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packman

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16. Thanks for clarifying - and I think it is inappropriate

Reply to localroger (Reply #15)

Mon Dec 20, 2021, 01:26 PM

Dec 2021

I lived in the D.C. area a while back and two young girls in a convertible were cooked to death when an asphalt truck with faulty brakes came down a hill, hit their car and covered it with hot tar.

D.C. was notorious for shitty trucks. If they got problems with Maryland, they went to Virginia for inspections, if Virginia gave them problems they drove their trucks in D.C.

story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/12/31/md-traffic-death-suit-is-settled/40c2852a-0ad3-4d32-b8ff-bec3f7b5a510/

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Trucker's Prison Sentence Sparks A Trucker Boycott Of Colorado [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 OP

this is just outrageous. mopinko Dec 2021 #1

Mandatory sentences are the worst. They should all be struct down. dem4decades Dec 2021 #2

100% agreed! ShazzieB Dec 2021 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Dec 2021 #13

The comments to the linked article are interesting-- some for, some against. Hoyt Dec 2021 #3

If only he'd been a drunk, rich, white boy, driving in Texas on a restricted driver's license sl8 Dec 2021 #4

This.. mountain grammy Dec 2021 #5

what kind of brake failure? soryang Dec 2021 #6

Back when i had my CDL gay texan Dec 2021 #7

A pad failure is usually predictable upon inspection soryang Dec 2021 #8

Thank you for the information. 2Gingersnaps Dec 2021 #10

I mistakenly referred to hydraulic brakes soryang Dec 2021 #21

Seems like justice here is misdirected packman Dec 2021 #9

The driver is responsible up to a point localroger Dec 2021 #15

Thanks for clarifying - and I think it is inappropriate packman Dec 2021 #16

To a degree, yes. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #18

Employer should get the same sentence Democrats_win Dec 2021 #12

Brake fade, overheating, I have personal experience sanatanadharma Dec 2021 #14

Yes, using or riding your brakes for a long distance is a no-no. KS Toronado Dec 2021 #19

From the linked article.... KS Toronado Dec 2021 #17

"The comments from the DA in the Colorado trucker case ... sound so out of touch to me." mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #20