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Originally Posted by amosfella
If he came up on the sign too fast loaded, it's rather different than stopping an empty truck. I loaded truck can take 800-1200 feet to stop from highway speed. An empty truck less than half of that. Stopping a loaded truck is not as simple as stopping a car. Maybe you should try it sometime.
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From reconstruction of the accident, he was either speeding or never hit the brakes AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. He either choose not to stop (didn't think anyone would be coming) or he missed the stop sign altogether.
If the former, God have mercy - what a choice to live with for the rest of your life.
If the latter, he shouldn't be driving a truck at all, as being able to use your eyes is hardly a special requirement while driving on the road. It even has a blinking red light above it! You really had to be sleeping or willfully ignorant to miss it.