Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:54:39 -0700
Reply-To: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
Subject: Re: Surfboards and other near disasters
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speaking of nutty stuff, last Friday some smart dude was
carring a complete garage door ontop of his small pickup truck in the
fast lane.. I moved out of the way.. Lost a good friend, when a truck
lost some of his load.. It came threw his front window killing him, all
the time his 5 year was in the seat next to him.
--
Joseph Fortino
fortino1@onebox.com - email
(510) 360 -7829 voicemail/fax
---- Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET> wrote:
> That kid better thank God those boards didn't go through your windshield
> and
> kill you!(come to think of it, maybe a word of thanks may be on your
> to-do
> list as well).
>
> Having seen and heard my share of horror stories of kayaks and canoes
> blowing off the top of vehicles(kayaks make excellent projectiles and
> they
> don't flutter in the wind like surfboards, they tend to bounce on the
> ground
> once and then fly up into the radiator/windshield area).
>
> Liability normally rests with the driver of the vehicle, regardless
> of who
> tied the stuff on top of thevan or who owns the projectile. That's
> where
> those umbrella policies really start to become a value for the dollar
> spent.
>
> DM&FS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitzmann" <kitzmann@EXIS.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 12:34 PM
> Subject: Surfboards and other near disasters
>
>
> > A friend of mine and I went to the Outer Banks to go surfing over
> the
> > weekend in my 82. Everything was fine until we were coming into
> Buxton,
> > near Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, when suddenly two shortboards came
> off a
> > little red Honda in the oncoming lane. They twirled in the air and
> moved
> > into our lane due to the wind. Since they were at about eye level
> I
> > swerved to the left. The two surfboards then suddenly dove down
> to the
> > ground and wack, wack, I ran straight over one with my left tires.
> I
> > Swerved back into my lane and pulled over to inspect the van as soon
> as I
> > could. Good news, the van handles emergency manuevers wonderfully,
> the
> > only damage some wax on both left wheels and a small tear in one
> of the
> mud
> > flaps. Bad news, some teenager had two new 2.5 ft surfboards for
> only
> > $450 and some stupidity. Word to the wise make sure those straps
> are on
> > before driving off with something on your roof.
> >
> > Dave K.
>
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