Truckers speed limit cause accident

Baack · Nov 27, 2009

A collision in Lincoln County, Oklahoma was the cause of Johnny Leemaster's death. It happens far too frequently and more so now than just about ever in US roadway history. Leemaster was operating a vehicle headed north down U.S. 177 while Justin Colley headed south down 177.

The fatal accident occurred when Colley attempted to pass a slow-moving commercial trucker ahead of him. In so doing, he collided with Leemaster. Both driver's attempted to swerve out of the other's way, but in the end, Leemaster ended paying with his life because a commercial trucker was unwilling to pull over to let faster moving vehicles pass.

An important detail of this story that should be strongly considered: state troopers noted there was a rolling fog during the time of the collision. As a commercial trucker with a specialized license, the operator of the rig assuredly knew better -- anyone who operates with a Class C license or higher is educated well enough about fog to know that even the most well lit vehicles are scarcely visible in a rolling fog.

Colley, who collided with Leemaster but lived, was every bit within his rights as a motorist to pass the commercial trucker. As motorists, we all have the legal right to pass a vehicle moving at a speed below the speed limit or far slower than the flow of traffic on an interstate roadway.

As a complete aside, whether Colley and other drivers had been behind the trucker or not, given the size of his load and rig, and the abhorrent weather conditions, this trucker was grossly irresponsible not to have pulled aside and to have waited for conditions to improve.
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Roadmedic · Nov 27, 2009

They have lost their marbles.

The 4 wheeler is clearly at fault. There is no law that the trucker broke.

Wiseguywireless · Nov 27, 2009

See, It is always the truckers fault!

Roadmedic · Nov 27, 2009

What is sad is the truck was not even involved except by being there.

Desperado · Nov 27, 2009

Let's see , It's foggy , I'm going to pull off to the shoulder so someone can run into me and get injured or killed and take everything I have ever made in my life and will make in the future .

People need to re think that one ...........

Wiseguywireless · Nov 27, 2009

That is what makes me sick about society now days. A man passes when he can't see, but it is the truckers fault for driving. What about the idiot who was passing, why was he driving!

Roadmedic · Nov 27, 2009

The article stated he was probably going home, most likely from work. But the trucker who was at work, is at fault.

msmspilot · Nov 27, 2009

I actually feel stupider for reading that article.

25(2)+2 · Nov 27, 2009

The reply that followed the article was much better written then the article itself; that response logically blamed the surviving driver for passing when it was unsafe, not the truck driver, and gave a couple of reasons not least of which was that it isn't safe to pull off on the shoulder in poor visibility with a well lit commercial vehicle because people do tend to follow the lights.

gearjammer-2000 · Nov 27, 2009

well instead of just complaining on this site why don't you post a comment on that site down at the bottom there is a place to voice your opinion.

BTW I didn't notice until I left my first comment that the writer was a blood sucking attorney instead of a biased journalist and had to post a second comment to address that issue. so keep that in mind if you take the time to voice your opinion

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