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Re:Mercury Spill by SteveGerencser on Thursday October 08, 2015 @09:12PM (#10357518)
We went through a very similar experience when our car was being transported half way across the country. They driver somehow managed to roll his trailer on a freeway curve (his claim was high winds). His insurance company tried to claim act of god because "the wind did it".

I'm still trying to figure out how the wind pushes over an open trailer with 2 sports cars on it. At least mine was 4 or 5 years old at the time, the other car on there was brand new and had only been driven far enough to get it on and off the trailer.

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Re:Mercury Spill by jessaustin on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:46AM (#10358230)
Wow this thread has confirmed what I always suspected: shipping a car is a bad idea. I have actually pulled a car behind a U-haul through multiple states, but that was me, and I know how to pull trailers. A friend of mine in Hawaii was all set to ship his car from the mainland until I pointed out how little sense the math made.
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Re:Mercury Spill by TorKlingberg on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:51AM (#10358859)
Anecdotes on the Internet do not actually confirm much.
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Re:Mercury Spill by toomuchtodo on Friday October 09, 2015 @03:12AM (#10358577)
It's perfectly safe and low risk if the vehicle is secured In a cargo container.
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Re:Mercury Spill by tedmiston on Thursday October 08, 2015 @09:31PM (#10357580)
Did your insurance company also not cover it?

I'd always, perhaps naively, assumed an "act of god" was simply covered.

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