Unsecured hay hauling

[big bubba]

I travel a narrow 2 lane State highway in Arkansas 3-4 times weekly to my rural place in Ozarks. it's a busy highway w/o shoulders & blind curves.
lots of round bale hauling without any securing, they say gravity will do the job...that is until control is lost around a curve to oncoming traffic
& would make short work of me, etc. local law enforcement shrug it off like the haulers. so what are your state hwy laws on hauling unsecured tonnage on similar roads in your area. to be honest, it is annoying to see, but hey, don't like to offend the red necks (another safety hazard)

 

[RickB]

It’s not about the laws, it’s about enforcement.

 

[4570Man]

They’re farmers. Laws don’t apply to them but it’s okay because their job is hard.

 

[RickB]

Hauling hay unsecured on a State highway is stupid. I don't care who you are or what your occupation is. And neither will the courts or the other guy's attorney.

 

[MoKelly]

I travel a narrow 2 lane State highway in Arkansas 3-4 times weekly to my rural place in Ozarks. to be honest, it is annoying to see, but hey, don't like to offend the red necks (another safety hazard)

So, a guy named Big Bubba who has a place in rural Ozarks in Arkansas doesn’t want to offend the rednecks?

By the way, big congrats on the win v Texas. Huge.

MoKelly

 

[oldnslo]

I can’t speak for Arkansas but in Illinois if load is being pulled by a pickup or hauled on a licensed vehicle the load must be secured. If pulled by farm tractor less concerned about secured load.
We never secured small square bales when we farmed but we was also on county and township roads were main traffic was farm vehicles

 

[Hay Dude]

They’re farmers. Laws don’t apply to them but it’s okay because their job is hard.

Cute little dig on farmers, but I’ve seen more unsecured zero turns and improperly secured construction equipment on trucks & trailers in my area than unsecured hay bales.
Way more.
Buddy of mine is an MVCE cop and they fill the coffers with citations written to working stiffs pulling zero turns behind an F-150 a lot more than farm truck violations.

 

[LD48750]

How many people have been killed so far on that dangerous stretch of road by hay?

 

[MossRoad]

How many people have been killed so far on that dangerous stretch of road by hay?

In 2010 a member of the band ELO was...

ELO's Mike Edwards killed by hay bale in freak crash

Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

www.bbc.com

 

[MoKelly]

He was “killed on that dangerous stretch of road” in the rural Ozarks in Arkansas?

MoKelly

 

[Jstpssng]

In 2010 a member of the band ELO was...

ELO's Mike Edwards killed by hay bale in freak crash

Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

www.bbc.com

That was a different situation... rather than the OP’s concern about hay falling off a truck the bale which killed Edwards rolled out of a field into the roadway.

 

[Hay Dude]

We had a farmer struck and killed in my hometown by a speeding motorist. So what’s the point?
People are killed, injured and maimed by all kinds of unsecured cargo.
We had someone killed nearby on a stretch of divided highway by some jackass with a unsecured spare tire on the back of his truck. It bounced off at high speed, crossed the grass median, and went through the windshield of his car.

 

[MossRoad]

Fatal Minnesota crash caused by falling hay bale 'could have been prevented'

The pickup crashed and caught fire northeast of Houston, Minn.

www.startribune.com

 

[MossRoad]

Driver killed after her car was crushed by a hay bale on Highway 299

A crash in Shasta County killed a woman on Highway 299 after hay bales fell from a truck, crushing her car. The crash happened just before 10 a. m. Tuesday on Highway 299 near Round Mountain. According to the CHP, a semi-truck hauling 1,200 pound hay bales was going around around a curve when...

krcrtv.com

 

[MossRoad]

It's not unique to North America

Truck driver fined after loose hay bale kills couple on motorcycle

A 55-year-old truck driver whose loose hay bale hit and killed a Launceston couple on a motorcycle loses his licence for four months and is fined $12,000.

www.abc.net.au

 

[MossRoad]

Deputies seek driver of truck that lost hay bale, striking and killing woman

A 74-year-old Sulphur woman died last week of injuries sustained two months ago when she was struck by a hay bale that fell from a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on Houston River Road, near the intersection of Jeffrey Lane, authorities say.

www.ksla.com

 

[MossRoad]

There's more. That was just a quick search.

Anyhow, anything, hay, tires, lumber, beer kegs, can kill someone if it's not secured properly.

 

[Jstpssng]

We had a farmer struck and killed in my hometown by a speeding motorist. So what’s the point?
People are killed, injured and maimed by all kinds of unsecured cargo.
We had someone killed nearby on a stretch of divided highway by some jackass with a unsecured spare tire on the back of his truck. It bounced off at high speed, crossed the grass median, and went through the windshield of his car.

Good point, two wrongs make a right. Perhaps they should do away with drunk driving laws also.
In truth you can and should be summonsed for any insecure load. I know of a motorist who found that out after the bungee cords holding his canoe on the roof failed, and it went careening down the road.

 

[LD48750]

In 2010 a member of the band ELO was...

ELO's Mike Edwards killed by hay bale in freak crash

Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

www.bbc.com

The OP was talking about Devon Rd.?

 

[MoKelly]

We had a lady driver die (wife of the ex-chief of police) when she was driving under an overpass at the same time a car on the overpass hit a concrete barrier (protecting loose stone on the overpass) which caused said chunk of loose stone to fall down thru her windshield.

Why the city put a barrier up to shield the loose chuck of stone v remove the loose chunk of stone is still a mystery.

MoKelly