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This morning on the way in to work, I got in behind one of those semi trucks that is hauling a couple of large bins of gravel. These bins are open at the top, so some of the gravel is constantly flying off the top and effectively projected at whatever is moving beind the truck, in this case my car. I change lens to pass him on the right, because my exit is coming up, and he signals right; he's getting on the the same exit. I'm stuck behind this damned thing with rocks raining on my car so I slow way the hell down to put some distance between us.

Which got me thinking. A couple of years ago, this happened and one of these small rocks smacked rather forcefully into my hood, making a loud noise and scaring the crap out of me. it also put a noticable ding in the hood, having taken the pain off in a small spot. This was particularly infuriating given that the week before, I'd had the hood repainted.

I have to think that there must be a rule against launching projectiles on the freeway. If some guy's lawn chair flies out of his pickup and smacks into someone's car behind him, I'm sure there would be some consequences. In hindsight, I should have gotten that truck's license plate or something.