# Salt truck dangles from parking garage after driver loses control **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159 "2011-08-18T13:54:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/1 "2011-08-18T13:54:14Z")
[Sotry and reaslly cool phot here](http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-salt-truck-building,0,5748926.story) Question: Why was he driving a salt truck in August? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/2 "2011-08-18T14:00:58Z")
Two for one dollar Margaritta night. Weird shit going down? Margarittas or Wild Turkey are your first logical suspects. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/3 "2011-08-18T14:02:09Z")
Just what I was thinking…it’s August! Oh, wait…article finally loaded…it was their repair facility. Probably just moving it. But that building does not look like what I would expect. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/4 "2011-08-18T14:18:08Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Question: Why was he driving a salt truck in August? It wasn’t _that_ kinda salt. It was a condiment supply truck.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/5 "2011-08-18T14:18:19Z")
I’ll bet the driver is now being peppered with questions. ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/6 "2011-08-18T20:35:01Z")
They called it a salt truck so people would recognize it. These trucks can be used all year long for hauling dirt or whatever. They also have a provision for a grader underneath that is used to regrade dirt roads. I see them all summer. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/7 "2011-08-18T22:19:05Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I’ll bet the driver is now being peppered with questions. If Bush was still President, we could ask him what Condi meant. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/8 "2011-08-18T23:09:36Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Two for one dollar Margaritta night. > > Weird shit going down? Margarittas or Wild Turkey are your first logical suspects. Are we talking about the driver or the OP? Because the text for that link was really typorific. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/9 "2011-08-18T23:28:56Z")
I bet his boss used some salty language when he found out. mmm ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/10 "2011-08-19T05:39:18Z")
After he got out and the cargo poured out all over him, he was charged with a salt and bathery. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/11 "2011-08-19T10:49:19Z")
Too bad. He was a salt truck driver for 10 years. He appeared to be well-seasoned. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/12 "2011-08-19T14:02:13Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Too bad. He was a salt truck driver for 10 years. He appeared to be well-seasoned. Salt of the earth, he was. mmm ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/13 "2011-08-20T01:45:39Z")
Think of all those poor Roman soldiers that will never be paid. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-truck-dangles-from-parking-garage-after-driver-loses-control/593159/14 "2011-08-20T09:55:44Z")
Every time that driver’s boss thinks of that dangling salt truck his blood pressure skyrockets. mmm