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From: Bear, DE
From what I am told the "retreads" that truckers put on their tires are cheaper then buying new tires but come off alot easier. They are also made with steel. I guess I am lucky I didn't blow both of my tires out. THAT would have been ugly. I was going about 75 at the time.
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From: West Chester
I had two accidents on the PA turnpike between the Downingtown and Morgantown exits in one week this past September. The first one happened when I got hit by a huge mud flap that flew out of an eighteen wheel trash hauler load on the Philly to Morgantown Landfill run.
The second accident two days later nearly did me in and totaled my MY2000 in the same area.
That was a classic hydoplane-spinout. The hauling company paid for the first damage because the debris was still in the air when it hit me. The rest of the damage came out of my collision coverage.
Apparently, if the debris had touched the road before I hit it, the damage would be paid by my comprehensive (minus $250 deductable) coverage. When truck junk touches the road the trucker no longer has any responsibility for it, unless you can prove a law was broken.
Several years ago several serious accidents occured on the Turnpike near Philly due to big sheets of ice flying off the top of trailers onto cars behind. The truckers were not held responsible.
If you ever have a non-fatal accident with a large truck, you can expect them to run. They will deny they knew it happened. If you chase one, cut him off and catch him, he probably won't give you any insurance information. If you eventually get insurance information, expect to deal with a "hand written" special policy defended by a large city law firm.
Trucks are corporate profit instruments and the independent trucker is long gone. The eastern PA turnpike is a major heavy truck corridor. I expect and give no mercy to convoys. I can downshift, punch it and blast pass an 18 wheeler a lot quicker than a truck can change lanes.
I wouldn't have it any other way. Toro-toro, tomorrow we meet again, my son.
By the way it should be covered by your comprehensive.......... You have comprehensive
coverage...... right?
The second accident two days later nearly did me in and totaled my MY2000 in the same area.
That was a classic hydoplane-spinout. The hauling company paid for the first damage because the debris was still in the air when it hit me. The rest of the damage came out of my collision coverage.
Apparently, if the debris had touched the road before I hit it, the damage would be paid by my comprehensive (minus $250 deductable) coverage. When truck junk touches the road the trucker no longer has any responsibility for it, unless you can prove a law was broken.
Several years ago several serious accidents occured on the Turnpike near Philly due to big sheets of ice flying off the top of trailers onto cars behind. The truckers were not held responsible.
If you ever have a non-fatal accident with a large truck, you can expect them to run. They will deny they knew it happened. If you chase one, cut him off and catch him, he probably won't give you any insurance information. If you eventually get insurance information, expect to deal with a "hand written" special policy defended by a large city law firm.
Trucks are corporate profit instruments and the independent trucker is long gone. The eastern PA turnpike is a major heavy truck corridor. I expect and give no mercy to convoys. I can downshift, punch it and blast pass an 18 wheeler a lot quicker than a truck can change lanes.
I wouldn't have it any other way. Toro-toro, tomorrow we meet again, my son.
By the way it should be covered by your comprehensive.......... You have comprehensive
coverage...... right?
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