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US Xpress being sued, UPDATE.

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Wild Murphy, May 14, 2015.

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  1. May 14, 2015 #1
    Wild Murphy

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  3. May 14, 2015 #2
    77smartin

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    I dunno.
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    Some lawyers are about to get paid...for awhile.
     
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  4. May 14, 2015 #3
    icsheeple

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    Gruesome wreck. Everyone just needs to slow it down.
     
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  5. May 14, 2015 #4
    BigBluePeter

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    That's not good. 70mph would mean its a lease truck. Probably a trainer, lots of lease guys train now. Possibly a student at the end of his shift.
     
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  7. May 14, 2015 #5
    Wild Murphy

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    Looks like the ATA is trying to slow everyone down. With speed limiters for all. These types of accidents don't help but all of us see everyday the truck in the left lane doing 75 while being 10 feet from a 4 wheelers bumper...
     
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  8. May 14, 2015 #6
    flood

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    and yet the ATA company trucks are set at 65 or less now and it doesn't help them be safer
     
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  9. May 14, 2015 #7
    ReeferOhio

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    Don't forget Total and US are big ATA sponsors... 65 or 70 mph would have made no difference in this crash. Plan and simple driver neglect. It's absolutely terrible for everyone involved.
     
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  10. May 14, 2015 #8
    pete1

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    Right behind you in the middle lane
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  11. May 14, 2015 #9
    DustyRoad

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    36000 people died as a result of accidents last year....US express is not the exception to unsafe and negligent drivers with a license to haul freight. But surely they will be held liable as so was Walmart in the recent death caused by a truck slamming into stopped traffic.
     
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  12. May 14, 2015 #10
    Wild Murphy

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    I think it will be a $50,000,000 settlement.
     
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