Media grandstanding it again? 4 nissans damaged, costing,"hundreds of thousands of dollars"?
That is true IF HE would have lowered the top decks down , don't look like he had anything in the bottom so he could have had his decks all the way down ready to unload, It could be that amount since these are all complete loss's plus the bridge inspection and clean up of the roadway. That's why you use the GOAL system (get out and look)I would have thought a 14 ft. clearance would be enough to clear most any load.
Maybe this guy needs to retrain into another career. Driving requires some thinking & apparently he doesn't posses that skill.That is true IF HE would have lowered the top decks down , don't look like he had anything in the bottom so he could have had his decks all the way down ready to unload, It could be that amount since these are all complete loss's plus the bridge inspection and clean up of the roadway. That's why you use the GOAL system (get out and look)
And your last sentence says pretty much what many insurance companies now do... put part of the blame on you,maybe 30 percent,just because you were there, even though it was not your fault...... That just tells me that the insurance industry is all sleeping together too...just like oil,and the phone companies...I worked under a supervisor that was of the opinion that all accidents were preventable. That statement is true but it is not always preventable by the commercial driver. He can't prevent an adverse driver from going to sleep at the wheel or driving while distracted or driving while impaired.
I have known a few professional drivers that drove millions of miles with no accidents but some drivers were as good but were involved in accidents beyond their control. I was hit from the rear by a driver that was asleep. The only way I could have prevented that accident was to not have been there.
Well what do you know,its a small world Chucklotto I lived,in small rural village in Central New York all of my life.
As well as being a city driver for 45 years,driving in a 6 county radius of Rochester,NY.
I know most of New York State bridges are usually marked a foot shorter then the actual height.
Now this is what I've been told from a few sources, is the state does that to take in account for the winter when the frost raises the road surface.
I've never really looked into the actual reason,I don't know if Googling it would get to the truth,or not?