Big rig tire in the middle of the I-75 fast lane last midnight

[two_bit_score]

This is what the OP said "Right at midnight. I was the only car within prob 1/4 mile ahead or behind," I drive on I-75 plenty and in those conditions I would have either backed up and moved it out of the road or turned around and went back. If I was in heavy traffic then I would have done something different, but it wasn't heavy traffic and it would have been out of the road in a matter of minutes.
Maybe it is against the law to back up on the side of the interstate, but I think a FHP would forgive you if you were getting a tire and wheel out of the road. Its against the law to go 76MPH on I-75 also.
I got my favorite life jacket off of the side of I-75. It must have blown out of someones boat. I saw it, pulled over safely and backed up and got it.
Sorry if I am running against the grain of popular opinion here, but some of the comments here sound like they came from a safety thread.

If you think that you can slow down, back up, park, get out of your car and get an object out of the roadway before traffic going 75 mph closes that 1/4 mile gap you, my friend, are Speedy Gonzalez!



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[kiotiken]

This is what the OP said "Right at midnight. I was the only car within prob 1/4 mile ahead or behind," I drive on I-75 plenty and in those conditions I would have either backed up and moved it out of the road or turned around and went back. If I was in heavy traffic then I would have done something different, but it wasn't heavy traffic and it would have been out of the road in a matter of minutes.
Maybe it is against the law to back up on the side of the interstate, but I think a FHP would forgive you if you were getting a tire and wheel out of the road. Its against the law to go 76MPH on I-75 also.
I got my favorite life jacket off of the side of I-75. It must have blown out of someones boat. I saw it, pulled over safely and backed up and got it.
Sorry if I am running against the grain of popular opinion here, but some of the comments here sound like they came from a safety thread.

It doesn't take long for the next car to go 1/4 mile at 76 MPH, a lot less in fact than it would take to actually stop, let alone reverse. By the time he got back to that tire, several cars would have wized on by. It only takes one who's sleepy or drunk. I personally consider every driver on the road drunk after dark, I only consider them tipsy during the day!

 

[kiotiken]

If you think that you can slow down, back up, park, get out of your car and get an object out of the roadway before traffic going 75 mph closes that 1/4 mile gap you, my friend, are Speedy Gonzalez!
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Sorry, didn't see this before I posted. Obviously my thoughts exactly.

 

[dex3361]

I don't hesitate to call 911. This may not be an emergency but it will be when someones family member hits it. If the traffic were minimal I would stop but even here in WV traffic seems to flow all night long.

If you try to call someone else other than 911 the ball very often gets dropped. 911 is recorded and becomes record and has accountability.

 

[two_bit_score]

Sorry, didn't see this before I posted. Obviously my thoughts exactly.

I agree with you completely. Especially about considering every other driver a little drunk after dark.

 

[JDgreen227]

I agree with you completely. Especially about considering every other driver a little drunk after dark.

That's another reason old farts like me stay off the roads at night...:laughing:

 

[two_bit_score]

That's another reason old farts like me stay off the roads at night...:laughing:

Good reason.

 

[LBrown59]

A MO Department of Conservation agent was nearly killed north of KC several years ago when a wheel came of a truck, rolled across the medial & hit his car! ~~ grnspot

Back in the 60's A pick up truck made a left turn in front of an on coming car and they collided .
A spare wheel and tire that was in the truck bounced up into the air went over across my car landing on the right berm beside of my 60 Chevy convertible .
That was a scary moment as I could picture it ripping through the rag top and wiping out me or my wife.

 

[dex3361]

Back in the 60's A pick up truck made a left turn in front of an on coming car and they collided .
A spare wheel and tire that was in the truck bounced up into the air went over across my car landing on the right berm beside of my 60 Chevy convertible .
That was a scary moment as I could picture it ripping through the rag top and wiping out me or my wife.

Probably one of those events that happened in slow motion. Scary to think about what could have happened.

 

[Mikeeemo]

I respect the "getting it out of the road" comment. I have done the same over the years. However, I got out on an interstate one time to pick up a magnetic sign that blew off my work van. I don't plan on ever doing that again. Tire in fast lane, call 911, report it, draw attention to it, whatever. Sorry, not getting out on a interstate. Oh, btw vehicle closing at 70 mph or ~76 mph, that is still faster than you can move on foot.