$1 Million Dollar Lawsuit

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  1. aussiejosh

    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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  3. skellr

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    That diagram was odd.

    It showed the Mercedes merging in at the last monument, the truck changing lanes at the same time. IDK, maybe the Mercedes did know the truck was in the other lane and failed to give them enough room for the "worst case senerio".

    I don't know what happened in the video, too much commentary at the beginning, and then a bunch of other garbage stuffed in at the moment of truth.

    If I didn't know better I'd say someone is trying to hide something.
     
  4. IluvCATS

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    Q: Why does the truck have his 4-ways on if he doesn’t know somethings up? Hmm?
     
  5. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    Don't tell me that was in the video...
     
  6. Shaggy

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    He wanted every 4 wheeler to know what was going on. NO F's given ! We've all had those days.
     
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    It’s visible in the 2 videos from behind. 4-ways on as he pushes the Mercedes..Yes he knew. Which makes him my hero.
     
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  9. skellr

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    Ok, I see some people sitting around a desk "explaining" the situation, then one guy behind a dsek explaining more, then some lady in the passenger seat of a truck babbling about whatever, then I see a truck pushing a car while going under an over pass. There is no shoulder to pull over on Just k-rails. The driver can stop in a lane of travel or keep going.

    What do you do when you can't find a safe pace to stop? Just stop right there in a lane of travel on an interstate or wait till there is a shoulder?

    You can just stop in the lane, I wouldn't. But, I wouldn't change lanes when there is a merging lane that was ending either.
     
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  10. justa_driver

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    If the driver had stopped, then I would say Mercedes Fault if he did go from the exit lane to the freeway but you dont push a car for nearly a mile without knowing it? I have seen one that was dragged for a ways after it struck the back bumper of the truck and got hung to the truck. I could half way believe that the driver didnt know that but this driver should have known he hit something? Thats the way it seems to me anyway?
     
  11. NavigatorWife

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    With the drawing it sure looks like it is the car drivers fault to me. He exited, truck moved over.
     
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