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Had this before, was in lane 2, truck in lane 1 was going 'empty' from depot back to a demo site to collect rubble. Went over a pothole and the truck shuck about a dozen house bricks off the top of its cab/top of hydraulic ram all over the road, avoided most but one came flying up and severely dented bonnet and wing then rolled off down side of car.
Both stopped, guy was apologetic 'must have been bricks on top of cab again' gave me all the company details and his driver number, took some photos and we both went on our way.
Went into the depot same day as its right near house, they were very good, at first....
Few days later heard back from someone more senior, turned angry, 'truck was empty mate, can't have been from us, take your collection of bricks that perfectly match our demo building materials that the truck was previously transporting away from our office, its nothing to do with us'
Had to go to insurance, got an assessment and then without dash footage of them 'coming from truck', they said best would be 50:50
Car still has massive dents and now rust.
Lesson learnt. Don't drive anything nice anywhere. Also becoming a NIMBY type with cameras on every bit of your house/car does have its benefits.