On 19 Mar 2004 22:59:45 GMT, Hitch wrote:

"Jay Windley" wrote in
:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's been pelted in the
head/back/kiester by stock during a sudden stop. I feel less alone
now.

--Jay


When I buy heavy, pointy materials (lumber, rebar, metal stock, etc.) and I
put it in my pickup, I make sure the forward ends are on the passenger side
of the truck. That way, if I run into ..., uh, if *someone else* runs into
me head-on, I won't get impaled. Saw a movie once where that happened and
the image has stuck with me.

Saw a car wreck where that happened - that is an image that will
*really* stick with you. Too often we forget that the things we are
carrying in our trucks, cars, vans or whatever can become instant
battering rams or spears in the event of an accident. I even read of
one roll-over where a baby in a car seat received serious head
injuries from a flying cell-phone. Gives me pause for thought when I
consider the 80+ pound tool-box in the back of my van at times. It is
not just for aesthetics that UPS puts that grille-work behind the
driver!

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com