Truck driver sentenced to 110 years for accident.

Should the Colorado governor commute the sentence of truck driver that lost his brake

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Eagle_Eye said:
He was 23 at the time a relatively new CDL driver and had never driven in the mountains before. All his experience was driving in Texas. I blame the company he drove for not him.
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I think the age and inexperience definitely contributed to the tragedy....
I agree he should not have been driving in that situation....100%...
 
Damocles said:
What I do know is that millions of trucking miles have passed and each trucker in that situation used the runaway truck ramps as they are trained to do. Do I think he deserves 110.years? Probably not. Do I think k he should spend time in prison for negligently killing multiple people? Absolutely.
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You and I are on the same page regarding this matter. Thanks!
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Good, glad they threw that out.

He tried to sue in a CIVIL case? Why didn't he call the police? I bet it was because he instigated it and threw the first punch, and everything after that was self defense.
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There was a criminal case before the civil one but the big guy got a slap on the wrist because the little guy was the instigator. He and his family were hoping for a pay out for damages. That failed him too. When people can't figure out when to leave well enough alone they pay a heavy price. The little guy sure did
 
I didn't see where he stopped and saw his brakes smoking. He shouldn't have gone any farther much less down hill until they cooled and were working properly. That's negligence.
 
Geeko Sportivo said:
Truck Drivers are going to want to see him in jail for murder- because he violated the law by not taking the ramp- AND IT CAUSED LIVES TO BE LOST!

And every truck driver knows not to use his/her breaks in the mountains and they know why not to use them. This was drilled into them while training.
You have to use your tach in the mountains and keep the RPM's down so that you can use your trans to regulate your speed- AS YOU KNOW but I thought I'd throw that out there for everyone else's appreciation.

So yes, the Truck Drivers have a strict safety code- and he violated it- and they will want the book thrown at him.

I drove trucks also but very late in my career. So, I really don't have much sympathy for this guy either!

Let's just say, he better be glad I am not the judge or on the jury - in his case!
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Hear hear.

I had not thought of it that way.

If this guy gets only 2 years for killing 4 people?
When he KNEW his brakes were suspect and he (like you said) did not even try to use the ramp?

Reasonable people will see the outcome and think badly of truckers because of it.
Like they 'get away with murder...literally'.

As you and I both know.
Truck drivers this inept and irresponsible are extremely rare on US roads.
 
Sirthinksalot said:
Shortened to 2 years for recklessly causing the death of 4 people?
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I think there are two things to remember here.

The first is he had no malice toward anyone. The second is that he was on the road because others screwed up. His company needs to pay for this and the DMV employee who gave him his license broke the law and needs to pay too.
 
Eagle_Eye said:
He was 23 at the time a relatively new CDL driver and had never driven in the mountains before. All his experience was driving in Texas. I blame the company he drove for not him.
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Oh, he's definitely to blame. Those ramps are for brake failures. He had a failure and knew it.
 
RB 60 said:
Oh, he's definitely to blame. Those ramps are for brake failures. He had a failure and knew it.
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Not necessarily. He'd only been through there twice. It's one thing to know that brakes fade, it's another thing to experience it. He made mistakes and deserves time for it but 110 years?
 
Guille said:
Not necessarily. He'd only been through there twice. It's one thing to know that brakes fade, it's another thing to experience it. He made mistakes and deserves time for it but 110 years?
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No, not 110 years. At least 2yrs. for each person he injured and/or killed.
As I said, if he stopped and saw his brakes were smoking, he was negligent if he continued.

What was he hauling? Was it a van, flat, drop deck? Loaded? How heavy? Lots of questions...
 
RB 60 said:
No, not 110 years. At least 2yrs. for each person he injured and/or killed.
As I said, if he stopped and saw his brakes were smoking, he was negligent if he continued.

What was he hauling? Was it a van, flat, drop deck? Loaded? How heavy? Lots of questions...
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He wasn't heavy haul but it doesn't matter. Just my opinion but inexperience and poor training caused this accident. It's easy to say he should have known some things but he's basically meat in the seat, if anyone needs 110 years it's people in his company who put him on the road and the DMV employee who gave a CDL to someone who can't speak English.
 
Guille said:
He wasn't heavy haul but it doesn't matter. Just my opinion but inexperience and poor training caused this accident. It's easy to say he should have known some things but he's basically meat in the seat, if anyone needs 110 years it's people in his company who put him on the road and the DMV employee who gave a CDL to someone who can't speak English.
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Golly....
 
Guille said:
He wasn't heavy haul but it doesn't matter. Just my opinion but inexperience and poor training caused this accident. It's easy to say he should have known some things but he's basically meat in the seat, if anyone needs 110 years it's people in his company who put him on the road and the DMV employee who gave a CDL to someone who can't speak English.
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I was brought up that one must take responsibility for their own actions. It's the liberal ideology that blames others for their own actions. He was in the driver's seat, he made the wrong decision to pass up the runoff ramp when his brakes failed and it cost innocent victims their lives. Of course, that's just my opinion.
 
RB 60 said:
I was brought up that one must take responsibility for their own actions. It's the liberal ideology that blames others for their own actions. He was in the driver's seat, he made the wrong decision to pass up the runoff ramp when his brakes failed and it cost innocent victims their lives. Of course, that's just my opinion.
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If you steal a 5 cent candy from the local store should you get your hand chopped off? He deserves time but 110 years? No.
 
Guille said:
If you steal a 5 cent candy from the local store should you get your hand chopped off? He deserves time but 110 years? No.
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I said 2 yrs for each injury/death. That doesn't equal 110 years unless he killed/injured 55 people!
 
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