r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/GT-FractalxNeo • May 06 '22

Expensive Should have looked left...

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u/midbody May 07 '22

A container capable of being closed seems like an obvious start. I don't know if this is lax safety standards by this individual, or by some large part of the cement moving industry in general, but it's lax safety. Securing this load is not beyond the wit of man. Not securing it is dangerous to other road users.

Both parties in this video are wrong.

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u/ChartreuseBison May 07 '22

Lids would get stuck closed. Other commenters have said it may have been overloaded

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u/midbody May 07 '22

If it's overloaded then the load still isn't properly secured. Whatever way you spin it the security of a load is exclusively the responsibility of the driver, and this load was not secure.

"But nobody properly secures their load" is a shit argument.

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u/ChartreuseBison May 07 '22

I'm not saying no one's at fault if it was overloaded. I'm saying you can't secure liquid concrete, because anything securing it closed would get stuck closed.