Because I'm too puffed up with pride, and I'm always right
I'm sure he didn't wake up to push the car . But these " Karens" driving in and out of lanes . Eventually people snap . She probably cut him off . He went into a rage . The is no fucking way he didn't know he hit her . The engine would have been screaming under the strain . He need to have the gas pedal to the floor .Do you guys really think that truck driver woke up that morning and decided to push a car for half a mile??
He couldnt see the car in front of him because line of sight (or lack there of).
And I'm not saying he shouldnt get a ticket for it, I'm saying it was unintentional on his part
That's true about others taking the test. I've heard from many drivers that they even have english interpreters present while doing the written test right in front of MTO testers.
The driver was a tool then . There is no way you wouldn't know there is a car on your bumper . Just the increase in engine noise should tell you there is something wrong . I suspect most of these situations are road rage .
The gurl in your sig pic has "man hands".Because I'm too puffed up with pride, and I'm always right
Seriously though, I believe all highways in the GTA have cameras that record traffic. So if she did cut him off and there's video of it, the truck driver has a really good case to get exonerated, and the woman driving the mini should actually get charged with making an unsafe lane change, and possibly even careless driving.
This is why I always say dont judge incidents on your "feelings" and wait until all the evidence is out
Exactly what I was thinking. This was her statement. "She said she was merging onto the westbound Gardiner Expressway at the ramp near Lake Shore Boulevard and Jarvis Street when a truck didn't see her and bumped her vehicle’s rear end."
Its not just my feeling, I'm going by the news report
And the fact that he pushed her all the way up the ramp from Jarvis Street.
There are TWO yield signs where traffic turns right from s/b Jarvis to the ramp for w/b Gardiner. Soooo maybe?
If that's the case, it was her duty to yield to westbound Lakeshore traffic to the Gardiner ramp. If the truck driver stopped when the contact occurred, she likely would've been at fault. But pushing it 700 meters up the ramp is a different story.
I agree. The fact that the Mini was 90 degrees to the truck, means that he was essentially pushing a 3,000 lb. vehicle with all four wheels locked, up a hill. He had to notice the resistance. Not to mention she was leaning on the horn the whole time.
So if it was intentional we should expect criminal charges against him soon then, right??
They may charge him with dangerous driving which is a criminal code offence. If so, I doubt he would be convicted. His lawyer would likely tell him to plead guilty to the lesser charge of careless.
He did get charged, but it doesnt say exactly what those charges are
The truck and driver hauls around 20 tons of gravel, what is a little Mini gonna do to its performance?
Resistance ? The truck weighs 40,000lbs to 120,000 lbs. You think you can tell the difference of 2-3,000lbs being pushed ?
That's an empty dump truck. It doesn't even come close to 40,000 lbs. You would definitely feel pushing 2,000 lbs down the highway. It's not like carrying 2000 lbs.
