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Truck Driver Cited For Damaging 11 Vehicles
Truck driver cited for what motorists called a "hail storm" of gravel.
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Posted Tuesday, April 7, 2009 --- 1:55 p.m.
From the Dane County Sheriff's Department:
Madison, WI. April 7, 2009 – At approximately 7:30 am, Dane County Sheriff’s Deputies began receiving reports from motorists of a gravel truck traveling eastbound on Highway 19, creating what some motorists referred to as a “hail storm” of gravel.
An L & M Transit Company dump truck operated by Jason Hanson of Dodgeville left the Yahara Quarry near Waunakee without properly checking his load of gravel. A total of eleven motorists have reported vehicle damage sustained in this mornings incident. The damage consists of cracked windshields in addition to chips and dents to the bodies of some vehicles.
Mr. Hanson was cited for spilling waste on a roadway, which carries a fine of $186.00.
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Former driver- 4/8... why would "Mr. Fred", the owner of the company, as you say, post on other stories too? I've seen "Fred from Bedrock" on at least 2 other stories. I think perhaps someone was having fun with the idea of a truck transporting rocks, from a quarry... and I don't really believe it is the owner of the company. That wouldn't be a bit of disgruntled former employee showing its ugly head in your posting, would it? Thank heaven my name wasn't Amy or you might think I was a drug addicted British singer, or Jimmy Carter's daughter!
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WOW! It is not the person loading the trucks responsbilty. WI does not have a tarping law. Yes WI should consider this law, but driver error in latching his tallgate was the cause or the gate popped due to to much weight against gate. The driver is responsible for load securment regardless. Using a safe following distance would smart, it is basic drivers ed. So give L&M Tranfer #85 2003 blue Kenworth a freindly beeep or gesture for his mistake. And the 11 who were hit, rocks fall out of trucks they don't fly out because of the load wasn't tarped. If rocks start flying then call a sceintist it might be a metior.
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The loader of the truck is to blame? What? I can tell by most of the posts here that NONE of you have every been a trucker or involved in any type of work such as this. First off, it has NOTHING to do with the loader. Why? Because they can only load so much weight in a truck and believe me, that weight is made well before the truck is totally full. Second, it is the DRIVERS responsibility to assure that the load is correct and that it is covered PRIOR to transport. Third, it is the DRIVER'S responsibility to assure that there is no debris on outside of holding box that may fall off during transport. Now with that said, if the DRIVER'S of the following vehicle's would not driver TOO CLOSE to a truck transporting these types of material's we would NOT be having this discussion, now would we?
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