Posted on 10/11/2024 1:05:31 PM PDT by Red Badger
I'll play the devils advocate. At first I thought the accident happened because of a meth head. As it turns out the accident happened with a young inexperienced driver at the wheel. Did the front seat passenger/owner tell the youngster to pass the truck going into town so they didn't have wait when exiting the town?
As a sub-adult, she could plead “first offense”, and get her wrist slapped.
A lawyer would only have drained their savings.
What struck me is that she really accepted responsibility. OK, legally unwise, but this seems so rare nowadays when people “misspeak,” “cause discomfort to another,” etc.
And she just said, wow, I didn’t realize I did that, but I did that.
We don’t have enough information to make a determination IMO. It sounds like there is shared responsibility.
She needs to have files charged for the deaths of those five people.
Avoiding crashing is instinctive;it takes serious training to overcome instinctive behaviors.
And there are plenty truck drivers withinimal training even Hazmat haulers. I have questioned tanker drivers who had no idea what was in the tank;they just handed the BOL to me. Scary.
That girl and millions more might well be imitating her parents driving. Every day I see older drivers committing violations of law and common sense.
More of serious common sense to always be correct in your lane and look to minimize damage as in the event posted.
*As a positive, I did run two different wrong way drivers off the interstate without making contact with a method I thought up.
Really? How?
Seems like there are several people here who have made no errors while driving.
Slow to 30 mph so be able to safely change lanes if needed.
Continually flash high beams on/off.
That guy had been wrong way for about forty miles and came out of Louisiana and the CB made everyone aware.
Second time was quick as I was first truck/vehicle as someone entered interstate from exit ramp and I had a lot of trucks half mile behind me.
*Did same a third time coming home on a Super Bowl Sunday with kids my car, but slowed to 20 mph if needed to jump a curb.
There are indeed. Working in stores, offices, hospitals and everyone of them has that damn phone in their face.
Swear to God I was in a supermarket checkout line and this hairbun wearing kid is playing with one of those things while I’m trying to get out of the place.
Wow! Awesome response to a most difficult situation.
1) He spun out in the median, got back on the interstate going E in the west bound lanes back towards Louisiana. I then spent a while on the CB notifying W bound traffic and hoping the DPS or a sheriff deputy hears the call.
2). He spun out in the median in a Big cloud of dirt as the other traffic approached…he may have rolled. Did not hear of the TXDPS looking for me, so continued my trip.
3). He jumped the curb of the divided roadway and hauled ass in his correct lane of travel.
Which is probably why I "drive like a old granny" (according to the cubs) at this point.
I have to admit this leaves me torn. On one hand, five dead people. On the other, no intent just normal human stupidity.
And a complete lack of understanding of how long it takes for a big rig to stop. Maybe they should add that to the driving classes. I see cars darting around big trucks all the time and the drivers seem oblivious to how close they are to causing a major tragedy.
Five people dead because you were stupid. How do you live with that?
Thank you!
IDK. It was a horrible tragedy all around.
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