Lucky guy. I am always careful behind trailers and loaded trucks, but in his case even a little distance didn't help because the float seemed to zip around in the turbulence right in his way.

I'll give him a 7 on the landing. Both wheels, but he didn't permanently stick it.

Lucky would have missed it...

And always pack a spare pair of underwear !!!

When I was 16 and a new driver, I popped the clutch on my dad's work truck trying to hot-dog it and all of the plywood, a railroad tie, and other materials slid right out on the road at 45mph due to the plastic bedliner. It was a busy 2 lane county road and I'm sure I pooped a little in my pants I was so scared. Thankfully I turned around and got to the debris field before any other traffic passed in that lane.

He tried to move to the center lane,I would have pulled in the clutch and headed for the that nice soft grass center median,easier on you and the bike even if you had to lay it dow to stop.You alwasys have the chance to move left or right,but  he was coming up on the trailer not leaving himself enough time /room to make that decision .(newbie )

I'm with JOG. Watch everything and always, if at all possible, leave yourself an out.  Don't get too close to anything that might stand a chance of coming loose and getting in the road. When you pass it, get by and go on, no p***yfooting around.

Last year I left to go to the gas station.  Sounds easy enough. Have to ride a 4-lane with paved median for about 1/2 mile.  I hit the 4-lane and way down by the gas station I already spotted somebody who wasn't right past all the other cars and all those around him.  I kept an eye on him as he got closer. As he got closer, I could tell he was falling asleep and sure enough he started making a nice gentle arc right for me. Had I not seen or been prepared, he would have crossed in front of me just about right for me to hit the rear quarter of his car. I simply hit the brakes and moved over into the median.  He passed 20 feet in front of me crossed the rest of the road and went out in the field. He was OK. Car was banged up pretty bad from jumping a 6inch curb, taking out a telephone pole and trail riding a couple hundred feet in the field. After calling and reporting it, I sat for a couple minutes cause it did shake me up a little.  You know the shake-up comes after, when you aren't reacting automatically to the situation and you have time to think about what just happened.

ALWAYS pay close attention to everything around you. Spotting that problem a quarter mile away is much better than realizing there's a problem 100 feet away.

In this case, I agree, the guy who lost the load is to blame for the wreck that ensued. If the rider had been more aware of what was happening, he could have done something sooner and probably avoided the wreck. I'm glad he's ok...but, man, pain is a great teacher.

I have watched a lot of the YouTube videos with bike crashes.  I hope it helps me to recognize what not to do on the highway.

It seems that some bikers feel that they are invincible, not bound by traffic laws, and when they speed into intersections or pass slower cars.....the cars sometimes are in the process of making turns (without using turn signals). In that video that MMRanch posted....at around 2:18 an impatient fellow decides to get right next to a car while it is turning, and he goes down as a result.

A lot of the crashes come from folks traveling twice the speed of the cars, and at intersections cars turn in front of the bike as they can't see the bike when the cars at the intersection block the view of the fast approaching motorcycle.

When you watch the scooter crashes.....those folks are in a real hurry, and when they need to stop quickly it appears that the front wheel locks up, the steering goes sideways and the bike drops.  (Perhaps they never practice good braking technique or scooter brakes are really touchy).