https://www.kwtx.com/2021/02/10/tex...er-death-of-young-girl-in-traffic-crash/

He is in a heap of trouble.

I know of more people who have been killed by texting drivers than by drinking drivers. GD

Fines for holding your phone in your hand as a CDL driver run as high as $2,750 for the driver AND $11,000 for the company........ and yet it still happens.

Nuts.

I drove the Big Rig for 8 years, including many trips to this area, I was on I 20 near Midland and Odessa.
Eight years ago it was made illegal for CDL drivers to text while driving, illegal to even hold a cell phone in the hand while driving. That is why I bought a $165 head set.
If you were caught, automatic $2500 fine and 6 points towards your license. One ticket like that and your driving career was in jepaordy.
In spite of that, and I was still driving two years ago, every day on the road I saw at least one driver sending text messages while driving the Big Rig.

This driver is really up the creek. His driving career is over. He will no doubt face felony charges, vehicular homicide etc. Texas doesn't play he will probably get several years jail time.

And then there is civil court. There is going to be a lawsuit and, I know from cases involved in the company I used to work for, they will collect at least $4 million. Maybe more.
Minimum mandatory insurance is $750,000. If this company only has the minimum, and the award is $4 million, they will then go after the assets of the driver.
I hope is doesn't have a valuable house that is all paid off because that will be lost in the civil suit. Also if he has a nice expensive paid off pickup, he can say bye bye to that.

So look at this driver, probably he is from out of town. He will be travelling back there to Kermit Texas for the next year, fighting the criminal charges, and he will shell out at least $50K in legal expenses. And he will still go to the Texas Pen for years.
The civil suit will happen while he is in jail, and his house and truck will go bye-bye. His wife will probably leave him or, if not, she will at least have a new boyfriend or two. He will be just about unemployable.
His life will be destroyed.

I have zero sympathy for this driver. He deserves everything he gets. What a tragedy. What a cute little girl. This story makes me sick.

Reverse those fines and see what happens.

You have to be a real professional and possess excellent intelligence to pull off texting and driving.PM me for details.

I see it all the time.... Once in a while they get caught, but not often - and certainly not often enough..

What a tragedy. One of our cars has Apple CarPlay, it and the equivalent Adroid system should be standard on automobiles as folks texting will continue.

I never understood the popularity of texting. If I want to talk to someone I know I just call them.

Texting. Talking. Listening to radio. fidgeting with AC or radio. Day dreaming. Being tired.

I've seen em all cause wrecks. I simply cannot say that one is worse than the other from what I"ve seen with fire and EMS

That said if you text constantly or read the faux book constantly that would be different. I"m not sure why people would be that stupid.

OTOH talking was what got me pulled over for speeding the other day. Had no clue how fast we were going or what the speed limit was. Wife and I were just in a deep conversation on the way to watch a rifle match.

and if this is one of those lock you out kind of things, no way in hell. Thats a horrible slope. If I'm wrong, then punish me correctly but certainly locking folks out will lead to all kinds of bad liberal uses. You know that.

Some people just don't get it. He will be made an example of, it will be big news but some just won't learn from it. He may end up with a boyfriend or two himself.

My Niece was killed by some bitch texting.

EXACTLY!!!!!

Same here.

How was the bitch punished?

Yep. Too much complacency. If it was my daughter, that guy would need a police escort to keep me from cramming that phone down his throat and out his ass sideways.

I've had to dodge being run over as a pedestrian so many times that I gave up keeping track, and nearly to a driver, they had their head in their phone. Should be self-defense to shoot a driver after I have to dive out of the way to keep from being hit by a driver staring at their lap or jabbering away.

Everyone is focused on how fuct the driver is.

Spend a moment thinking about the family of the little girl.

I text and drive all the time.

Last summer I damn near had a "texting trucker" put me in the ditch. After I cleaned the schidit out of my pants I passed him and he was [bleep] with his iPad as it rested on his steering wheel.

I've personally seen more than a few cops texting and driving on my old commute to work. One was the day after MN cracked down hard on it.

See it all the time on the road. Amazing stupidity.

It has its place, when you're in situations where talking is not possible, try talking on a Ph when you're on a location with multiple big diesel engines running 24-7 and you have to wear hearing protection, or you're in a meeting, theater, etc. If I'm driving I simply pull over and text for the simple reason I don't want to get in a voice conversation with someone who's going to run on and on.

Something is loose in your head.

There’s no fuggin excuse for texting and driving. Siri has a feature now that you can use to text via voice command.

Texting drivers nowadays probably kill as many folks as drunk drivers.
Asswipe should get a long jail sentence for vehicular manslaughter at the very least. He should be in jail, and loose his drivers license FOREVER.

Sure, the little girls family will probably get a big ole payday from the Trucking Company.
But it damn sure won’t bring her back.

When I was driving the Big Rig, about once every hour I would see somebody doing something really stupid. I 10 Texas, speed limit 70, a car in the left lane doing 55.
As I passed them in the right lane, I saw they were texting on the Iphone.

Somebody ahead swerving 3 feet across the lane divider. I could look in the window and see they were texting. It is easy to look into a car from up high in the big rig, and it is difficult to look into the big rig from a car..

Then, yes the next guy getting stupid I could see he was holding a 25 ounce Budweiser. But for every driving dumb ass I saw who I could tell was drunk, I saw 10 who were texting. The texting driver is just as dangerous as the drunk.
And 8 out of 10 texting drivers were female, between age of 20 and 45. These young females don't need a holster for their Iphone, they never let it out of their hand.

I can also switch zones and channels while doing 100mph.

And answer questions.

And sip water.

What do you do before you tell Siri to send that message?

Millennial males are just as bad. If you took away their IPhone, they couldn’t function.

You say send it. I don’t need to look at the fuggin screen. If it sends a fuqked up message, too bad. They’ll figure it out or call me. I don’t have time to read texts while driving. They’re not that damn important. If they are, they can call me.

You don't have time to text while driving but you use Siri to send texts while driving?

I said there was no excuse when you could use Siri instead. But every one knows you just post here just to argue and up your post count.

But please be careful while texting, drinking and driving on your little man bun scooter on your next beer run. Which is probably in about 5 minutes. 😜

My apologies for pointing out that you're full of schit.

Again.

He should be.

And rightly so!

I bet you never lose an argument. With yourself. 😜

I try and keep conversations within the confines of reality.

Yeah.

Because the DA said so.

LOL

There are way too many people driving big trucks that have no business driving big trucks.

Yep. Nowadays in a Truck stop, you see Wetbacks and Dothead Indians driving Big Rigs. You wonder how they ever passed the CDL Test. Half of them don’t even speak English.

Texas and Wisconsin in the same video! LOL

A couple of states had (have?) ride along programs where a cop will ride in the jump seat of a commercial truck, for the exact reason that it’s easy to look into a car. They are limited, because of the number of chase cars it takes to make the stops. The cop in the spotter truck can keep six or seven patrol cars hopping. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

What a great use of resources.

I agree with that one Flave. Poaching the truckers. Sounds like fun. And profitable too.

Gl

Me three. Its hard to get the message across cussing somebody out while texting.

As if we didnt know.

And dont expect us to believe they let you drive a rig with your history.

Uh, i wouldn't believe everything Col Travis says. Uh, or even most things.

arguing and upping post count is what I do, BOOMER

How's Q doing?

I'd wager the three of you add up to 210.

In both IQ, and age.

Another Flave Sockpuppet. Or is that a Suckpuppet ?

LOL

Where in that story did it say the truck driver was texting?
Ronnie

Yes that is a question I have. Article didn't say he was texting.

Thanks for stealing the fun.

A-Hole.

30 years sgo we had a Qualcomm unit, no cellphone.

I drove a lot of miles reading that thing.

Following directions,
looking at dispatches,
looking a communications from my boss,
typing in my responses.

Closest it ever came to a wreck, I was talking to another
driver on the radio while we were looking for a customer in the dark.
Turned into a side road and dropped the keypad through the spokes
of my steering wheel.

In the middle of the turn!

The damn cord tied the wheel and I couldn't straighten it.
Kinda sporty for a few seconds.

Not my brightest moment.


Gotta laugh at the trucker hate though.
Probably 10 deaths by texting in cars to every wreck in a truck.
But trucks are targeted.

Never understood the focus on trucks. Size does lead to
potential. Which was realized in this accident.
But mostly, it's only a vehicle or 2. A Prius is statistically
close to as dangerous.

Po-po is doing 100X's what a texting driver is doing at the same time.

Much like DUI thresholds, it's all bullschit.

I figure the guy if convicted should get one year to the day from conviction for manslaughter for his appeal to be complete. No delays of any kind. If the judge lets it go more than one day over a year he has to do the time with the convicted killer. If the killer loses the appeal he gets hung on the courthouse steps at high noon the following day. No 20 years on death row. As a retired policeman told me once, everyone should have one lawyer tag a year. Be Well, RZ.

Your welcome.

I’m guessing that since Jag resides in the Permian Basin area where this occurred, he’s seen other news stories on it that must’ve stated that the driver was texting when the accident occurred. Not hard for LEO to figure out, if they pulled the drivers cell phone records.

What would he be convicted of?

Trucks are targeted because trucks are where the money is. As I said, minimum insurance on a big truck is $750,000. Big companies have much, much more than that.
The little company I used to work for lost $4 million in a crash very like this one on I 40 in Nashville, one of our trucks piled into a backup and a 23 year old man burned to death in a pickup truck. Our driver was uninjured. He got 2 years in jail.
Lawyers are after the cash.

On the other hand, a big truck that gets stupid, weighing 79,000 pounds, can do a lot more damage than a Honda Accord at 4,000 pounds.

I have been diligently searching for any news report that states what the problem was with this driver. I have not found anything.
As someone said, the cops know. All drivers these days have cell phones and cops are expert at pulling those phone records.

Yes, there are some dumb ass truck drivers who like to drink while driving. This wreck happened at 5:00 pm. Unlikely the driver was drunk. Of course if he was the cops will be all over that.
More than likely he was texting.

Odds are he will get out of jail after two years in the Texas State Pen. There is a DA there in west Texas who has a bullseye on this driver who killed this innocent girl.
After all, that is his job.

After two years, he gets out of jail, he is broke, his house and pickup are confiscated, his wife is banging the next door neighbor, and he can't get a job.

And that is just what he deserves. There is no excuse, in broad daylight, for smashing in to some cars stopped on the highway. Unforgivable.
In fact, if this driver has the attitude of a Samurai, he would realize that he cannot live with this shame, and he would use the long sword to commit Hari Kari.

don't drive too fast for conditions

Well OK then.

My hat 🎩 is off with a big thank you for all our great professional truckers. They are indespendsible and unappreciated. However spend some time at a few truck stops. It’s scary what’s on the road driving a lot of the trucks. I’m sure a lot of them aren’t Americans. Scary, sad , just the facts. Thanks to all the professionals!

The wife and I travel this us of america on a pair of harley davidsons every year . I can not tell you how many times we see this phone distraction bull chit !!! I have had more than a few confrontations on the road or in a filling station lot. some heated , more not . people are the dumbest f - ing thing on this planet !!! I have heard all the reasons ( excuses ) for the situations , most just bull chit lies . these f-ing phones should not be able to work if you vehichle is in motion , and that is all there is to it ! What dose anyone have to say that is so important that putting anyones life in danger for is warrented ? but our beloved guberment dose nothing realistic , we all know that we are all just prey out and about just trying to live until it is your turn ! the sooner you accept it the better it will be for the people that get to make money off our azzes !

Most cars dont run over 5 cars.

Truck was not the problem however. Problem was, little girl dies because a driver was texting according to local TV news. Driving a big rig and texting may have made it worse, even if it werent your or Deflaves little girl.
Personally, i expect had it been deflaaves daughter he would still not blame the trucker. Sure and not.

Jaguar,

You are every bit as fugking stupid as Sycamore.

This is not a compliment.

That driver and his employer should be be held responsible civilly. It's an accident.

Georgia has the hands-free law, guess what ??? It's not enforced, because it's unenforcable.

See drivers all the time on their phones, eyes on their lap driving fast, It's a lot worse in ATL.

You’re all too familiar with all things SUCK living in TX with ElkSinuses. LOL

Drunks drive slower . . .

I do a lot of texting but I never drive faster than I can see

How's Que doing what?

Like Travis, DeFlave and Clarke?

Hahaha. Tff. Yes it was.

Thanks, Col. You make it worthwhile to get you going.

Proof some can connect the dots.

Typical loser’s response when they can’t win an argument with logic, truth, and facts.

Your being too generous Doc. With each of those three having a mental age of 3 and maybe an IQ of 30, they would only score a 99. 😜

Yeah you two are a cut above.

LOL