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Many years ago I had my family ( wife and two sons ) in our Suburban coming back from a weekend of boating . We were towing our boat home and we're on a two lane road . Driving about 45 mph and I see a similar rig coming towards us in the opposite lane .

As that rig came closer I could see it was a boat rigged for fishing , lots of poles sticking up and outriggers on the back . As the rig passed our windshield explodes and I struggled to see and keep our setup on the road .

We were lucky there was a state park about a half mile away and we pulled in to determine our status . It turns out a outrigger weight flew out of that boat and hit at the base of our windshield . I know this because the weight was on the bench seat between me and my wife !!!

It was a sunny day so to get home I kicked out the shattered windshield and drove the rig home . After the kids got over the shock of what happened they thought it was cool driving home with no windshield ........... the wife and I not so much 😁