Have read threads about ladders falling off van roof and really didn't think it would happen to me.....until today. I had to take van into garage for some MOT work and decided to take ladder off do to my own windows, I undid the ladder clamp then took something else out of van and drove to garage. I travelled about a quarter of a mile and when I turned right at traffic lights I wondered what the strange noise was, it was the ladders sliding off. I managed to park quickly and ran to retrieve them from the middle of the junction. I think I was very lucky as it was 8.15 with plenty of traffic and school children about, no one was injured. I was a bit shaken. The only damage was the nearside mirror had come adrift, the garage had refitted it, I hadn't noticed it had come off I was so glad to get ladders and get away.
A close shave.