AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Basically you're saying he's inadequately trained. So it's the fault of the trainer and the company.
Truck driver sentenced to 110 years for accident.
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Basically you're saying he's inadequately trained. So it's the fault of the trainer and the company.
Unqualified to drive in the mountains.
Let's say you are driving YOUR car. And the brakes go out. Do you take the ramp SPECIFICALLY BUILT AT GREAT EXPENSE to save your life (and everybody elses), or do you go for a zany joyride as you descend from 8,000 feet?
(Yes, I'm aware Eagle Eye would take the Joyride)
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Unqualified to drive in the mountains.
Let's say you are driving YOUR car. And the brakes go out. Do you take the ramp SPECIFICALLY BUILT AT GREAT EXPENSE to save your life (and everybody elses), or do you go for a zany joyride as you descend from 8,000 feet?
(Yes, I'm aware Eagle Eye would take the Joyride)
Of course I would take the ramp. If there's no ramp and I'm driving a car, I would just get on the grass to slow it down.
Yeah. The grass. Not real sure how much 'grass' is alongside mountain roads.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ...
THAT'S NOT a fucking 'Mountain Road'.
Think sheer cliff on one side, ... and sheer drop off into canyon on the other.
Eagle_Eye
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You very well could be correct in all your observations.
THESE ... are 'mountain roads':
https://www.google.com/search?q=Dan...1lIkEHX-PCYYQ9QF6BAgJEAE#imgrc=C7A_tAcycfBDxM
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
LOL.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
This guy KNEW the brakes were not working properly.
He had stopped to see they were smoking ...but got back in the cab and kept driving anyway.
And knowingly drove a truck with defective brakes down a steep hill.
And most of you think he should only get 2 years in jail for killing 4 people.
How many people would this guy had to have killed before you ignoramuses would agree to give this person hard time?
10?
20?
40?
80?
Just give us a number?
He had stopped to see they were smoking ...but got back in the cab and kept driving anyway.
And knowingly drove a truck with defective brakes down a steep hill.
And most of you think he should only get 2 years in jail for killing 4 people.
How many people would this guy had to have killed before you ignoramuses would agree to give this person hard time?
10?
20?
40?
80?
Just give us a number?
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
So you think it's intentional homicide?
.
A few weeks ago JPP folks were all upset about a couple deaths caused by Kyle in Wisconsin ... and now you've got a perp that murdered four people in Colorado and you want him let go ... with time served. NOT ONE OF YOU KYLE HATERS EVER SUGGESTED LETTING KYLE OFF WITH TIME SERVED ... but now it's OK because hojo was against Kyle ...
THE MAGIC OF HYPOCRISY
A few weeks ago JPP folks were all upset about a couple deaths caused by Kyle in Wisconsin ... and now you've got a perp that murdered four people in Colorado and you want him let go ... with time served. NOT ONE OF YOU KYLE HATERS EVER SUGGESTED LETTING KYLE OFF WITH TIME SERVED ... but now it's OK because hojo was against Kyle ...
THE MAGIC OF HYPOCRISY
I would think:
Vehicular Manslaughter with Gross Negligence
'and the maximum felony sentence is six (6) years in state prison'
https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/penal-code/192c/
(assuming that is max 6 years per person killed)
Anyone that has driven a tractor-trailer (like me) knows that brakes are absolutely critical...far more so than on a car/SUV.
And this guy KNEW that his brakes were not working properly.
Yet he knowingly drove down a steep hill with lots of traffic around.
To me?
This is CLEARLY, gross negligence.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
The question has not been answered. Why miss the runaway ramp that is clearly marked?
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Just more proof you have taken leave of your senses by acting like an overwrought teenager instead of a septuagenarian American male.
The situations are different due to intent. The driver was just driving, not waving a weapon around while speeding.
The fact you are so emotionally attached to this issue is interesting. Did you lose someone in a car crash? Are you guilty of vehicular homicide yourself or a witness?
What attachment do you have to this subject that have caused you such dramatic grief???
The ramp to me is secondary.
If he had - once he saw his brakes were in rough shape/smoking - stopped driving and at least waited until they cooled down (heat dissipation can - sometimes - greatly improve brake performance)?
He probably would not have been in the situation of needing the ramp in the first place.
My main problem is that he actually got out of his cab and saw that his brakes were smoking.
Yet got back in the cab and drove down a steep hill anyway?
This proves that he KNEW that his brakes were marginal at best.
Yet he knowingly took a huge risk, nonetheless.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
What's the difference between him and an ill-trained idiot working for minimum wage?
Should the company who hired him bear any responsibility? What about maintenance? What about a company policy that docks pay if drivers are late?
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