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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1509306" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>As a long-term former RTD who worked a lot of nights, the first thing that comes to mind is fatigue. But the jury specifically mentioned driver training in their award, and this leads to more than just fatigue. Perhaps the Ground driver had lousy training or had run too many hours. The victim pickup truck was on the shoulder, legally off the roadway, and the Ground semi hit it full blast at 65 mph with no sign of braking.</p><p></p><p>I have met quite a few Ground long-haul drivers, and they aren't the cream of the crop. As I have said many times before, you get what you pay for, and they are generally bottom of the barrel rejects who got canned somewhere else or are fresh out of driving school.</p><p></p><p>Anyone who drives big rigs will tell you that most schools are a joke and teach only basics. In fact, the FedEx 3 week course was fairly decent, but they still had plenty of people who "passed" that couldn't shift, couldn't back-up, and really couldn't handle the truck.</p><p></p><p>It all comes down to experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1509306, member: 12508"] As a long-term former RTD who worked a lot of nights, the first thing that comes to mind is fatigue. But the jury specifically mentioned driver training in their award, and this leads to more than just fatigue. Perhaps the Ground driver had lousy training or had run too many hours. The victim pickup truck was on the shoulder, legally off the roadway, and the Ground semi hit it full blast at 65 mph with no sign of braking. I have met quite a few Ground long-haul drivers, and they aren't the cream of the crop. As I have said many times before, you get what you pay for, and they are generally bottom of the barrel rejects who got canned somewhere else or are fresh out of driving school. Anyone who drives big rigs will tell you that most schools are a joke and teach only basics. In fact, the FedEx 3 week course was fairly decent, but they still had plenty of people who "passed" that couldn't shift, couldn't back-up, and really couldn't handle the truck. It all comes down to experience. [/QUOTE]
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