Motorhome driver sentenced in fatal accident
Driver pleads guilty to reckless homicide. He got off pretty light.
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From what all the witnesses said, he was going at least 10 mph faster than the other traffic, which was slowing to merge over into the open lanes.
Now ANY TIME you are going faster than surrounding traffic, even in a car, it's pretty stupid. In a motorhome, it's criminal, because you KNOW you need more time/distance to stop and maneuver than smaller vehicles.
He tried to drive between the stopped vehicles because HE could not get stopped in time. He didn't slow down to merge in with other traffic, because there he's one of those people who wants to merge in at the last second. He couldn't merge in at the speed he was going, and he couldn't stop. So he ran over the policeman.
I know that area well and there is no way he could not have seen some distance in front of him. No blind curve, no way to miss that lanes are closed.
Now ANY TIME you are going faster than surrounding traffic, even in a car, it's pretty stupid. In a motorhome, it's criminal, because you KNOW you need more time/distance to stop and maneuver than smaller vehicles.
He tried to drive between the stopped vehicles because HE could not get stopped in time. He didn't slow down to merge in with other traffic, because there he's one of those people who wants to merge in at the last second. He couldn't merge in at the speed he was going, and he couldn't stop. So he ran over the policeman.
I know that area well and there is no way he could not have seen some distance in front of him. No blind curve, no way to miss that lanes are closed.
