"Not responsible for vehicle damage" signs on trucks

[UnSafe]

Stuck behind a gravel truck today, I saw one of those

"Stay back 200 feet"
"Not responsible for vehicle damage"

signs on the back. Seen similar signs over the years and laughed them off, but is it even possible to NOT be responsible for objects or debris falling off your vehicle?

If so, can I let a couch slide out of my truck on I-44, take out a smart car and refuse to accept liability?

If My windshield got a star or crack, I'd be getting a license plate and calling in a report ASAP, regardless of what the truck owner claims.

What's the law?

 

[Dave70968]

"What's the law?"

If you can bluff people out of even filing the suit, you win.

 

[Michael Brown]

Stuck behind a gravel truck today, I saw one of those

"Stay back 200 feet"
"Not responsible for vehicle damage"

signs on the back. Seen similar signs over the years and laughed them off, but is it even possible to NOT be responsible for objects or debris falling off your vehicle?

If so, can I let a couch slide out of my truck on I-44, take out a smart car and refuse to accept liability?

If My windshield got a star or crack, I'd be getting a license plate and calling in a report ASAP, regardless of what the truck owner claims.

What's the law?

The signs have no weight.

Kinda like those signs that tell employees to wash their hands before returning to work.

Michael Brown

 

[Glocktogo]

They always lie and say it must have come from the road and they're not responsible for road debris. They fail to mention that all that road debris initially fell off one of their trucks. It pisses me off to no end that OHP doesn't sit just past 46th St. N. on Hwy 169 every day, cause they could cite half of all the dump trucks coming from the rock quarry. I have THREE trashed windshields as a result of their malfeasance!

 

[penismightier]

Stuck behind a gravel truck today, I saw one of those

"Stay back 200 feet"
"Not responsible for vehicle damage"

signs on the back. Seen similar signs over the years and laughed them off, but is it even possible to NOT be responsible for objects or debris falling off your vehicle?

If so, can I let a couch slide out of my truck on I-44, take out a smart car and refuse to accept liability?

If My windshield got a star or crack, I'd be getting a license plate and calling in a report ASAP, regardless of what the truck owner claims.

What's the law?

I had a dump truck throw gravel all over the highway while I was behind him. Cracked my windshield. I followed his butt, called the Locals (before I was in my current field), and they stopped him. I got his insurance information and a new windshield after a short time. He had a sign and made reference to it, I basically told him that he could shove the sign up his rear, and that it didn't mean anything in reality.

 

[Dr_Mitch]

The signs have no weight.

Kinda like those signs that tell employees to wash their hands before returning to work.

Michael Brown

That's cold!

 

[Mr10mm]

The signs have no weight.

Kinda like those signs that tell employees to wash their hands before returning to work.

Michael Brown

Wait are you saying they don't wash their hands everytime?

 

[MDT]

They always lie and say it must have come from the road and they're not responsible for road debris. They fail to mention that all that road debris initially fell off one of their trucks. It pisses me off to no end that OHP doesn't sit just past 46th St. N. on Hwy 169 every day, cause they could cite half of all the dump trucks coming from the rock quarry. I have THREE trashed windshields as a result of their malfeasance!

This.....
46th St North is a windshields worst nightmare.

 

[RidgeHunter]

I have a shirt that says "Not responsible for things I steal" that I wear shoplifting. It really takes the stress away.

They always lie and say it must have come from the road and they're not responsible for road debris. They fail to mention that all that road debris initially fell off one of their trucks. It pisses me off to no end that OHP doesn't sit just past 46th St. N. on Hwy 169 every day, cause they could cite half of all the dump trucks coming from the rock quarry. I have THREE trashed windshields as a result of their malfeasance!

ODOT and OHP do sit by the quarry pretty regularly and check trucks. the ones that don't avoid them anyways.

I too have fallen victim to the dilapidated rigs and buttholish driving style of the dirt dummy. I've shattered 2, and chipped 3 more in recent years. The chips weren't that big of a deal, stuff happens. Just a little slip of some small stuff. The 2 times they shattered it were both ungodly combinations of clapped out rigs and Nascar wannabes in the seat. One guy actually came flying up to cut me off with no signal, hit a rough spot, shake some rocks out and shatter my windshield all in a matter of seconds, he couldn't have planned it better. The one I could have confronted, I didn't because meh...it was just not worth it, I could tell. I know people who have got their claims paid though.

This.....
46th St North is a windshields worst nightmare.

I can usually avoid it on 46th staying way back. Other than the occasional rock from the opposing lane. It's 169 between I-44 and 46th that's a gauntlet, when they are jockeying for position. They will pass you in any lane, cut in front of you whenever they want with no signals, cruise the hammer lane at 59mph and blocking up the works because they are too lazy to make lane changes..etc.

 

[beast1989]

We should all put disclaimers on our cars and cancel our insurance policies... haha