Posted on 11/03/2017 4:12:29 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
were there no “construction zone” with reduced speeds posted?
I believe it was at night and The signs wer not visible. Very tragic accident.
This is a reminder that small passenger cars are at a supreme disadvantage vs. large construction trucks!
Will be interesting to see what the *final* payment ends up being. This is an area of the tort system that is fraught with inequities. The plaintiff ( Med student’s family ) can have a great lawyer and a well disposed jury. The defendants depend upon their insurance lawyers for the presentation of their case.
Frequently, the appeals process, based upon case law rather than a likely emotional proffer to the jury, reduce the awards and set retrials on more restrictive grounds. Not knowing anything other than what I read here, I give prayers for all involved. I do also say, even with all that I said above, this is a far better system of handling such grievous circumstances that you will find in most parts of the world.
What? Are they sure about that? I say BS regarding the distance. .
Uh, how did they protect your client?
Junior should have stayed in Dominica.
You can have signs, flagmen, state troopers, etc, etc, etc out on a construction site and people will still fly through it.
Signs are reflective, and there are illuminated traffic advisor signs.
If you like this verdict, you are going to hate your next insurance bill.
“What? Are they sure about that? I say BS regarding the distance. .”
Most assuredly pure BS.
A Mitsubishi anything hitting a rig is akin to a fly hitting your cars windshield.
Your car never even notices.
Yeah I say the same thing. A 2100 pound car doesn’t have enough mass to push a 80,000+ pound truck a quarter mile
“were there no construction zone with reduced speeds posted?”
Perhaps, reduced speed might have helped, but this guyed blocked the entire interstate.
“Calero blocked all of the highways lanes as Astaphan and other drivers approached.”
“were there no construction zone with reduced speeds posted?”
Surely you jest.
Construction zone signage and reduced speeds mean one thing to the average driver: go faster so I don’t get caught in a back up.
No consideration for safety whatsoever.
From what I see in that pic is a possibility of a unsecure load.
If those k-rails were properly secured, a car hitting the trailer shouldn’t have dislodged them.
“he impact propelled Astaphan’s 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer and the truck about a quarter-mile down the highway
What? Are they sure about that? I say BS regarding the distance. . “
2nd that. He must have been going about 300 moh.
So much for defensive driving.
“Juan Calero, the driver of the tractor-trailer “
Semi Drivers’ must have great incomes if he is able to pay this? ;^}
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