Fatal accident research and investigation - OnGuard, ABS, component defects

Sorry for your family, but it sounds like brother didn't secure his load.

Outside lookin in, this is on him.

 

I wouldn’t post it here, but maybe via email you can connect with a few people.

We left company jobs about the time (2015) that trash was coming into play - had one event that stab brakes on dry pavement for no reason. Follow up was one dropped call from the equipment manufacturer, and then nothing.

I’m sure they slipped legislation in somewhere removing themselves from fault.
Good luck. Sorry for your loss.

 

First, sorry about your loss.

Second, I don't know what you expect to gain. There are issues with these systems, but there is a problem with the way the load was loaded, and there could be no protection that was supposed to be there by common sense and possibly state law. If it is to blame the equipment manufacturer, I would think that it would be a hard push for that. Blaming the company would be a better path.

Third, you need to find an investigator with actual investigation experience. There are a few companies out there that do this, like Aperture (that's just one example, I am not going to recommend anyone for legal reasons). You will have to shop around and be prepared to pay a nominal cost, which is about $250-300 per hour, not including travel expenses. Get references and talk to people who have used their services.

 

Sadly, I agree. We seem to live in an age where we have to blame someone, when common sense used to be the rule. Flatbed is inherently the most dangerous of all trucking. We don't know the details, but a rule of thumb is, the cargo can't come off. Isolated incidents like this usually means the problem was the drivers responsibility. Good thing there wasn't a collision, it would have added to the misery.