Sloth Kills Two More

People in corvettes are imvariably speed criminals and deserve to die.
Just a matter of time till this vette owner put a family in the morgue.

'Spose if the Vette hadn't been driving in the very dangerous right lane, he
might not have had any problem with the moron trucker?

DPH

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 20:34:01 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:

>Looks like some merge-impaired MFFY Trucker managed to kill two people
>in a brand new Corvette.
>
>http://www.wral.com/news/4023709/detail.html
>
>Two Killed In Apparent Hit-And-Run On I-95
>
>POSTED: 4:37 pm EST December 24, 2004
>UPDATED: 9:07 pm EST December 24, 2004
>
>ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Authorities are investigating a fatal hit-and-run
>that happened on Interstate 95 between Wilson and Rocky Mount on
>Friday afternoon.
>
>Two people were killed in the wreck that happened at 12:54 p.m. at
>mile marker 138 on the southbound side of I-95, just outside Rocky
>Mount.
>
>State Highway Patrol troopers later stopped a red cab tractor trailer
>with flames painted on it with a Georgia license tag of C139436. After
>the wreck, the truck exited at mile marker 135 and was later stopped
>by authorities in Johnston County on Highway 301 in Four Oaks.
>
>Authorities have not released the names of the victims in the wreck.
>The driver of the truck is being questioned by authorities.
>
>According to the Highway Patrol, the wreck happened when an 18-wheeler
>was trying to merge and caused a Corvette to lose control. The
>Corvette had difficulty stopping and ended up hitting a pillar on a
>bridge.
>
>Two people, a man and a woman, were in the Corvette and both died. The
>Corvette had Virginia plates. The road was littered with debris and
>Christmas presents that were in the car.

'Spose if the Vette hadn't been driving in the very dangerous right lane, he
might not have had any problem with the moron trucker?

DPH

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 20:34:01 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:

>Looks like some merge-impaired MFFY Trucker managed to kill two people
>in a brand new Corvette.
>
>http://www.wral.com/news/4023709/detail.html
>
>Two Killed In Apparent Hit-And-Run On I-95
>
>POSTED: 4:37 pm EST December 24, 2004
>UPDATED: 9:07 pm EST December 24, 2004
>
>ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Authorities are investigating a fatal hit-and-run
>that happened on Interstate 95 between Wilson and Rocky Mount on
>Friday afternoon.
>
>Two people were killed in the wreck that happened at 12:54 p.m. at
>mile marker 138 on the southbound side of I-95, just outside Rocky
>Mount.
>
>State Highway Patrol troopers later stopped a red cab tractor trailer
>with flames painted on it with a Georgia license tag of C139436. After
>the wreck, the truck exited at mile marker 135 and was later stopped
>by authorities in Johnston County on Highway 301 in Four Oaks.
>
>Authorities have not released the names of the victims in the wreck.
>The driver of the truck is being questioned by authorities.
>
>According to the Highway Patrol, the wreck happened when an 18-wheeler
>was trying to merge and caused a Corvette to lose control. The
>Corvette had difficulty stopping and ended up hitting a pillar on a
>bridge.
>
>Two people, a man and a woman, were in the Corvette and both died. The
>Corvette had Virginia plates. The road was littered with debris and
>Christmas presents that were in the car.

"Laura Bush murdered her boy friend" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> People in corvettes are imvariably speed criminals and deserve to die.
> Just a matter of time till this vette owner put a family in the morgue.
>

He could have only done that to his family...one at a time.

"Laura Bush murdered her boy friend" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> People in corvettes are imvariably speed criminals and deserve to die.
> Just a matter of time till this vette owner put a family in the morgue.
>

He could have only done that to his family...one at a time.

Have had on-line conversations with truckers who claim that despite all the
mirrors its really tough to see things around and especially beside trucks.
They also say there's no room in a cab for a camera display for an electronic
rear-view mirror, that you couldn't keep the camera aimed properly, that you
can't keep it clean enough to work, etc.

So, when's someone going to invent something that solves all these problems so
trucks can quit using the ineffective mirrors and start using 21st century
technology to make their presence not to be the menace it currently is?

DPH

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 08:23:13 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 20:34:01 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:
>
>>Looks like some merge-impaired MFFY Trucker managed to kill two people
>>in a brand new Corvette.
>>
>>http://www.wral.com/news/4023709/detail.html
>
>Here's more on this story. Apparently the Trucker made a sudden lane
>change to get to an EXIT ramp, running the Corvette off the road.
>
>http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/hp...nterstate.html
>
>Accident takes lives of Va. couple
>
>By George A. Chidi, Rocky Mount Telegram
>
>Saturday, December 25, 2004
>
>Ten days from retirement, a deputy U.S. Marshal and his wife died on
>Christmas Eve in an accident on Interstate 95 between Wilson and Rocky
>Mount, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.
>
>Delin Earl Wood Pearson, 50, died driving the new Corvette he bought
>as a retirement gift for himself, authorities said. His wife Janet
>Pearson, 47, died with him in the accident.
>
>"It's a shock to our office. We are very much a family organization,
>and the office is relatively small in Richmond," said John F. Clark,
>U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia. "His last official
>day would have been January 3. We just had his retirement luncheon
>last week."
>
>The couple was heading south from their home in Richmond, Va., to his
>mother's house for Christmas, when an 18-wheeler tried to merge to an
>exit lane, said N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Schaberg.
>
>The truck caused Pearson to lose control and hit a pillar on a bridge,
>he said.
>
>The Corvette fell about 30 feet as it lost control, landing upside
>down. Debris and Christmas presents from the car littered the road,
>Schaberg said.
>
>"As long as we've known Delin, he's had a Corvette, but he had a used
>one until now," Clark said. "He was a Corvette aficionado."
>
>Highway patrol officers took truck driver Roy Lee Jones Jr., 38, of
>Hinesville, Ga., into custody after the accident.
>
>Charges were changed Saturday from misdemeanors to two counts of
>involuntary manslaughter in the wreck, Schaberg said.
>
>"We have key witnesses now that say that they believe he was trying to
>elude arrest after the accident," Schaberg said.

Have had on-line conversations with truckers who claim that despite all the
mirrors its really tough to see things around and especially beside trucks.
They also say there's no room in a cab for a camera display for an electronic
rear-view mirror, that you couldn't keep the camera aimed properly, that you
can't keep it clean enough to work, etc.

So, when's someone going to invent something that solves all these problems so
trucks can quit using the ineffective mirrors and start using 21st century
technology to make their presence not to be the menace it currently is?

DPH

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 08:23:13 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 20:34:01 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:
>
>>Looks like some merge-impaired MFFY Trucker managed to kill two people
>>in a brand new Corvette.
>>
>>http://www.wral.com/news/4023709/detail.html
>
>Here's more on this story. Apparently the Trucker made a sudden lane
>change to get to an EXIT ramp, running the Corvette off the road.
>
>http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/hp...nterstate.html
>
>Accident takes lives of Va. couple
>
>By George A. Chidi, Rocky Mount Telegram
>
>Saturday, December 25, 2004
>
>Ten days from retirement, a deputy U.S. Marshal and his wife died on
>Christmas Eve in an accident on Interstate 95 between Wilson and Rocky
>Mount, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.
>
>Delin Earl Wood Pearson, 50, died driving the new Corvette he bought
>as a retirement gift for himself, authorities said. His wife Janet
>Pearson, 47, died with him in the accident.
>
>"It's a shock to our office. We are very much a family organization,
>and the office is relatively small in Richmond," said John F. Clark,
>U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia. "His last official
>day would have been January 3. We just had his retirement luncheon
>last week."
>
>The couple was heading south from their home in Richmond, Va., to his
>mother's house for Christmas, when an 18-wheeler tried to merge to an
>exit lane, said N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Schaberg.
>
>The truck caused Pearson to lose control and hit a pillar on a bridge,
>he said.
>
>The Corvette fell about 30 feet as it lost control, landing upside
>down. Debris and Christmas presents from the car littered the road,
>Schaberg said.
>
>"As long as we've known Delin, he's had a Corvette, but he had a used
>one until now," Clark said. "He was a Corvette aficionado."
>
>Highway patrol officers took truck driver Roy Lee Jones Jr., 38, of
>Hinesville, Ga., into custody after the accident.
>
>Charges were changed Saturday from misdemeanors to two counts of
>involuntary manslaughter in the wreck, Schaberg said.
>
>"We have key witnesses now that say that they believe he was trying to
>elude arrest after the accident," Schaberg said.

Dave Head wrote:
> Have had on-line conversations with truckers who claim that despite all the
> mirrors its really tough to see things around and especially beside trucks.
> They also say there's no room in a cab for a camera display for an electronic
> rear-view mirror, that you couldn't keep the camera aimed properly, that you
> can't keep it clean enough to work, etc.
>
> So, when's someone going to invent something that solves all these problems so
> trucks can quit using the ineffective mirrors and start using 21st century
> technology to make their presence not to be the menace it currently is?

It doesn't take any super technology. School bus drivers solved this problem
years ago by putting a chrome ball out in front of the bus, sort of like a
hood ornament, where even a child squatting there can be seen by reflection.
Just attach one of these to each side door of the truck cab, near the mirror.
Problem solved. (Provided the trucker takes the time to look at it.)

Dave Head wrote:
> Have had on-line conversations with truckers who claim that despite all the
> mirrors its really tough to see things around and especially beside trucks.
> They also say there's no room in a cab for a camera display for an electronic
> rear-view mirror, that you couldn't keep the camera aimed properly, that you
> can't keep it clean enough to work, etc.
>
> So, when's someone going to invent something that solves all these problems so
> trucks can quit using the ineffective mirrors and start using 21st century
> technology to make their presence not to be the menace it currently is?

It doesn't take any super technology. School bus drivers solved this problem
years ago by putting a chrome ball out in front of the bus, sort of like a
hood ornament, where even a child squatting there can be seen by reflection.
Just attach one of these to each side door of the truck cab, near the mirror.
Problem solved. (Provided the trucker takes the time to look at it.)

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:57:36 -0800, John David Galt
> wrote:

>Dave Head wrote:
>> Have had on-line conversations with truckers who claim that despite all the
>> mirrors its really tough to see things around and especially beside trucks.
>> They also say there's no room in a cab for a camera display for an electronic
>> rear-view mirror, that you couldn't keep the camera aimed properly, that you
>> can't keep it clean enough to work, etc.
>>
>> So, when's someone going to invent something that solves all these problems so
>> trucks can quit using the ineffective mirrors and start using 21st century
>> technology to make their presence not to be the menace it currently is?
>
>It doesn't take any super technology. School bus drivers solved this problem
>years ago by putting a chrome ball out in front of the bus, sort of like a
>hood ornament, where even a child squatting there can be seen by reflection.
>Just attach one of these to each side door of the truck cab, near the mirror.
>Problem solved. (Provided the trucker takes the time to look at it.)

Yet, a trucker here who said he tried very hard not to do it,would still scare
hell out of someone about once a week. He said he had mirrors all over the
place. A chrome ball in front of a truck will keep the trucker from running
over little kids directly below the front of the truck, but they don't help all
that much when trying to see an MG-B that is 30 feet behind the cab, alonside
the trailer. NO, the problem hasn't been solved.

DPH