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Imagine being crushed by a 350k pound load while out driving. Holy moly Batman!

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Or perhaps because the owners of the transport company may have refused to listen to safety concerns from employees because it would require expensive upgrades and additional personnel that they didn't want to pay for.

In either case, I am sure this will be a "No one could have predicted this" situation, the driver of the truck takes all the blame, and nothing changes regarding company policy or safety regulations.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The company can only get away with this sort of thing if there isn't adequate oversight. The root cause is political. If that indeed had anything to do with it, which is speculation at this point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yep. No matter the cause, I expect the responsible parties to face zero meaningful consequences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

And they wonder why we’re so fucking jaded 😂😂 but for real. Justice doesn’t exist anymore.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

While this is probably what will happen because Texas, there was a really horrible limousine crash in New York and it basically destroyed the stretch limo industry

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing the people involved in the limo crash that changed things where not poor normal people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Yeah, and it shocked a lot of the rich folks to learn they'd die horribly if they were in an accident so they took action

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Man I hope not. The owner or the truck or trucking company, or whoever was paid to transport the load, should be held liable. They paid the driver, subcontracted to an independent contractor and are therefore responsible for the performance. They could sue the driver/sub if they felt they misperformed by insurance should eat that trucking company alive for this.