Truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos granted clemency by Colorado governor after 110-year prison sentence
mndriver
curmudgeon extraordinare
He doesn’t speak the same language as them so therefore he’s a fourth class person.
Don't give a flying hoot where he's from, or what language he speaks. To me, it's not about how he got in the situation he was in, but the deadly choice at the end that earned him prison time.He doesn’t speak the same language as them so therefore he’s a fourth class person.
That said, it's long past time to once again enforce the language requirements. Although this kid was so clueless, even if he had been able to read English, he still might not have understood what the multitude of huge yellow "ATTN TRUCKERS" signs were telling him.
AK7
Well-Known Member
From what I read,he couldn't understand or speak English so he should've been denied a CDL.
mndriver
curmudgeon extraordinare
They stopped enforcement of that law over 6 years ago.
CVSA Removes English Requirement In Updated Out-of-Service Guidelines - TT
Roadside inspectors no longer will place Mexican or Canadian commercial vehicle drivers operating in the United States out of service if they are unable to communicate in English, according to new Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance “tolerance guidelines.”
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Electric Chicken
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it was imminent, had he been able to read, he would have taken the ramp.It wasn't imminent. It was miles after the runaway ramp signs.
then again, a cold blooded murderer has no desire to obey the laws, rules, signage.
Electric Chicken
Well-Known Member
You can say it as many times as you want, but that still won't make it true.
mndriver
curmudgeon extraordinare
Geez give it a rest…
It’s already been shown and proven he did understand English enough to do the job.
He faked his not speaking English at the scene as soon as he realized he screwed up.
It's still a violation, just not an OOS.They stopped enforcement of that law over 6 years ago.
CVSA Removes English Requirement In Updated Out-of-Service Guidelines - TT
Roadside inspectors no longer will place Mexican or Canadian commercial vehicle drivers operating in the United States out of service if they are unable to communicate in English, according to new Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance “tolerance guidelines.”
And while they have little bearing on the charges brought, there's questions that have not been answered.
Mainly, where's the brake smoke? In both videos of this truck before the accident, there isn't any brake smoke one would expect to be billowing from a truck trying frantically to control its speed. That truck should have looked like Space Lab re-entering...
