Posted 2012-07-19 4:12 PM (#145702 - in reply to #145617) Subject: RE: 16 yr old kills 2 pulling horse trailer
Location: centrally located amongst the "NUTS"
From the article:
“He didn’t need a commercial license; it had one axle,” Lydia Martin, Tristan’s aunt, told the Denver Post.
I must have missed in my FMCSA Haandbook where single axle trucks do not require a CDL. All of the guys that have been cited in there 1 tons need to be aware of this.
Those two axles on the trk most likely have a combined rating of 32,000, maybe more if the steer is over 12,000. The trl is rated for at least 15,000. A Class A for commercial use vehicle. In my state you can operate that vehicle with Class D (basic DL) if it is an RV or farm use.
I cant believe that they did not charge him with a negligent manslaughter type of charge. I'm not familiar with CO stautes or codes, whatever they use, maybe that would have to go to a grand jury.
Posted 2012-07-19 10:51 PM (#145707 - in reply to #145669) Subject: RE: 16 yr old kills 2 pulling horse trailer
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Originally written by cutter99 on 2012-07-18 5:52 AM
In my opinion, it does not matter where the women were. A sixteen year old has no business being behind the wheel of a rig like that on an interstate!
I also don't put the blame solely on the child. His father was in the truck with him and had him leave the scene of an accident. That is certainly not parenting at its finest!
Yes,I agree,but,that is not the matter that I was asking about.
16 yr old kills 2 pulling horse trailer
