Towing above 65

Tvov wrote:
I am not sure I would consider it an "uninformed opinion". He said his son is a first responder who talked to the people who actually investigated the accident. I've been to a few accidents, most are "solved" at the scene with the interviews, vehicle positions, damage, etc. What takes days or weeks is the paperwork. Maybe your department had enough personnel to spend weeks solving MVAs, my local PD doesn't have that many people, but then again I wouldn't be surprised if it is just a case of different SOPs.

Again... fatal collisions are rarely "solved" at the scene. Standard operating procedures be damned, this is simple basic collision investigation. Did they call a mechanic to the scene and throw the pickup truck on a lift and determine that all mechanical functions worked correctly? Did they pull the car computer out and determine what functions (brake, turn signal, airbags, stability control) were activated at the time of collision? There is a LOT that goes into fatal vehicle collisions.

I'm not talking a simple MVA (motor vehicle accident for those wondering), I am talking a FATAL collision. If your local jurisdiction doesn't spend more than 30 minutes investigating a fatal collision, then something is SERIOUSLY wrong.

FYI, turns out his son is a firefighter, not a trained collision investigator. I have been on many house fire calls... I have very little more information about what is happening on an active fire ground than the average Joe Citizen watching from his porch. That doesn't give me the knowledge to make an educated decision about what caused the fire, nor the best method to attack the fire.

Hopefully this clarifies some of my comments.