What would you have done differently??

[Chamberpains]

Your funny if you think for a second that there is nothing wrong. This isn't out in big country. This is in one of the heavily populated hell holes on the east coast. I clearly stated that this occurred on the Baltimore Beltway. For guys that never see the east coast thats in Maryland right in between Washington DC and Philadelphia. You may have heard of those places before.

That is 12'-15' of over hang. Rawze is right. On the Baltimore beltway unescorted is a big no no. Also at that length of overhang he would need strobes on the load itself. His permits surely would've stated that he needed both.

I refused to get a picture straight on because of the potential of the load touching the road and getting ripped off the trailer and no visible rear lighting. Yes, it had that much flex to it. Again, I watched it flex to about 1' from touching the ground on a minor bump. I didn't want to be any where near him when he hit a good hard dip or bridge rise.

Not only couldn't you see ANY of his lights at all, you couldn't see the oversized banner. And those used dirty red flags he has on the bar were tangled in the bar. I know red is legal and stated to use on the permits but I prefer florescent orange flags for better visibility when hauling over length.

There is next to nothing giving following traffic any indication how long the load is. This a visual nightmare with hundreds of cars racing around it.

Who do you think is gonna be held financially and possibly criminally responsible if some poor soul ran his vehicle through the back of the load and got killed?

I'm glad I had picked up my camera and snapped a pic. If this happened to be you Papa_Buck or one of your buddies you may want to take a step aside from the operation your running and realize there are MAJOR public safety problems in it. Just because the customer wants something put on your trailer a certain way doesn't have any bearing on whether it can be hauled safely. That is totally and completely up the person hauling it. If the customer says it needs to go on the trailer a certain way that is unsafe then you as a professional operator and the guy that is 100% liable for anything that goes wrong, has a legal and moral obligation to tell the customer to figure out some other way to haul it. REFUSE THE LOAD.