{"id":824,"date":"2008-04-06T14:35:04","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T18:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2008\/04\/06\/motorcyclist-hit-by-flying-bathtub\/"},"modified":"2008-04-28T05:14:44","modified_gmt":"2008-04-28T09:14:44","slug":"motorcyclist-hit-by-flying-bathtub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2008\/04\/06\/motorcyclist-hit-by-flying-bathtub\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist hit by flying bathtub!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Have you ever been driving on a highway and noticed items like mattresses, box springs or other large objects on the road or at the side of the road?   If you&#8217;re like me you&#8217;re probably glad that you weren&#8217;t driving behind a vehicle when they lost those items, right?<\/p>\n<div style=\u00e2\u20ac\u009ddisplay:block;float:right;padding:5px;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d><!--adsense--><\/div>\n<p>Well, an elderly motorcyclist wasn&#8217;t so lucky.  Last month a motorcycle rider was critically injured when a <em>boxed bathtub<\/em> fell off a pickup truck.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Wow, hit by a bathtub.  That man will have a story to tell!  When he was hit on a Louisiana interstate he was thrown from his bike and landed on the grass median.  When helped arrived he was taken to a local hospital.  I&#8217;m uncertain as to what his injuries were but I&#8217;d imagine that he&#8217;d have a few broken bones at the very least.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Naturally the pickup driver was charged with driving with an unsecured load and booked for negligent injury.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_underpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8431788844\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  ( function() {\r\n    if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; };\r\n    var unit = {\"calltype\":\"async[2]\",\"publisher\":\"dragonden\",\"width\":550,\"height\":250,\"sid\":\"oddplanet\",\"color_site_link\":\"cf4343\",\"color_text\":\"333333\"};\r\n    var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length;\r\n    window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit);\r\n    document.write('<div id=\"chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '\"><\/div>');\r\n}());\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.chitika.net\/getads.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been driving on a highway and noticed items like mattresses, box springs or other large objects on the road or at the side of the road? If you&#8217;re like me you&#8217;re probably glad that you weren&#8217;t driving behind a vehicle when they lost those items, right? 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