# Heavy load! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 30, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468 "2017-06-30T02:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![art1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@art1966](https://community.cartalk.com/u/art1966)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468/1 "2017-06-30T02:31:27Z")
This might not be the right forum, but I think you will be amused. I saw this on a local radio station’s web site just now: [http://wtop.com/national/2017/06/driver-ticketed-for-strapping-furniture-bicycles-to-roof/](http://wtop.com/national/2017/06/driver-ticketed-for-strapping-furniture-bicycles-to-roof/) It reminded me of this one from a few years ago: > **[FACT CHECK: Lumber Car](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wood-you-do-this/)** > > A photograph captures a small car impossibly loaded down with hundreds of pounds of lumber and other building supplies. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468/2 "2017-06-30T02:41:14Z")
And this is how they do it in Afghanistan! ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/0/0f66b8d6188a948aca1dc709d9a28ec9430dfaf5.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468/3 "2017-06-30T03:54:45Z")
They’re all just sad, pale copies of the original… ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/e/e82e536882b12d03a993c26ad01ce3818cad23d9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468/5 "2017-06-30T13:17:01Z")
What’s a heavy load without a thousand foot drop right next to you? ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/b/bf5ac60b515582b749f8ba7b66fc88dbce00217e.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468/6 "2017-06-30T13:28:30Z")
Then there’s THIS poor guy… ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/5/59d82a3f79a8965e21daf52c6764965d2dcae872.png) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468/7 "2017-06-30T13:29:20Z")
Or THIS ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/b/b2ac68f84f0728987c6870fa1232d82780db8a07.png) ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468/8 "2017-06-30T14:25:31Z")
A few years ago a friend was vacationing in Newfoundland, Canada, and encountered a strange site. A local fisherman was transporting his fishing dory (boat), but lacking a trailer he carried it on his convertible with the top down. Unfortunately it sat ACROSS the back seat and blocked most of the 2 lane highway! Traffic had to go around him on the shoulders in order to pass. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heavy-load/105468/9 "2017-06-30T14:44:28Z")
Man, these are great! Thanks for the morning chuckle. The sad part is, when something departs one of these vehicles it’s treated no worse than littering, even if someone is injured or killed. This was on the local news when they had video of a motorcycle rider hitting debris that just fell off a truck. I think the laws need to change to ensure there is adequate responsibility and liability for these types of negligence…