I feel for the man who was killed (and his family as well)...but they should
NOT hold the him responsible for something that was left in the road. They
have signs up in FL (and most other states) telling you that it's illegal to
litter...yet, people still do it.
So this driver is going to be punished for someone else's junk?!?
They use "Science" to track down a killer with just a piece of hair,
clothing, a shoe print, or the make/model of a bullet (and find the gun it
came from) so the law should apply the same to the angle iron that was
laying in the road. (I'll bet ya it was from a state road workers truck
though)...and if it was, they'd get off totally free...not put in jail.
(Don't ya love our system?)
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Man killed in Ft. Worth
Hey gang, I apologize for this post being kind of gruesome. I heard on the
radio this morning that a man was killed in Ft. Worth on loop 820. A truck
in front of him ran over a piece of angle iron in the road, it flew into the
air, went through his windshield, and killed him. The police are holding
the truck driver liable for the man's death.
I feel sorry for the man that was killed (and his family). I think the law
says you are responsible for avoiding road debris, and that's why the truck
driver is being held responsible. But geez, I drive a lot in Dallas/Ft.
Worth and I see all kinds of stuff on the roads all the time. Traffic moves
so fast and is so dense here, 5 people may run over the same piece of junk
in the road before anyone even notices it.
I'm no lawyer, so I'm wondering what I would do if I were the truck driver
being held liable. Don Mallet... anyone else... thoughts/ideas?
Brett Forehand
'94 Dakota CC Sport
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