Shoulder Parking- American Idol Singer. RIP

drunk..??? drugged...?? texting..????

'American Idol' runner-up Willie Spence dies at 23 after car crash

 

Joy, that poor driver is boned. Even if he had a blown engine with a hole the size of the U.S debt balloon in it, triangles out. Perfect logs and ever T crossed and ever i dotted he is screwed. Public opinion is going to demand he get the death pentalty amd the judges will side with them because evil truck.

 

Don’t worry, they will figure a way to blame it on the truck who was not in the travel lane and not even moving at the time .

 

This subject of "shoulder parking" has been discussed over and over here on Truckers Report and the "bottom line" has always come out to the total of it is, as the law states, unless due to an emergency, it is illegal to park on the shoulder or a ramp of an Interstate. It is a given fact that a lawyer is going after the truck driver and his company and rightly so. If it is proven the truck was on the shoulder because of an emergency, the driver and his company has nothing to worry about, but if he was there for any other reason, he was breaking the law. Now we all break the law everyday, one way or another, most of the time, we get by, but it caught up with this driver. There are two kinds of people in this world, "caught and uncaught", he got 'caught".

 

I hope that driver was broke down. If he wasn’t I hope he was quick to pop a tire or replace a critical fuse with a blown one before the cops began investigating,

 

I have said this several times, you depart from your lane and collide with something, that's on you. A vehicle is in the middle travel lane and leaves it and collides with the vehicle traveling along side, who in their right mind would suggest the vehicle that has been collided with is liable?

Now, I have been a workers' comp adjuster handling both trucking companies as well as manufacturers with trucks. I crossed trained to liability, and looked at some of these liability cases. And I saw one where the truck couldn't make a right turn, so he backed up and tapped the car behind him. This case had paid out $30,000 in 1999 dollars, and it hadn't settled yet. Trucks have deep pockets, so they go after us. So for that reason alone, but there are plenty of things in the breakdown lane a vehicle can collide with. Sign, jersey barrier, construction equipment, etc. Pay attention, get off the phone and protect all of us!

 

Here is what blows my mind on shoulder parking. Truck goes right by a off ramp or an on ramp, then pulls off on a narrow shoulder. Makes a person wonder is the common sense of that driver?? But a word of caution even using a ramp, ramps are part of the Interstate and I know here in Virginia, you will be subject to receiving a citation. South bound on 1-81 MM149 you have a set of scales, you are allowed to park there, but trucks will go right by and park on the shoulder, unbelievable.