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Doesn't matter what religion anyone is (or isn't) under the law. Same rules apply to everyone. (Well, almost everyone...)
I meant I didn’t know how they handle property ownership. If they were a cohesive community like the Amish where they can be built a house on more communal type property.
It’s a moot point now. Given his extensive record it doesn’t appear he was living by Mennonite values so probably wouldn’t have been that involved anymore if he ever was.
75 mph is a low speed limit in Texas. Many Texas roads are 80 - 85 mph.
It's not a "low" speed limit in Texas. Portions of the Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming road networks have 80 mph (129 km/h) posted limits. The highest posted speed limit in the country is 85 mph (137 km/h) and can be found only on Texas State Highway 130. http://www.safeny.ny.gov/spee-ndx.htm#65
I think having young teens drive trucks is more common in these kind of farming communities, very rural areas. In a Mennonite community they don't see teens as kids as much as larger society does, and I don't know if they respect our laws with regard to things like this. I agree he shouldn't have been driving but I'm sure there are more like him in rural areas.
It also sounds like the speed limit was dangerously high.
"The speed limit at the crash site is 75 mph (120 kph), he said." (from the linked article). We don't even have 75mph on major highways here.
The speed limit on many rural roads in Texas is 75mph. They are well built and generally in good shape. Even if the speed limit is lower, most drivers will be driving at 75.
Spare tires are not to be driven over 50mph, which I learned when I had a flat tire once and the donut was used so I could get to a tire shop.
Such a stupid Darwin Award-winning calamity, a 13 yr old driving. Sorry, but it's not legal even in TX.
Spare tires on trucks tend to be full size tires, not the little donuts. However, lots of people use an old tire as a spare, often in bad shape. Which reminds me, my spare is 12 years old, and probably needs to be replaced.
Laws in states govern insurance coverage — if there is “no fault” insurance in place then many times when there is no serious injury or death each insurance holder’s policy covers his/her car and injuries up to certain amount
I find it very difficult to believe that when there is a massive loss of life the insurance of the parties NOT at fault are going to cover their damages….
Legal liability is going to come with the driver of the truck—letting an underage driver operate a vehicle is ALWAYS against the law and would not be covered by the insurance of the holder…
And then you have civil damages
In all likelihood that man has no resources to sue for but you don’t know
Might own property that could be sold/seized after he is found liable
The college should have had insurance on those players but the fact that some of them were not wearing seat belts will count against them because that contributed to their own injuries
This can get messy
Not in Texas, unless the law has changed. A friend did personal injury defense for 40 years, and told me that the fact a victim wasn't wearing a seat belt is not admissible in a trial, unless it can be proven that it contributed to the accident occurring.
I drove many years ago in Montana when there was no speed limit on two lane highways. I was blazing down two lane roads at over 100 mph. As long as you stay on your side of the centerline, it's perfectly safe. If you can't stay on your side of the centerline, then no speed is safe.
DH tells me that he experienced a front tire blowout, and what he remembers is having a hard time holding the truck on the road. I believe he said it was the left front tire, and the truck wanted to divert left into the other lane. What he remembers is how hard it was to get the truck over to the shoulder. He was fortunately not speeding.
If the TX truck was speeding, I am assuming the driver had no time to react.
I meant I didn’t know how they handle property ownership. If they were a cohesive community like the Amish where they can be built a house on more communal type property.
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You really don't know what you're talking about here. And like I already told you, Mennonites own their own homes/property as well.
Spare tires on trucks tend to be full size tires, not the little donuts. However, lots of people use an old tire as a spare, often in bad shape. Which reminds me, my spare is 12 years old, and probably needs to be replaced.
Not only old crummy tires but a Tire only has a life of about 6 years. It may appear to be brand new with low mileage but once it's 6+ years old it can easily fail.
I'm about to replace my 6.5 year old RV tires that only have about 18,000 mile for this reason. Odds are the tire company will resale my old new appearing tires to a guy like this who will be looking for cheap tires for a cheap truck.
Odds are the spare being used on this truck was just an old rotten tire that blew out suddenly.
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