When the hydraulic grabber arm on a city garbage truck fails to return to its normal resting position after setting down an empty trash barrel, it protrudes from the truckâs passenger side.
And when a trash truck in that state navigates a street with cars parked on both sides, guess what can happen? Thereâs a good chance itâll dent, graze and gouge a parked car. And golly, those grabber arms can cause some damage.
Linda Jones of Roanoke learned that lesson â and few others â last week when a city garbage truck did that to her 2016 white Ford Focus.