Truck Driver gets 110 years

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VolStrom said:
I think there are plenty of ways that accidents can happen that aren't due to operator error, a blowout comes to mind as a common one.
What isn't clear to me is what kind of truck was this and what kind of brakes did it have on it? My motorhome has air brakes on it and I don't have any clue how I could visually inspect the brakes on it other than to test them before I start a trip, which I always do.
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A proper pre-trip includes crawling underneath to visually inspect the brakes and check the slack adjusters along with the in cab test. As I said earlier very few drivers actually do a proper pre-trip.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
It is not a crime period. It is a civil infraction without extreme factors DUI etc.
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That’s my point, it should be a crime. If I’m negligent with a firearm and it results in harm or death of another person I will be prosecuted, why not have the same standard for drivers?
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
Have you ever unintentionally run a red. I am not talking about playing on the phone or drinking or anything like that. Just not paying good enough attention and ran red light or stop sign?
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Yes. And if my negligence of not paying attention would have resulted in harm to another I should be prosecuted.
 
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VolStrom said:
I actually agree with you for a change. Granted, this guy probably made some errors in judgement, but if we charged people with crimes for being idiots, 75% of the population would be in prison.
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Or would stop acting like idiots?
 
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hog88 said:
A proper pre-trip includes crawling underneath to visually inspect the brakes and check the slack adjusters along with the in cab test. As I said earlier very few drivers actually do a proper pre-trip.
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What kind of slack adjusters do disc brakes have? Maybe this guy was driving an older truck that had drum brakes? Do your trucks have drum brakes?
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
We've got the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world and you think we need to add unintentional driving acts to the tally. Sorry, I think that is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen you post.
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Have to agree here on jail, but there should be some other long term punishment. Maybe weekend highway trash duty for life?
 
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VolStrom said:
What if the guy that owned the truck didn't know it was defective because the driver didn't know what he was doing? Should the owner then go to jail?
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If the driver never reported a problem and no problems were ever noted on the service inspections then no. If yes to either and they failed to fix it yes. I don’t know who the trucking company is but unless it’s a large fleet it will be sued out of existence.
 
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hog88 said:
That’s my point, it should be a crime. If I’m negligent with a firearm and it results in harm or death of another person I will be prosecuted, why not have the same standard for drivers?
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Not necessarily true. Young adult relative took a shotgun out of a gun safe in the bedroom. Somehow gun was loaded and discharged through the wall and killed friend sitting on a sofa in the next room. No one was prosecuted in this case. Home owners paid out the limit of the policy to the victim’s family- nothing else came of it. Sure surprised me
 
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walkenvol said:
Not necessarily true. Young adult relative took a shotgun out of a gun safe in the bedroom. Somehow gun was loaded and discharged through the wall and killed friend sitting on a sofa in the next room. No one was prosecuted in this case. Home owners paid out the limit of the policy to the victim’s family- nothing else came of it. Sure surprised me
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In my opinion, the right outcome. It is a tragedy.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
In my opinion, the right outcome. It is a tragedy.
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Not right outcome to me. The young adult handling the gun should have been sentenced to teaching a gun safety class one weekend a month for 30+ years. Anyone who touches a gun should know it’s always treated as if it were loaded with the safety off. He should have had the gun pointing straight up or down then no one would have been injured. Stupid stupid mistake and a family will suffer forever from the loss of their loved one. Walking away with no tangible sentence is unacceptable to me. While you can’t fix stupid as they say, you can apply applicable consequences to stupid actions when they result in injury or death to others. JMO
 
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Friend in high school was driving a 240Z willingly at a very high rate of speed to a rumble. Car left the road. Seat broke and sent his passenger friend out the back and killed him. He survived. After he was released from hospital, they had his trial. He got 5 years voluntary manslaughter, not murder. It was his best friend. He has had to carry that all these years over and above his sentence.

I'm sure this could have been argued other ways, but that was his conviction. Ironically, the friend had just got "speed up but don't kill us" out of his mouth, then they hit that one curve. It was known as deadman's curve for a reason.
 
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