# Dump trucks at Trump Tower **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 9, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dump-trucks-at-trump-tower/771196 "2016-11-09T14:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dump-trucks-at-trump-tower/771196/1 "2016-11-09T14:03:09Z")
Several live TV reports from Trump Tower this morning shows dump trucks filled with sand parked on the street. Are they there for construction or as a buffer in case someone attempts a terrorist event? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dump-trucks-at-trump-tower/771196/2 "2016-11-09T14:16:12Z")
They’re a [buffer in case of a bombing](http://www.wxii12.com/article/epic-father-daughter-dance-brings-the-house-down/8260148). The Javits Center received similar protection. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dump-trucks-at-trump-tower/771196/3 "2016-11-09T14:18:26Z")
It would seem that they were at the Clinton camp as well. [Link](https://www.wired.com/2016/11/race-ends-dump-trucks-theyre-not-fire-yet/) And, yes, a buffer to protect from potential bombs. ---
**Author:** ![Dingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dump-trucks-at-trump-tower/771196/4 "2016-11-09T15:59:24Z")
Last summer I saw Obama’s motorcade arrive at a theater in NYC. After they turned onto the side street where the theater was, city trucks full of sand moved into position at either end of that street. It’s an efficient way to block the street from a car bomber or even a sizable truck trying to plow into the president’s location.