Rocky Road: Who is responsible when rocks, debris from a dump truck damage your vehicle? [Video]

ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) – Driving behind a dump truck feels like a game of roulette. Rocks could fall out, damaging your windshield or causing a crash.

You’ve probably noticed those stickers warning you to stay back and that the trucks aren’t responsible for broken windshields. But did you notice something missing?

How about license plates?

In Georgia and most other states, dump trucks aren’t required to have license plates or any other identifying marks on the back of the vehicle.

In place since 1965, Georgia’s regulation says, “trucks and trailers which routinely engage in activities wherein it is inevitable that a motor vehicle license plate attached to the rear thereof would be defaced, destroyed or lost, shall display the motor vehicle license plate assigned to it by attaching it to the front of the vehicle.”

So, ironically, the reason you can’t identify the truck that damaged your windshield is because the same kind of rocks and debris could damage their license plate.

“It’s very interesting they have no …