Ever have your windshield smashed by debris from another vehicle?

[lbrowne]

Driving to work early this morning something came from a dump truck and put a fist sized smash into my windshield.

I understand Alberta is horrible for windshields, I've received tons of chips and cracks over the years and you live with it, but this sucker smashed it. I almost got out of the way but it managed to hit on the far passenger side.

I got all in the info from the truck, anyone have much success in getting their windshield replaced under similar circumstances? I'm just waiting till lunchtime to call.

Might be chasing a dead end but I'll give it a try...

[adam c]

i got hit with a pipe from a rig truck, i wasn't able to get him to pull over so i was SOL

[lbrowne]

It was stamped with City Of Calgary so I don't know if that helps my case or not.

[mowglee]

Originally posted by lbrowne
It was stamped with City Of Calgary so I don't know if that helps my case or not.

it should help. since it is the city they should cooperate. if not threaten to take your situation to the media :D

[hampstor]

From what I have been told (take this with a grain of salt), if it comes off of the truck, it is considered an 'unsecured load' and they can be found liable for it. If it was kicked up from something that was on the road, you are SOL.

I don't think it'd hurt to try and get the city to pay for damages if it came off of a city truck.

[wardpr68]

My windshield got nailed with a boulder from a truck going the other way a few weeks ago... sadly I did not get a plate or anything.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/wardpr68/IMG_2664.jpg

[syritis]

If it was kicked up from the road your SOL.
If it dropped from the truck. (this included dirt dropped from the undercarrage) then get the licence plate number, if you aren't about to contact the company the truck works for you can contact the CPS and they'll get the info though an accident report. much like a hit and run.

i've had this happen a couple friends. most often The truck companies will pay for the windshield no questions asked, just cuz they don't need the publicity for it or they may be trying to avoid the 250,000$ for failing to keep a vehicle free from removable debris.

Last summer Lafarge was hit with the 250,000$ fine b/c one of their cement trucks carried a LOT of mud from a work site onto the road.

[MugenBB6]

^ holy crap thats brutal! I've had big cracks/chips but nothing like that!

[wardpr68]

ya... it was a god damn boulder man. It was on Mcknight and Edmonton Trail... he was going west and i was going east... couldn't get a plate or company or anything as I threw my hands up to protect my face! hahah.

[Zhariak]

Originally posted by wardpr68
My windshield got nailed with a boulder from a truck going the other way a few weeks ago... sadly I did not get a plate or anything.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/wardpr68/IMG_2664.jpg

This is EXACTLY what happened to the windshield on my Caddy 2 weeks ago.

Driving on deerfoot, a truck going the opposite direction spat a huge boulder, smoked my windshield wiper then my windshield and did that exact thing.

Thankfully it just took a chunk out of the wiper (doesn't need to be replaced), but cost me 350 bucks to replace the windshield (which i already replaced a month before) lol

[lbrowne]

Thanks for the help fellas, the picture posted in this thread is like mine except it's smashed right to the point of contact of the debris. So it's spiderwebbed all the way through.

[lbrowne]

The lady at 311 was a great help. Took all my info and details of what happened.

Now we'll see what happens when the claims person calls me within 1 business day as she indicated.

So far so good....

[HondaKid]

Makes one wonder what a person on a motorcycle deals with, I avoid the Deerfoot at all costs. Not worth the risk.

Nail these trucks, we are tired of the windshield replacement costs.

[chkolny541]

Originally posted by syritis
If it was kicked up from the road your SOL.
If it dropped from the truck. (this included dirt dropped from the undercarrage) then get the licence plate number, if you aren't about to contact the company the truck works for you can contact the CPS and they'll get the info though an accident report. much like a hit and run.

i've had this happen a couple friends. most often The truck companies will pay for the windshield no questions asked, just cuz they don't need the publicity for it or they may be trying to avoid the 250,000$ for failing to keep a vehicle free from removable debris.

Last summer Lafarge was hit with the 250,000$ fine b/c one of their cement trucks carried a LOT of mud from a work site onto the road.

where did you get 250,000$? i know an unsecured load ticket is only about ~500$,

so i would think that the cement truck had a diff type ticket dealing with getting city property dirty and then being forced to clean it..possibly?

[syritis]

it's not the same ticket as an unsecured load. it's a bylaw that affects only commercial vehicles.

This was just well noted in the industry b/c it's rare that it ever gets enforced and never before had anyone received the full fine as far as i know.

[Kobe]

Originally posted by HondaKid
Makes one wonder what a person on a motorcycle deals with, I avoid the Deerfoot at all costs. Not worth the risk.

Nail these trucks, we are tired of the windshield replacement costs.


Dont drive behind gravel trucks on a bike
:rofl: :rofl:

It's usually not that bad, but if u are on the highway u can usually feel rocks hitting ur ankles..

[frozenrice]

Originally posted by chkolny541


where did you get 250,000$? i know an unsecured load ticket is only about ~500$,

so i would think that the cement truck had a diff type ticket dealing with getting city property dirty and then being forced to clean it..possibly?


The bylaw that he's referring to has to do with erosion control. It's been in place for a few years now. It has to do with mud/dirt being dragged onto the streets and then being washed down the storm sewers and plugging them up with sediment. I do have to agree though - $250,000 doesn't sound right.



I took something in the windshield a few weeks ago on Deerfoot. Similar in size as the picture, but near the top of the windshield behind the rearview mirror. It's only a half circle as it just caught near the edge of the windshield.

[chkolny541]

Originally posted by frozenrice



The bylaw that he's referring to has to do with erosion control. It's been in place for a few years now. It has to do with mud/dirt being dragged onto the streets and then being washed down the storm sewers and plugging them up with sediment. I do have to agree though - $250,000 doesn't sound right.

yea thats what i was kinda thinking along the lines of, which in this case would be completely relevant to the OP so it had no point of ever being brought up, haha

[freshprince1]

Had this happen to me with a company in town, I won't mention names (Hazco). I chased down several individuals for weeks at the company, mostly because we wer poor at the time and couldn't really afford unexpected expenses, and my wife was driving alone and she was 7 months pregnant. They did nothing. I finally dropped it and paid the $250 for a new windshield. I used Cal-Alta Autoglass, they did a great job and were a 1/3 the price of a stealership.

good luck.

[J NRG]

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