[Porsche-O-Phile]

This one irks the hell out of me:

Old, badly maintained pickup trucks typically (but not always) Toyotas or Nissans of early-to-mid-80s vintage, typically driven by those shall we say from "south of the border" and of questionable immigration status / legality, usually with all kinds of junk, tools, lawn care equipment in various states of disrepair, busted furniture, old dishwashers, bent bicycle tires, or God-knows-what-else rumbling along the California freeways. These rolling safety hazards NEVER cease to piss me off, particularly if I'm riding my motorcycle at the time: it's only a matter of time before someone gets killed as a result of hitting some G-damned old sofa or Gatorade cooler or something that falls out of the back of one of these rolling junk heaps!

Maybe it's just me (and I have personally have absolutely nothing against those here LEGALLY trying to make a living in whatever way they have to), but for chrissake, if there isn't a law about restraining the crap that's piled up in the back of a truck with a tarp, tonneau cover, cap, or SOMETHING, there should be! If there is, then it should be enforced! Hell, I have a GMC Sierra pickup (although I drive it VERY infrequently - probably only once a month, if that) but at least I had the decency to put a cap on the back of mine! And yes, the safety of others WAS a consideration when I bought it, not just the security of my stuff in the back!

Same can be said for contracting vehicles / trucks like gravel trucks or whatever. Typically, the larger commercial operators are better about it - the ones that seem to be the worst offenders are the "little guys" ("Jimmy Joe-Bob's Asphalt & Gravel sub-sub Contracting" or whatever). It just scares the crap out of me being behind some overloaded truck chock-full-o-gravel or sheetrock or 2x4s or steel pipe that's badly restrained at best. If that crap ever comes loose and you're beind it (be it on bike or in car). . . well, let's just say if you're having a GOOD day, you'll just end up changing your underwear. . .

Am I the ONLY person that gets the p1ss scared out of me behind these freakin' things and wonders why they're allowed on our roads?!?!?!