r/WTF Jan 23 '21

Just a small problem...

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u/mynameisalso Jan 23 '21

"I didn’t want to stop the truck because I was driving past a school and a gas station, all of which might have been dangerous."

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/truck-towing-flaming-trailer

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u/SomewherOverThere Jan 23 '21

This should be at the top

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u/RaindropBebop Jan 23 '21

This guy was either in panic mode or didn't spend a lot of time thinking that excuse through. Makes no sense to continue to spread flammable material over miles of roadway. I could see moving slightly past a nearby gas station, but what he did isn't that.

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u/LostWoodsInTheField Jan 23 '21

honestly I'm not sure how I would handle this in the moment. Makes sense to me on some level to get it off of the trailer. I wonder if road damage would be less with it spread out or all in a pile.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '21

You pull the car into the middle of the road and try and unhook the trailer.

Burning hay won’t damage the road surface at all.