I-80 Brule Nebraska 5 dead 6 injured

Um, not that I know of. I WAS VENTING. However, I have seen a judge sentence a felony burglary to six months county, and in the same week the same judge throw the book a F&G violators. Wonder how he'd have felt if one of the houses hit, (while people were home asleep,) had been his.

 

Ok I that's what I was thinking. I totally agree with the last statement, but what I do know I just truck driver trying to make a living. Have a good night big Don. Sorry guys I wasn't trying to high Jack this thread. My prays are with all those involved. Sad day...

 

Wow, this sure went on and on. I agree with ethos, we don't know the whole story. Don't forget, the driver is someone's loved one too. Imagine the horror that person has to live with, and he didn't plan to do this, he was just doing his job. For all we know, his stupid dispatcher called him right at the wrong time, a momentary lapse , and wham, that's all it takes. Stupid cell phone. Years ago, we rarely had rear enders, especially in the middle of the day, for heavens sake. Maybe at 3am. I don't know what the big mystery is here. You want that convenience of that stupid cell phone, this is the price we pay for it. And one thing for sure, it's not going to end any time soon. Death to the driver? That's a little harsh.

 

Sent a friend the link of this story and she got back to me telling me she knows the drivers family. This is as close to a sad event like this as I would want to be.

 

And there you have it. Like I say, now we know. You like to keep a shred of belief that it was something else, ( I'm like 94% pessimist and 6% optimist) but bottom line, cell phones kill. I wonder if that call was worth it.

 

Driver told the judge at the preliminary he was a month away from losing his house and car.
I always tell people that want to get into driving that have problems, larger than just the little things we all deal with, to get them handled before they jump out on the road.
There is a GIANT difference between trucking around happy go lucky, and having the weight of the world on shoulders.
It is SOOO much harder to take care of things at home when your out on the road.
At 65mph you need about 3 football fields to stop with reaction and lag time.
If the guy was paying attention, which it says he wasn't, and I doubt he was, or brain was off duty, even if the brakes failed, you drive into grass and live to fight another day.
When my Dad first got sick, I took 3 months FMLA because there were so many phone calls to deal with at doctors and medical facilities, I'm certain Id been in an accident being distracted.
@ethos you can play the devil's advocate, but there's no reason this should happen. I drove into on coming traffic a few weeks ago to miss some guy that turned into my lane, then just stopped, and I'm sure he was impaired, but I was also paying attention.
This guy hit a stationary object in broad daylight. I don't think the decision to charge him with 5 counts of murder was an emotional or knee jerk reaction by the state.

 

I seriously can't understand how people read things sometimes. I wasn't playing devils advocate. I was saying to wait until evidence came in that it was his fault. I never defended the driver, I defended not crucify in a guy because of a vague story. How do you get anything else out of my many posts on this thread?

 

Exhibit a) The truck striking the stationary vehicle at a high rate of speed, from behind.
Exhibit b) The driver that is in custody on one million dollars bail at the controls of the truck.
Exhibit c) No attempt made ( that has been described ) to avoid the collision. IE; Driver was distracted, asleep, or following to close at Midday when visibility is at its highest.
Exhibit d) DPS has reported driver was distracted do to "external" forces.

Maybe DPS has it wrong? Maybe the states attorney that already is having him arraigned on 5, probably going to be 6, counts of murder has reviewed the preliminary evidence, and has it wrong.
No F way.
Like I said why didn't he put the truck in the weeds if he had time to react professionally, if his brakes were a total loss?
Just his statement at the bail hearing shows he is wrapped in self pity. His house and car seem to be on the forefront of his thinking, not the family of missionaries & their children he just obliterated.

When you take the view point of what is the opposite of what is incredibly obvious, that's called being the devil's advocate, didn't mean to hurt your feelings.