{"id":5140,"date":"2026-07-21T23:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2026-07-21T23:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:35:18","slug":"are-not-responsible-for-broken-windshield-signs-legal-in-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5140","title":{"rendered":"Are \u2018not responsible for broken windshield\u2019 signs legal in NC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ken Kurowoski thought his car had been shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy windshield was hit by a stone, and my wife and I thought someone shot us with a bullet,\u201d he said. \u201cThe sound was so loud.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The stone had fallen from a dump truck, and, since then, he\u2019s wondered if dump trucks and other truck drivers can avoid liability when their trucks have signs warning drivers to \u201cStay back 200 feet\u201d or that they\u2019re \u201cnot responsible for broken windshields.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had this crazy idea that if the truck\u2018s sign, \u2019Stay back 200\u2019 etc., is a legal procedure for truck drivers to escape damage payments, why couldn\u2019t I put a similar sign on all 4 sides of my car,\u201d he asked The News & Observer. \u201cJust imagine if everyone had those signs on their cars, we wouldn\u2019t have enough roads to hold all the cars, all separated by 200 (feet).\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know about the signs frequenting the backs of trucks on North Carolina roads.<\/p>\n

In short, no, the signs don\u2019t provide blanket immunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not legal,\u201d said John McCabe<\/a>, a Cary-based personal injury attorney. \u201cAnd this is a pet peeve of mine, and has been something that\u2019s just always got my irritation. You can\u2019t go around, put a sign up to exculpate yourself from liability.\u201d<\/p>\n

State law<\/a> requires vehicles carrying rock, gravel, stone or another \u201cload\u201d to prevent the load from \u201cfalling, dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThose fraudulent signs that they put up there trick people in to thinking \u2018I have no legal recourse\u2019 when in fact they do,\u201d McCabe said. \u201cNow, part of what makes these cases tricky is, you have to prove that the rock or whatever it was that broke your windshield or whatever actually fell out of the truck because it was not secured.\u201d<\/p>\n

That means being able to identify the truck, the license plate, the company and a description of the driver, he said, adding a dash camera can help easily get proof.<\/p>\n

The company is not responsible if a truck kicks up a rock that is already on the ground, McCabe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t put a bumper sticker on your car saying \u2018not responsible for distracted driving\u2019 or \u2018not responsible for running a red light,\u2019\u201d McCabe said. \u201cThose things are fraudulent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published July 21, 2026 at 7:47 AM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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