Posted on Dec 21, 2021
Colorado Boycott Gains Power As More Truckers Join The Fight - Daily Pol
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Aguilera Mederos testified that the brakes on his semitrailer failed before he crashed into vehicles that had slowed down due to another wreck in the Denver suburb of Lakewood.
Prosecutors argued he could have used one of several runaway ramps as his truck barreled down from the mountains. The chain-reaction wreck ruptured gas tanks, causing flames that consumed several vehicles and melted parts of the highway just after it descends from the mountains west of Denver.
“There are many things Rogel could have done to avoid the courts, but he took responsibility showed up, and severely apologized to the victim’s families. Some of the families even offered Forgiveness. Rogel is not a criminal, the company he was working for knew the federal laws that go into truck driving but they failed to follow those laws. Rogel has said several times that he wishes he had the courage to crash and take his own life that day, this tragic accident wasn’t done with Intent, it wasn’t a criminal act, it was an accident. Since he has been sentenced, I have changed this to granting Rogel clemency or commutation-as time served.”
Prosecutors argued he could have used one of several runaway ramps as his truck barreled down from the mountains. The chain-reaction wreck ruptured gas tanks, causing flames that consumed several vehicles and melted parts of the highway just after it descends from the mountains west of Denver.
“There are many things Rogel could have done to avoid the courts, but he took responsibility showed up, and severely apologized to the victim’s families. Some of the families even offered Forgiveness. Rogel is not a criminal, the company he was working for knew the federal laws that go into truck driving but they failed to follow those laws. Rogel has said several times that he wishes he had the courage to crash and take his own life that day, this tragic accident wasn’t done with Intent, it wasn’t a criminal act, it was an accident. Since he has been sentenced, I have changed this to granting Rogel clemency or commutation-as time served.”
Colorado Boycott Gains Power As More Truckers Join The Fight - Daily Pol
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Yup, it sure sucks. I didn't follow the trial and don't know all the facts of the case, but to me it comes down on whether or not he was negligent.
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I don't know all the facts in this case. I do know, as a young trucker, early in my short career in truck driving, I learned a very important lesson.
Heading home with a full possum belly trailer of horses, I had tonegoriate Black Mt. NC. I thought I had selected a low enough gear for the descent, but I was mistaken. Horses have a very high center of gravity, they like to lean. My brakes were smoking badly as I was coming down. I decided if I couldn't stop the truck prior to the escape ramp, I would take the ramp. Thankfully, I got stopped at the ramp, I pulled up beyond it and sat for 45 minutes to cool the brakes. 2 other truckers joined me at the ramp for the same overheated brake problem.
Lesson learned, I didn't panic.
Heading home with a full possum belly trailer of horses, I had tonegoriate Black Mt. NC. I thought I had selected a low enough gear for the descent, but I was mistaken. Horses have a very high center of gravity, they like to lean. My brakes were smoking badly as I was coming down. I decided if I couldn't stop the truck prior to the escape ramp, I would take the ramp. Thankfully, I got stopped at the ramp, I pulled up beyond it and sat for 45 minutes to cool the brakes. 2 other truckers joined me at the ramp for the same overheated brake problem.
Lesson learned, I didn't panic.
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