Just got hit on I-80 toll road in Ohio, car spun out and hit me.

Insurance companies?
Try jacked-up Pennsylvania. You can be stopped at a stop sign, get rear-ended and be found partially at fault.

 

It's always the trucks fault. You could be parked in truckstop parking lot and a drunk fly off the road and bounce off your truck and some lawyer somewhere will blame you and try suing.

 

I’ve e posted something similar to that in the past

If you fudge your logbook and end up at a parking lot or Walmart and some idiot hits you while you’re sleeping that same lawyer will find that issue in your log and say you shouldn’t have even been able to be there and the truck will lose

 

It doesn't even matter if your logbook is 100% legal and hasn't been fudged in 20 years, they're still going to blame the truck simply for being at the scene.

 

True
We are probably the most heavily insured vehicles
Probably pretty rare a truck is in a wreck that’s not insured, that scales should catch that pretty quickly

 

A truck means money. A driver is earning money.

So. Anytime your out there anyone can purposely hit you to file a lawsuit.

The way it is...unfortunately of course...

 

If you read my post more closely would’ve read I wasn’t there I don’t know. I was just describing how “too fast for conditions” is applied by law enforcement. And how the courts might look at it. Also, you have to understand that when operating a commercial vehicle a percentage of fault is often settled upon or found by the courts. Usually via a lawsuit with a very scrupulous attorney. read my other post on this thread about a trucker I know. Most truck drivers have no concept until they’re in the middle of a legal wrangling how complex these cases can be. Attorneys look for any angle to get a grip on the case and drive leverage and get money. And they usually do. it’s not as straightforward as two cars getting into an accident. Almost never.

 

We live in a litigatious society.

Trucking companies have money. People know that. Therefore #### like that happens.

 

I'm simply stating that "too fast for conditions" is a ######## excuse to sue somebody who is not really at fault. I was not saying you were saying he was driving too fast for conditions. It's an entirely subjective and opinionated accusation that should have no place in a justice system.

 

Yep, I watch football and I equate “too fast for conditions” kind of like a past interference call. It’s a judgment call. And it’s often applied wrongly.