"Second I-78 Accident In Matter Of Days"

OK, Convince me. Tell me the one time it is not your fault if you rear end somebody..................

Are you Jenny's lawyer now..........or are you trying to hush her for some reason?

 

Dear Jeannette,

I am so terribly sorry about what has happened in your family but by the sounds of your writing you have great faith and kindness.

I have been driving 11 years now and know that the dread of every driver is rolling into or oversome one..

Drivers are very special and peculiar people and I am proud to be associated with them. I have worked at companies where a driver down in Louisanna turned his rig off a bridge to avoid hitting a car broke down in the slow moving lane with construction and on coming traffic I pray that I have that kind of valor if the need should ever arise. I want to welcome you to the truckers forum and ask when you pain is gone that you come and visit us learn where we come from..

There are bad drivers, just like there are bad preachers, Presidents, Teachers. The majority of drivers tho are just hard working fun loving people who have found a niche driving trucks.

My prayers are for comfort for you, your family and Mr. Banks that peace and comfort will surround all of you..

It is a blessing to know that they did not suffer. Before I was a driver I worked with quadraplegic patients. There is nothing sadder than seeing a five year old on a respirator not being able to run and play.

May God Bless each and everyone of you in your time of need.
with understanding, forgiveness, and peace

******Sorry nannyB. You are not allowed to post any identifying information*****kc0rey*****
NannyB

 

Kc,

Ok, I'll bite and try to follow along..............

Car A is driving along doing the speed limit........

Car B is drivng along also doing the speed limt and while maintaining a safe follow distance........

Car A stops short say for a deer or something else in the road,

Car B hits and rear ends them........

Or better yet say there is a chain reaction crash involving multiple vechicles...........

Who's at fault Einstein? The more you post the more idiotic you appear!

And no Im not trying to hush anyone, the true facts of the case will come out, all I'm saying is its a criminal investigation, it's prudent and frankly common sense to not dicuss and interject supposition while the investigation is ongoing!

 

In the above scenarios, car B is at fault for following to closely or driving to fast for conditions.

BTW, it should be a criminal investigation. And if the facts are what Jenny claims they are, and the media says they are then your step dad should go to jail.
I have sympathy for you and every member of your family except your dad. This is a terrible thing and I am sure your dad did not intend to harm anybody. But, he did make a choice,. Somewhere along the road that day he decided to drive negligently, and in the back of his head a little voice said, "Man, this is really gonna be screwed up if something goes wrong". He dismissed that voice............and now all of you must pay the price.........because he killed a baby and it's parents.

 

Kc,

I guess you've shown us that you can't read either!

Following too close or driving too fast, I just established that that normal safe following distance was adhered to and that the driver of Car B wasn't speeding!

I know your profile says your 73, but its almost laughable how unintelligent you sound! I guess that old adage of being older and wiser doesn't quite apply to you! However, as outlandish and disrespectful as it may sound, you're entitled to your opinion -- hey this is a free country unless your gay, a minority, or an immigrant!

Good Day!

 

LOL. If your driver of Car B was following at a safe distance and/or not speeding, he would not have hit Car A.

The fact that Car B hit car A proves you lied about Car Bs speed and following distance. Obviously trying to prove to us that a crime wasn't committed when in fact it was. Oh yeah, that was the reason for your first post here.

I am 45, I have over 25 years in a big truck with no accidents, and I trained new drivers for 7 years. One of the things i tried to teach was that we are all responsible for our own actions. As your step father is.

He rear ended a PARKED VEHICLE!How can you, or anybody else pretend that he can not be held responsible.

BTW, search the site. You will see where another driver was convicted and sentence to 14 years in Indiana for the very same type of accident your dad had. That one killed 4 members of a friend of mines family. I had to call her and express my sorrow that a moron in a big truck killed her family members and not all truck drivers are morons. Just the ones who kill people.

 

This hard on everyone but the call KC gave is the law. A comercial driver is held higher. What ever you step-dad was doing he was not on the road in his head...

Kc is very wise he just doesn't seem to have a gentle way of telling the true. And then sometimes the truth is hard to face.

What happened to your Step-dad is a drivers worst nightmare..I have been driving 11 years and my husband 27. Three months ago My husband was pulling into a toll booth because of the type of work we do he was not able to get his window rolled down and opened the door to get the ticket he just couldn't reach it I don't know what happened and I was sitting in the seat next to him watching the next thing I know his foot had slipped of the brake the truck rolled back and had his arm pinned between a pole and the door. Luckily I was sitting nearby and kept the truck from rolling any further mind you we were going through a toll booth.

After all was said and done he was sent to the hospital and I stayed to fill out the paperwork. He was ticketed with a $190.00 ticket for failure to keep control of his vehicle. A driver must have complete controll of his truck at all times. We are taught that over and over again I know of drivers who swerved to miss something hit a bridge Companies fired them.

What happened was terrible and very difficult to understand I am sure. But lashing out at KC for trying in his way does not do your dad any good.

My Prayers are with both families.
Please find it in your heart to forgive us
for explaining the only way we know.

God Bless your dad and may he heal fast.

With Best Regards in this hard
time

Belinda Williams
NannyB

 

KC,

Again, you said you were a trucker -- Might I suggest you stay trucking and leave the difficult and complicated aspects of things to the intelligent folks!

Now follow along............ taking your explanation into account, sure under perfect circumstances there is a slight possiblity that there wouldn't be a collision, however, and follow me here, the driver of Car B would have to brake in the extact instance the Driver of Car A did, while applying the same force under perfect weather conditions with perfectly calibrated brakes!

The point im trying to make here this is why they are called accidents!

As far as this particular accident, I haven't offered anything regarding a defense, fault, or innocence! It's under investigation, and I'm leaving it to the authorities as I suggest you should!

Like they always say, there are three sides to everything, Side A, Side B, and the actual truth!

 

My friend because that is what you are you are being alittle rough on this person..They are still in the greiving process..But by the grace of God goes any of us one mistakes is all it takes....

God Bless
Sorry about your friends greif.
Even some drivers that kill are not morons
Accidents are just that Accidents
No one starts out there day saying it
is a fine day to have an accident...

This is a good place for that person to vent
just like for all of us be sweet
Nanny

 

Go to your DMV and get a copy of rules of the road. For you in your car, the rule is 2 seconds following distance. For trucks it is a much greater distance. you will find that a safe following distance is a following distance that you can stop your car with out hitting the car you are following, regardless of circumstance.

Better yet, Stay away from the DMV, you may decide you need to drive.

I'll google it for you.....Smart Motorist - Safe Following Distance - Do You Tailgate Dangerously?