Speeding trucker who murdered 4 charged with manslaughter - Company says UNFAIR

Savant wrote:
> Now, this is a case where I can stand behind charging this trucker with
> manslaughter. Even at normal highway speeds, it is VERY hard to control
> a oil truck, especially when changing lanes, and it becomes DOUBLY hard
> when you are speeding.
>
> This is a case where this man should be HARSHLY punished, as an example
> to all the other truckers who speed with loads like this that have a
> tendancy to shift, even at slow and normal highway speeds, and cause
> accidents.
>
> It also goes against him that he was apparently driving VERY
> aggressively, something that truckers are specifically taught NOT to
> do, because they are the biggest things on the road, and therefore are
> MUCH more powerful than any SUV, truck or regular or compact car.

I can't disagree with your assessment on the propriety of these
criminal charges... but I think you might want to consider refraining
from adding unnecessary details about the handling characteristics of
trucks and/or the education of truck drivers, subjects with which you
appear to be unfamiliar.

I think most truck drivers operate in an unsafe manner for the same
reasons 4-wheelers do; they don't know any better and/or they think
their skills are sufficient to always prevent a collision and/or they
think they can always accurately predict the future and/or they think
"it will never happen to them"... based on their experience that
they've always gotten away with it in the past.

Sadly, the vast majority of both groups seem to always ignore the clues
that about 100 people/day don't get away with it.

Manslaughter charges against a truck driver have no effect on truck
drivers who aren't already aware that driving a truck is a dangerous
endeavor and that they are subject to further civil litigation, even in
the event of a crash deemed to be the fault of the other driver.

Figger that out.
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- gpsman