photojay says:

I recently took a trip with a soft top carrier on my van and almost drove into a parking garage that was too low for the cargo I had strapped to the top. I shudder to think what would have happened. I have also pulled a 38 foot travel trailer up and down the East coast and have had some close calls, but you have to be a real idiot to pull into a gas station at such a high rate of speed without thinking about overhead clearance. That overhead cover on gas stations are not designed to take the brunt force of a trailer, especially at the corner, which would cause it to twist a bit. I thought it was funny to see that truck buckle in the middle just as the cloud of smoke obsures the whole screne.

I bet his wife gave him an EARFULL!!!!!!