Trucker on Facebook at time of deadly Arizona crash, records show

Wow. That video was not a pretty thing to watch. He was totally not watching what was coming up and just plowed right into that accident. That guy brought everything he gets on him self.

 

I think slow speed limits are partly to blame, driving 65 mph is just too boring and that's why people start playing with phones, now if they were doing 100 mph it would take alot more attention to keep it on the road!

 

I think my dad (RIP) had a great distinction regarding ignorance and stupidity that he summed up with the phrase, "Don't compound ignorance with stupid".

You can educate an ignorant person. If they then ignore the lesson and choose to be stupid, then it's on them.

Between this video and sad story, and the recent fatal crash (can't remember the link) with the trucker that was tailgating a minivan that in turn was tailgating another truck... and then plowed through that minivan into the back of the truck, killing a mother and several children.... it's time for truckers that are prone to using distraction devices while driving or tailgating to WAKE UP!

EVERY single day I'm on the road I see NUMEROUS examples of truckers tailgating.

Did you KNOW that tailgating carries the same points on your license as reckless driving or DUI? Texting while driving I think is also at the same level.

Second degree homicide is an appropriate charge in this case.

 

Any idea why trooper was parked in the right lane rather than the breakdown lane?

 

I'll put all the blame on the driver, but I'll also call into question the troopers positioning. I thought standard police policy on an open interstate to cover an accident or breakdown where a lane needed blocked was to have one cop with lights on, on the shoulder, back between 1/4 to 1/2 mile depending on traffic speed, followed by the one blocking the travel lane. However, knowing what we know, I'm not sure the moron trucker would have seen it anyway.

 

I wondered that myself. Doesn't absolve the truck driver of his responsibility, but I agree that there may be some contributory negligence on the part of law enforcement. But that will never factor in, due to the emotional aspect of this particular situation.

The article mentioned that Fire and EMS was on scene. When I worked as a Firefighter / EMT-Paramedic, we were trained to place one of our largest, heaviest vehicles in a travel lane if we needed to protect the scene. We never relied on a single car to protect our working area on a high speed roadway.

 

Don't even go there.

 

There may have been a trooper a half mile back or so. Most of these cameras only record the six to eight seconds prior to the event. From what I see in AZ, they usually do have a car on the shoulder with lights on prior to the accident scene. This guy would have probably not seen him anyway.

 

We practice that on ANY roadway.

 

Not sure I understand.