Woman Rear Ends Truck, Gets Dragged One Mile

...and the driver STILL got a logbook violation.

Wonder if some lawyer will jump on this potential cash cow???

 

My first thought!

 

Her license was suspended, she's loaded with almost double the legal BAC for a DWI, she hits the truck...and the truck driver gets a ticket for a logbook violation of all things?

Wow....

I just never understood why the law enforcement in a lot of areas I've traveled in/lived in has been so much tougher on enforcing driving laws with semis than with 4-wheelers. I do hope that this driver appeals the citation and can get it off his record.

 

Makes you wonder if they wrote him a log book ticket because when they checked, he had not been current with the last stop, you know, the one where he found the car attached and was worried about the car driver.

Indiana is very wierd about that.

 

Ah. I don't know how I managed to skip over that this happened in Indiana...thank you for pointing that out. If driving in Indiana for semi drivers is worse than it is for four-wheelers (usually the case), then I am not too surprised that the driver's overlooking his logbook to worry about the beat-up car on his truck got him a ticket. I had to drive in Indiana quite frequently at one stage in my career (4-wheeler) and once was pulled over for going 2 mph over the speed limit on I-65 because I didn't adjust my speed for the slight hill. The guy who pulled me over had huge eyes and told me "You were going 67 MPH!!!" He made it sound like I was going 100 in a 35...LOL

 

Indiana is the new OHIO--never been real good--BUT--has really gotten out of hand--I hope for the drivers sake it is a minor logbook thing--if it is anymore--she will find one of those Billboard lawyers and he is gonna have a field day--"Ladies and Gentleman of the jury--had this menacing driver been following the federally prescribed rules for properly operating that 80Thousand Pound BOMB--he would not have been there in the first place--In fact he was there ILLEGALLY"
Ho Boy

 

well why dont drivers just stop buying anything in Indiana? It worked once, from the stories i heard on Bozo'z show

 

You're exactly right. Friend of mine was safety man for trucking company. Long line of traffic stopped on interstate closed by state troopers,due to icing & snow. Speeding car rear-ended his company truck so he went to the scene. A lawyer also showed up from out of nowhere. The driver of the car had severe brain trauma. The lawyer walked up the line of stopped trucks taking pictures of license plates and company names. The company my friend worked for had to pay $20 million plus medical for life. Then the lawyer contacted all the companies he took pictures of and told them, XYZ company just shelled out $20 million plus medical, now do you want to go to court or settle out of court. The ones with paper logs settled out of court, even though they were in front of the accident. They shouldn't have been there; meaning the line would not have been as long and the car might have stopped in time. Paper logs with 15 minute increments can ruin a company in a lawsuit when the lawyer is looking at seconds & minutes.

What the jury was not allowed to know: the injured guy was military and before trial, the military put him on 100% disability and will cover his medical for life. I don't know how this affects his medical bills between the trucking company & military.