Window exploded

Posted by shadowmib@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 21 comments

Was driving down I-30 today and my driver's side window blew up like a grenade went off. Sprayed glass everywhere, including down my shirt, shoes, and in my hair. I've had rocks bounce off the windshield before, but can't remember ever seeing a rock hit the side glass. There's even a kind of deflector on the door in front of the window I would thing would catch any rocks. Do those things just spontaneously blow out like that? I'd think unless it was a really hard direct hit to the window, a stone would just glance off

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AgentOmegaNM@reddit

I can't remember if I saw it on Facebook or here but basically what happens is there's some side to side body flex in the truck as you're going down the highway and once in a rare blue moon that body flex applies pressure to one of the side windows and it blows out since the side windows are structurally one of the weakest points on the front of the cab. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but that explanation seems to make sense.

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RealSharpNinja@reddit

Did the glass get in your flip flops?

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shadowmib@reddit (OP)

I don't wear flip-flops at all ever but I think some glass got on the top of your mom's head

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RealSharpNinja@reddit

Watch out for those cold sores.

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One-War4920@reddit

it happens 3x in 25yrs for me

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shadowmib@reddit (OP)

Damn that sucks. It was freaky as shit

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One-War4920@reddit

americans so quick to think theye being shot at it lol

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shadowmib@reddit (OP)

It certainly wouldn't be the first time that somebody shot at a semi, especially here in Texas

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unftp-0@reddit

Happened to me couple months ago on I-45 heading to Houston, near Buffalo, TX… After that drove to Bryan, TX Freightliner dealer ship to get it replaced. No weigh stations on the route I took, just looked like I had my window down.

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Glittering-Ad-2749@reddit

Dude I'm just glad you kept her in the lane and didnt panic after that happening. Good job, driver. I've yet to have this happen to me, and I hope it never does haha

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Ornery_Ads@reddit

It's tempered glass, so it wants to explode at any moment. https://youtube.com/shorts/16kY544wUPQ?si=usOQPT7brimd1-hG

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RKK-Crimsonjade@reddit

My buddy had a turkey smash his side window like that. Few hours after stopping turkey decided it was time to leave when the state trooper taking the report poked it

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Unopuro2conSal@reddit

This happened to me, It was the sunroof glass that shattered about two am in the middle of nowhere land between Alamo Gordo and Las Cruces, New Mexico, no one was around me for miles, I could see for miles in front of me and behind me. It was a one year old T800 KW in 1996 ish.model, maybe a year newer. It had the Cummins celect Red Top 550 horsepower with a super 13 transmission. She drove like a pickup truck. I believe it happened from downward pressure on top of the cab as I was going around 90 + miles per hour… sometimes hitting 100. I was nuts going that fast I know but it didn’t feel like it…

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Augusto_Helicopter@reddit

Yeah it's happened to me too. Just a freak occurrence I guess. I thought somebody shot at me. I even stopped and called the cops but we couldn't find any actual evidence of foul play.

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liswat@reddit

Had drive tires shot twice on I30 in DFW. Rager hit my driverside window with a beerbottle.

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Extra_Significance81@reddit

Had it happen once on the passenger side glass at 2 am. I was thinking either someone threw a rock and got lucky or pew pew. Either way the boss was not happy

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fElLoWaMeRiCaNt@reddit

Unfortunately for everyone that ever has it happen to them, it's just a normal yet freak occurrence with "safety glass". From computer cases to sky scraper windows... Heating, cooling, compression, contraction, expansion, age (young or old) VIBRATION. It's completely random aside from manufacturer defects, and that normally presents itself early on. When vehicle are related, it tends to happen due to vibration. My personal experience was 3 almost identical trucks from my fleet going through the same tunnel hours apart but on a windy day. First one happened and driver came back freaked out, second one hits and wondering who's shooting at my trucks... Third one happens and I drive out to check because the poor guy is having a panic attack and as I pass that tunnel, I hear everything in my passenger doors rattling for just a second.

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kscountryboy85@reddit

I had that happen my international LT, just driving no rocks, no wind, but it was a bright sunny morning after a very chill night. Loud af, scared the Fk outta me. Called my boss, his first words were "I would not have believed you if you were not the 2nd this week!" Turns out this has become a somewhat regular occurence for our shop to fix.

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shadowmib@reddit (OP)

Yeah it was loud. I thought I blew a steer at first then the realization that the shit flying all over the place was my window.

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Pitiful-MobileGamer@reddit

Sure it's a rock? Sure it wasn't a pew pew.

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shadowmib@reddit (OP)

Don't know what it was. Sure hope it wasn't. I don't have any extra holes in me thankfully.