Trooper struck by pickup while conducting CMV inspection in Houston

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by One_tooth_wonder, Oct 22, 2014.

  1. Guntoter

    Guntoter Road Train Member

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    That truck driver was being detained by DPS. If he lives he will never have to work another day in his life... He needs a great lawyer right now and he will own the state of Texas.
    I would sue Texas, the driver who crashed into them, and especially the officer himself personally. Criminal negligence for requiring me to stand in such a dangerous place to do an inspection that could very easily have been done on an offramp or better yet AN INSPECTION FACILITY!
    OSHA requires safety training for people working on highways, how can I be required to work on the shoulder of a freeway with no training?
     
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  3. Texasgordo

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    I drive in south Texas only and that is not the first time that has happened. I remember one from a few years ago that killed the trooper. One driver I know got stopped on a road with no shoulder and blocked the whole lane while he got inspected.
     
  4. rachi

    rachi Road Train Member

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    You seem a little angry.
     
  5. tsavory

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    I was running a back roads in NY skinny curvy hilly topped a hill on a left corner and right smack in the middle of the road was a trooper with someone pulled over just before a blind right corner. They could not even get half of either car off the road good thing I had been climbing a hill and already slower than speed limit or I would have had no chance of slowing down enough in time.
     
  6. Texasgordo

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    Wow that's crazy.
     
  7. tsavory

    tsavory Road Train Member

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    Yeah well I beeped and flipped the officer off but to no avail was hoping he would chase me down. I can't stand STUPID!
     
  8. slowpoke89

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    That's because the subject was about a wreck involving a state trooper and a truck, not moronic jokes that have nothing to do with that subject.
     
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