Originally Posted by 93cxgsr
ok hold on one minute you said wrong thing there i drive for a living yes i am one of those rude inconsiderate cocksukers in the big pos truck everyone bitches about. let me fill every one in on a couple things real quick yes some drivers should not be on the road swift werner covenant just to name some companies that put inexperianced drivers on the road. but everyone needs to realize that we as drivers are given a 74 fot long vehicle with 2 6x14 mirrors to see the entire right side of that truck is a blind spot. trucks roll at 80,000 pounds can you say cant stop. yet people cars seem to belive that we can stop on a dime. i have been driving for aprox. 3.5 years now and have never been in an accident in a truck! never even been ticketed in a truck! and i drive through nyc on the regular so please dont say things about highway stuff cause you have no idea what is like to have suzy soccer mom get in front of you and lock em up for NO reason or to see people drifting in and out of lanes cause they are reading the papper, oh and regardless the goverment saying its your fault cause you are the professinal driver. and as far as my friends go neither of them have given up or setteled in any way yet!
Haha that was hard to read. Anyways no I didnt say anything wrong, insurance rates are high because people hit other people. As in your case you drive a truck and yea that is difference when there are accidents because stupid people cut 18-wheelers off and expect them to stop. Your getting a little defensive there like if i was attacking you or truck drivers in general. I dislike the stupid people who dont pay attention when they drive and if someone cuts a truck off and they are unable to stop thats a different story.
In my case, I was on the freeway at night, we hit traffic, and i was stopped for 5-6 seconds before the idiot behind me saw me and skit for about 15 feet. Totally different then what you are reffering to.
As for your friends, thats good they shouldnt settle..oviously they were injured pretty bad and should receive enough settlement to make up for their life-time wage loss or expected loss after the accident.