Just got hit on I-80 toll road in Ohio, car spun out and hit me.

Depends on his weight. Depends on his skills, equipment etc..

 

It’s a common mistake for drivers to either not take pics or just to take pics of just the damage to the vehicles. I can understand the concerns about the people in the car, but I am more concerned with drivers CYA’ing.

 

“Too fast for conditions” doesn’t work that way. I wasn’t there, so I can’t tell you. But there’s rain storms and then there’s waterfall rain storms. When it’s pouring so hard you literally can’t see the lines on the lanes and nothing in front of you, and you’re still pushing 70 mph and everyone else around you was slowed down, you would be definitely driving too fast for conditions. Too fast for conditions supersedes the posted speed limit.
It’s a judgement call both ways. But if the posted speed limit is 70 mph everyone else is doing 40 mph with their flashers on and some driver wants to plow through there at 70 because he thinks he’s super driver, and something bad happens, he’s going to be found at fault. Just saying.

 

You took a hit to the drives. You didn’t swerve, You didn’t lose control. If you were driving slower, you would have plowed into the car.

Happy motoring.

 

It's a sad state of trucking these days.
Spend most of my time preventing errant drivers from hitting me as they pass..
Exhausting.

 

You can’t worry about the Darwin’s.

You can be driving down a two lane, have a Darwin running triple digits, suicide note at home, aim for you, kill himself…

…and a jury will still rule against you, to award the Darwin family. It’s the nature of the beast.

 

Same but I find it happens mostly with other trucks. The irony is glaring.

 

"Too fast for conditions" is a ######## catchall attempt to blame somebody not at all at fault most times. He didn't lose control and hit the guy. He wasn't driving faster than he could see and run up the guys tailpipe. The 4 wheeler hydroplanned and about drove up under his truck.