Colorado question

It's that moment it sinks in that the truck is out of control and not slowing, no matter what you do.

I've only ever had a total brake failure once, and it was not coming down a mountain grade thank God. Back when I was much younger, I was driving a '59 GMC straight truck with a 1600 gal LP tank converted to haul water for concrete sawing. It was a gas powered straight 6 with a brake booster contraption under the cab that crapped the bed. Lucky for me, that truck wouldn't go faster than 45 mph unless you drove it off a cliff. I was on not very hilly back roads and was able to safely stop with engine compression and a soft shoulder. It took a long time. I was only a couple miles from the shop, and managed to creep it over in low gears. Probably should have had it towed, but that was a different time.

Yes, about two seconds after the brake pedal went to the floor with no effect, everything clicked in my head and I knew I had to do something, right now.

I think you have every right. First of all, English is your native language. Second, all indications are that you posses an above average level of common sense and zero desperation. All of which I believe contributed to that now convicted driver ending up behind the wheel going down hill that day. Nobody could have foreseen the fraudulent credentialing. That's a distraction in my opinion.

Seems like there was another accident that had traffic knotted up. Or it may have just been normal congestion. There was no warning. A remote possibility if he had a CB and understood the language being used to communicate on it.

Funny you mention that. I drove down Fancy Gap this afternoon. 78k on the scale ticket. Yeah I know it's not a real mountain. 7 miles, mostly 5%. I could have stopped in under 600 yards anywhere on the hill because my brakes were dead cold all the way down. Set the auto jakes at 40 mph at the top, then bumped it up to 45 when that turned out to be a little more engine braking than I needed.

Had all that fancy automatic stuff let go, I know where the escape ramps are and would take one way before attempting to ride it all the way down the hill.

For what it's worth, I agree with your opinion on the sentence. I think he should have caught a lesser charge, but not that much lesser. He was negligent and people died because of it. Textbook vehicular homicide. I have the same problem others have mentioned, with zero accountability for all the others that enabled the situation.

 

Your kidding right? He was doin 85 mph passed up the eacape ramps his own attorney said he was under alot of stress trying ro get the truck into gear. Didnt inspect his brakes shall i go on give me a brake him and the company he drove for are the ones cutting the rates. To do that they cut corners on safety,equipment,training and experience and this is what u get hauling for cheap

 

Lmao. I went into Denver Wednesday delivered, picked up, and drove right out. There was less trucks because of the holidays. But, as always the truck stops were packed. So ain’t nothing changed

and it paid $6000 for 1200 miles to get into Denver and 2000 from Denver to salt lake. Which was beautiful

 

Well it could be a Coronado in Colorado haha.....