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#32
08-27-2009, 06:14 PM
So if these so-called training companies are doing this sort of thing, where is the best place for someone to get their training, get their finishing, and drive for a decent company? I'm 52 and REALLY want to hit the road for the rest of my working career. I enjoy traveling, the outdoors, driving, and being on the move...so fill me in on what to do next? By the way, I live and currently work in Delaware, OH, just north of Columbus, OH or the I-70/I-71 interchange...
That isn’t to say that there aren’t some really good trainers out there. However, they are far and few between and getting one of them is a roll of the dice. Hell, I could be a hell of a trainer, but I refuse to live with another individual in a truck 24 hours a day. If I could drop the trainees off at the end of the day, then I wouldn’t mind doing it.
#33
08-28-2009, 02:42 AM
We're waiting for the update?
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#34
08-28-2009, 02:55 AM
I think CR made the usual low ball offer and the family told them to stick SLC up their ***** and CR could end up paying out some serious money on this. Serious enough to hurt the company financially and seriously effect their insurance standing.
Personally, I hope it goes all the way so we do find out who gets what. If they make a settlement, it will surely be a closed deal and we will never know.
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#35
08-28-2009, 09:10 AM
It was all over by the time i got downtown this afternoon. I do not know the result. But I have a call and an email into the reporter who was covering the trial. Once I find out the result , it will be posted.
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08-28-2009, 01:06 PM
#37
08-28-2009, 02:03 PM
Good thing they (CR) didn't settle like some suggested. I didn't catch the part in the first story where the lady was stopped in the intersection and hit the rear wheels of the truck, seems like too much was made of irrelevant info in this case.
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#38
08-28-2009, 02:38 PM
I didn't read anything in either story from the links, that the woman was "stopped" at the intersection.
The first article had a line which stated she "punched into the truck's rear wheels". That would indicate to me that her car was moving. Some information is missing. What did the video from the traffic cams at that intersection show? Yes....There are traffic cams at all the intersections there, all the way from two intersections east of I-5, to two intersections west of the WINCO warehouse area. If something got CRE off in a Portland jury room, it was video evidence. :surrender: Portland folks are more liberal than Seattle folks!!! :lol2: Unless CRE got a bunch of Eastern Oregun Republicans bussed in to be on the jury!!! :lol:
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#39
08-28-2009, 06:45 PM
In my opinion the plaintiffs took the wrong tact.... What little I observed, they were focusing to much on the actual accident.... They should have been focusing on the HOS issues and the lack of training...
#40
08-28-2009, 08:51 PM
+1 To late to advise the lawyers now!!
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