# Do truck drivers have loads they like or don't like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 4, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-truck-drivers-have-loads-they-like-or-dont-like/924686 "2020-11-04T00:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-truck-drivers-have-loads-they-like-or-dont-like/924686/14 "2020-11-04T11:03:20Z")
Suicide coils: > [@Trucks hauling "suicide coils."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trucks-hauling-suicide-coils/833142): > > I have a friend who’s an OTR trucker. He said he will haul any freight except “suicide coils.” confused According to him, “suicide coils” are large coils of steel that are rolled onto (and then secured to) a flatbed truck. Like [this](https://www.gwtrans.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/steel-flatbed-trucking-transport.jpg), [this](http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv2/ewp_tracker/IMG_0471copy-1.jpg), and [this](http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx271/class8repro/Steel/DSC_0019.jpg). He said that, if he were to get into a wreck, there’s a good chance the coils will break free from their restraints, roll to the cab, and crush him to death. I’m not an ME or physicists, but I can certainly understand how this could happen. I … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-truck-drivers-have-loads-they-like-or-dont-like/924686)._