Hameister

Enlighten me please....I'm not familiar with the left coast, except for it's politics.

I can understand building materials coming off a truck, but couches? Refrigerators? On the roadway???

How does that happen, and what's being done about it?

carpe dm

Good story; glad it went well for you. I wouldn't leave home without them.

Gering

As well as beds, can be seen on I-10 or I-45... If a driver is not keeping an active lookout then you may hit some of these items. The thing that I see the most are tire treads from big rigs. About 6 years ago I almost got hit from a lader that fell off a truck.

Hameister

Just incredible....glad I don't have to drive there.

So, a refrigerator lays in the road, because the police are afraid of being accused of appliance brutality if they remove it.

steveb601

It happens because some nit-wit doesn't tie down the stuff he is carrying and he drives away and hopes nobody gets his license plate. It's because he is either lazy, doesn't care and/or doesn't want to pay for the clean-up. When it does happen it can tie up traffic for hours while the CHP waits for a crew to pick up the items since a CHP car obviously cannot carry something the size of a refrigerator.

Gering

That is a good point, I am not sure who moves all of the junk to the side of the road. I do see a clean up crew every now and then that picks up trash on the side of the road.