Bicycles, bricks and even dollhouses are simply a number of the unsecured gadgets which have come flying off automobiles and onto Melbourne freeways in current weeks.
Authorities at the moment are warning motorists of the hazards and dangers surrounding unsecured hundreds.
CityLink Basic Manger for Victorian Operations Philip Naulls mentioned unsecured hundreds had been a "large" subject.
He mentioned it was a "surprisingly massive subject".
"The important thing message to motorists is that we would like you to journey by way of our metropolis however please safe your hundreds," he mentioned.
"Earlier than you journey please verify your load, verify your straps and luxuriate in your journey."
Mr Naulls mentioned for the reason that starting of the 12 months, CityLink had handled 600 lack of load incidents.
"We're solely in Might," he mentioned.
"Every of these particular person occasions creates a hazard. We're clearing these occasions shortly however there nonetheless is a delay to these motorists.
"It creates a direct hazard to the motorists round you."
An analogous assertion was shared by EastLink company affairs supervisor Doug Spencer-Roy.
He mentioned final month alone, there have been 120 separate incidents.
"That is 120 instances the place we needed to ship out a workforce and filter out particles off the highway," he mentioned.
"It is a excessive quantity and that is 120 potential accidents... we take all of it very critically."
Mr Spencer-Roy mentioned unsecured hundreds places each motorist in danger.
"We see gadgets taken by the wind or (in some conditions) a sequence of things would possibly fall of a truck and that may trigger widespread harm if it collided with a number of automobiles," he mentioned.
"It is careless and each merchandise must be secured."