damage. Write down his license plate number and the company be works for and contact them. If not, hope you have good insurance!!
PhoenixMartinez 30
That happened to my dad except it was a chunk of gravel instead of a stick
adjwejaelwkdc 21
This is a good argument for paying for comprehensive auto insurance coverage. The only auto insurance claims I've ever made were to replace broken windows and windshields.
Inkoseh 33
This is why I love having a dash cam! In our state, all items in a truck bed or trailer that's loose must be tarped. If there are loose rocks or sticks on a construction truck or trailer, I can call the company and get them to cover the repair. It's either that or they get a huge fine for not cleaning/covering their equiptment. We can also call the police over uncovered tarps! Maybe check your states laws and nab that licence plate next time!
jbarrick17 10
Pretty sure there is no such thing as an "uncovered tarp". Maybe an "uncovered truck bed". Use the correct terminology or you risk sounding like an idiot.
species4872 20
Well, if there is a tarp covering the load which has become loose for some reason and as such the load is now exposed one can say an "uncovered tarp" with the clear implication that the load is not fully covered by said tarp, even despite the fact that the load is uncovered not the tarp however the meaning is not lost and will lead the initiated to the correct assumption of an exposed and inherently dangerous load.
Inkoseh 33
#17 Sorry, I did try editing for one thing, but it was such a pain in the butt to scroll over using text selection I didn't care anymore. Boy, I sure missed you grammar police! And thank you #23, it can work that way too! I dont feel as bad not editing!
jbarrick17 10
sounds to me like you need to stop tailgating
AzraelFML 5
You should probably keep a larger following distance...
PhoenixChick 26
It boggles my mind how many people assume you were "too close" or tailgating. If a truck is moving, things falling off the back can go a good long distance, especially if the wind catches them.
Foxfire15 15
While I agree that sucks, I'd suggest not following work vehicles in the future (especially landscaping and gravel trucks). They have a bad habit of not securing their loads, much to the misfortune of those behind them.
hardattack62 5
You're tailgating.
GhostFox 34
Highway, high speeds, items dislodge have high energy, high energy equals greater distance travelled. Less scientifically, people get hit by stuff coming out of those trucks when they're 20-30 feet back. Assuming that someone was tailgating because the truck improperly secured its load is some flawed logic.
blupenguin29 14
If you got its license plate number, you can report it to the agency or the cops. They are legally obligated to cover their load.