Colorado Accident

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  1. silverspur

    silverspur Road Train Member

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    It's a sad story all the way around. Thousands like this driving trucks and they can't read the traffic control signs. I am amazed it doesn't happen more often.

    I trained 5 drivers back in the day for USA and one white guy from Louisuana could not read. He had his hazmat endorsement and when I asked him how he passed the test he told me the lady read him the questions.
     
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  3. tallguy66

    tallguy66 Medium Load Member

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    I’m surprised we’re not hearing more about the company sending an experience driver with a manual into the Rockies.
     
  4. Mike250rs

    Mike250rs Heavy Load Member

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    He chose to kill others instead of manning up and putting it in the ditch.

    If you plow into parked cars you can and will kill people. He knew this and chose to kill them instead of rolling the dice on just him being killed. F him.
     
  5. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Nobody would give a #### if it was a white 20 something in the equation.
     
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  6. Badmon

    Badmon Heavy Load Member

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    Point taken
     
  7. Val_Caldera

    Val_Caldera Road Train Member

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  8. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I've been reading these threads quietly. This was an accident that should have never happened.But it did. The guy supposedly had been down the mountain once previously, so it would seems he should have known about the escape ramps. But he drove right by them.
    The real kicker for me though is when he chose to turn back into traffic and hit those stopped cars rather then hit that parked truck or run off of the road. He should definitely get some serious prison time. But 110 years? C'mon. That is crazy. It was not pre-meditated murder. More like voluntary manslaughter.
     
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  9. Studebaker Hawk

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    There is an element of politics involved with this case, and any high profile case.
    We will see what the long term impact is on the independent judiciary.
    My confidence in that institution is slipping.
     
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  10. mstrchf117

    mstrchf117 Heavy Load Member

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    Yeah, this guy gets 110 years, but the rich white kid that got drunk and killed 4 people got probation. Sure tell me our justice system isn't fundamentally broken.
     
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  11. drvrtech77

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    Well for one.. It happened in two different states… The judges hands are tied in this Colorado case because the way the law is written he had mandatory minimum he had to follow but the law also states after 90 days he can revisit it and change the sentence… Although this guy deserves at least 30-40 years behind bars for doing what he did.
     
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