I was driving along the I-10 in Phoenix yesterday, and a semi kicked up a 4-foot pipe that was laying in the road. Luckily, I was in the process of changing lanes, otherwise, I might not be typing this now.

HOLY $h!T !!!

Damn, that could have really hurt! Any damage to the Xterra other than the windshield? Glad you weren't injured!

Damn.

Glad you're ok. That could have easily been fatal.

Thats crazy!!!

Did anyone stop to help??

x2.

But on a good note I like the texture of your X..

^^ X a zillion!

I'm glad you weren't hurt! What was the deal with that kind of debris in the road?

-G

Holy Crap!!! Glad you're ok, and I was bummed about kicking a rock into my backglass and shattering it this morning.

On my way home last night I had a truck tread kick up in front of me and tagged the left side of my front bumper and it made a bunch of noise, but I can't tell where it hit due to the pre-existing damages.



Note to self: Move X when you weed wack!

Now I have to start over with my stickers.

Damn dude! I am glad that you are ok.

On a positive note, if it happens again, you have some free sliders!

Holy Crap Ted. That's fricken lucky as hell that thing didn't take you out. Seen that kinda shit on TV, but never in real life. Glad you are ok.

Bummer about the rear window Adam. Got Glass Coverage on her I hope!

I see at least 2 ladders and a few chairs, bits of lumber and all sorts of crap here on the AZ Highways on my daily commute. Nobody here in AZ seems to know how to tie down a load.

Tire place showed us the rubbermade container full of stuff they have pulled out of peoples tires. Everything from 3ft long pry bars to circular saw blades. Neither of which I would like to see coming through my windshield.

WOW! 18" over and it would have gotten you. Glad you're alright ... and that looks like it will buff out.

Dang.

Just found out they'll be out between 12 and 5 to replace. No Deductable. Good thing for Insurance, just hope that this time I go more than a couple of days before it gets destroyed, as I had my windshield replaced and two days later it got hit and the star is larger than a quarter, not fixable, and smaller than a dollar, not replaceable. :rolleyes:

Really glad your ok Ted. That pipe looks like a piece of scaffolding. Any identifying markings on it?

Holy F##@k.....man, I am Glad you are OK...I saw something on the News the other day...some Lady was Injured big time by Debris on the Road...a Steel Pipe went thru her Jaw, and went out the other side of her Head....and Lived to talk about it....Wow !!!!

HOLY SHIT! That may be THE craziest thing I have ever seen.

Glad you are OK Ted, you gonna make it out to Box Canyon tomorrow...j/k...

Did you shit yourself when that came barrelling through the windshield at 60mph+?

WOW

Well I doubt she is really "talking" about it...

Wowzer man! Glad you're okay.

Yeah, I'm pretty lucky. It came flying at me end over end - something like you would see in the movies. After it hit, I got on the CB to bitch the driver out because I initially thought the pipe might have fallen off of his truck. He did pull over.

When the DPS (state police) officer arrived, he said there was nothing he could do because it was road debris. I asked him if it was OK for me to drive it, as I was heading to Tempe for a meeting. He said it was OK, just be careful that the glass doesn't fall in.

The X was still real muddy from the Fat Tire / Toys for Tots run last weekend. When I got to back to my office, I parked in front of the building. Security called it in as an abandoned vehicle, and I had to run out there before they hooked it to tow it away.

I got some really weird looks from people on my commute home. I guess most people don't see a really muddy X with a 4' pipe sticking out of the windshield very often.

The only damage I had was to the glass and a small scratch on the dashboard. However, when the pipe landed in the passengers seat, it cracked the case on my (work) laptop. Now the screen doesn't work, but I can hook it up to a regular monitor.

The pipe actually looks like some sort of tow bar. I'll bring it to the next AZXC meeting to show you guys.

The glass repair guy just left. I have full glass coverage, and I used Safelite Auto Glass. They are really good and really fast.

Bummer about your rear window Adam. I know how you feel...

I have to agree...Holy Shit! I have never seen something like that happen before.

Wow! Glad you're okay man.

Remember a few years ago here in Phoenix when that rock came off a semi on I-17 and took an old lady's head clean off. She was riding passenger to her husband.

Wow....

The closest thing I've had was following a vinyl siding truck and suddenly driving through what had to be, a whole house worth of siding as it came off the back of the truck.

Glad you are OK.