Oregon Hit and Run Driver Arrested

hope that #### never finds another driving job...and frankly, hope he spends a few years in prison. 10 is a nice round number.

 

we don't know both sides, but if it's true then I'm with you. he gives all drivers a bad name

 

10yrs is a bit much

 

ok perhaps. but in pokerhoundland, we would need to build more prisons. sentences for crimes which directly hurt others would involve more jail time, in some cases FAR more jail time. and NO reduction of sentence would EVER be allowed to reduce time more than 10%.

 

firstly, we dont know the whole story (the "victim" may have said she was ok, and he left, and later she changed her mind) or other type of scenario

even if he saw there was damage, but no one was hurt (seriously hurt) he thought he could get away. Stupid yes, criminal? hardly, a nice fine maybe but i cant see jail time

we already have too many people in jail for too many reasons, jail is not the answer for every problem in society

make him pay her medical bills and give her some restitution money, court costs, ambulance costs, car damages, etc

 

Just shoot him and be done with it......... Anything less you are only interested in the money..

 

financial penalties unfairly favor the rich. prison sentences are both a punishment and a deterrent. of course (to be fair, assuming the facts presented are accurate) he should pay her restitution. and an ACCIDENT should not have resulted in a harsh penalty. but this is presented as a hit and run where the driver didnt even bother to check to see if the victims were hurt or dead. an extended stay in prison should be a given, should he be proven guilty.

and no, jail should not be the answer to every problem. but neither should be a system where a 10 year sentence means 18 months served. and ANY crime that directly causes another harm demands jail time. jmo.

 

I was the victim in this accident and I was mortified that he just left us up there on the mountain in a blizzard. We had traction tires and were driving 20 mph, his truck slid into our lane because he did not have his chains on. I was injured to the point where I could not get out and the whole drivers side of the car was ripped out and snow was pouring in. Our cell phones were smashed, we had glass in our mouths, embedded in our face, etc. If it had not been for another car that came by, stopped, put out flares so we were not hit again, and called paramedics we could have succumb to the elements. This truck driver should be punished in whatever way the courts see fit. We will, however be fine and hopefully have no permanent issues.

 

Wasn't even charged with a Felony Hit and Run? I thought leaving the scene of an accident in a commercial vehicle was a felony...