Submitted by wmrusclmbr t3_10w4q7h in rva

Saw it happen on my bike commute to work. Was riding northbound on the bridge almost to the war memorial when a white pick-up lost his trailer going southbound after it bounced going onto the bridge. The trailer hit the guardrail between the bridge and the on-ramp from Oregon Hill at probably 30mph and scattered trash and debris all over that side lane. Scary part is that I ride that exact spot on my way home.

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lunar_unit t1_j7l1i72 wrote

Paging Ron Melancon!

That's literally the purpose of trailer safety chains that I see a lot of people not using. Now the street will be filled with nails and screws for every poor bastard who drives over that area to get a flat tire.

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j-werg t1_j7lc2sh wrote

There's some debris down on the pedestrian bridge too--was wondering how it got there.

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shhimhuntingrabbits t1_j7lhhm5 wrote

This sucks. I hope no one got hit by the debris. This is why I can't get myself to ride that bridge, it'd be such an easy hop over to downtown, but the unprotected bike lane is too freaky.

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kissin_cuzzins t1_j7lu1ph wrote

The bike lanes need protected on that bridge. Nothing like getting buzzed by some asshole doing 70 mph or getting steamrolled by a loose trailer. It's a huge liabilty and one that could be remedied I feel like. The bridge doesn't need three full lanes, just make a protected lane so cyclists and peds can feel at lease some degree of safety.

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[deleted] t1_j7lun0m wrote

Good lord I think I’m dyslexic, I read a fully loaded beverage truck.

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bishopdamage t1_j7lzzpr wrote

I was actually driving northbound I guess shortly after this happened. Saw the trailer with all of the shit everywhere on the side of the road, and then further up I drove past a white pickup that was doing a uturn so I would assume they were going back for it.

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fusion260 t1_j7m0aks wrote

It was hilarious how random the comments would be, too.

Dude would post the most bizarre, depressing hot takes about trailers and referring to people he’s never met (sometimes making it sound like it was his own children) in accidents on things like announcing the birth of someone’s child or a community event.

Respect for being passionate about a public safety issue, but cringe on just plastering the comment section on completely unrelated stories.

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OlGreggMare t1_j7mkbou wrote

I never gave them much thought but last fall my trailer jumped off the ball (pin was in place so all I can figure is I didn't have it on all the way) pulling out the Lowes on Winterpock. Chains did their job and luckily there's a nice shoulder there

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