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Freeway Slalom

Yikes! I was going home on the freeway. Suddenly, there is trash scattered all over the lanes. "What's going on?" I think as I run over some innocuous styrofoam cups. I look up and see a real dingy old trash truck, who doesn't seem to have the top of his truck covered and things are flying out of it. A load of cardboard comes next. Not too dangerous, except if it lands on someone's windshield and blocks their vision. But then, suddenly a discarded fabric covered easy chair comes lofting up. It looked light as a feather. It seemed like it was floating for a second. But, as it cleared the truck it started to fall down right towards this woman in a black Volvo. Fortunately, it missed her car and hit the right shoulder. The cushion, however, landed in my lane, but I was able to avoid it. The one day I forget my cell phone! But, when I got home, I did call the CHP (California Highway Patrol). That truck was breaking the law and there could have been a bad accident. There have been fatalities when people have hit, or have been hit by items that weren't properly secured.