Validation

Today, my irrational fear of rain gutters was validated. There was a brief traffic delay while I was driving between schools. When I got up closer I saw a fairly large truck that had one or both of its left wheels stuck in a rain gutter off the side of road. The gutters are not particularly big, but they are big enough to trap a wheel with no easy way out. It was a lumber truck though I couldn't tell if it was full or not. I have no idea how they managed to get it out or what kind of damage it caused. Unfortunately, as a was driving on a partially closed road and it was raining, I did not get a picture.

I have sometimes considered what I would do should my car end up in a rain gutter. I figure it's probably small enough that a handful of people could pick it up. Another possibility is to try and get a board or two under the wheel and leveraging it out (there are a lot of lumber mills along the roads I drive). I don't see how a tow truck could help as it would just drag the car above the wheel. At the same time I don't know how that truck could get out without using a tow truck.

I think it would be best if I never have to find out how to get a car out of a rain gutter.