I'm just glad you're all right. My, that's scary.

You know, IL is one of the only states (the only state??) that lets trucks drive around with loads of whatever the heck they want without even so much as putting a tarp over it. The resulting cacophony of gravel and other detritus dribbling off the back of so many of our construction trucks is absolutely terrifying sometimes. How can they possibly afford to do business like that, I wonder? Not to mention the resulting piles of garbage that must be scooped up by snowplows and such every year on our roads- it boggles the mind. Those little rocks can crack windshields, lodge in mirrors or rattle in the undercarriage- it's a miracle it doesn't do more serious damage, too. Though it probably does, sometimes.