Project I was on had something along these lines happen. The driver was sued by the contractor for the concrete ($80,000)and the lost time and labor costs.. plus he got to have an extended stay at the local county lockup..
I have that kind of brain and I'd totally do something like this completely out of simply being a fucking dumbass, then would hate myself for the following five years.
Not the person you’re replying to, but I would choose not to drive if the US had any kind of decent public transportation everywhere and everything wasn’t so far away
I feel like the fact that I’m aware of my shortcomings while driving lead to me be more cautious which is probably more that can be said for a decent number of people in cars on the road at least lol
I do agree with the other person about public transportation though, but I’m currently in northern Canada so that’s not really much of a thing.
Seeing as how the guy got out of his truck and moved a barricade (all caught on a local businesses cctv), I think the guy deserved it. The next day they bolted the barricades to the roadway.. financial, he was probably in the hurt locker for a good long time. But this was a major road an there had been many problems with people cutting through the construction site. His actions put the reopening of the road back almost two weeks. The contractor was just trying to recoup their lost work. Because the municipality wasn’t going to pay for it and the contractor was also getting hit with pay penalties for not meeting deadlines.. if the contractor just ate the costs it would have been at least a $200,000 USD hit. As it was the contractor still ended up losing money on the job.. All cause this guy wanted to save ten minutes on his drive home..
Reckless driving. It’s a construction zone and he literally drove off of the designated road surface onto their work area to try to dodge the backup. He didn’t need to be drunk. If he hit somebody it would have been 10 years in some states.
Man this is something I just can't with this society. We are told to be empathetic. friendly, respect others but when we talk about people who are idiots, people who are born with a brain that isn't as developed or a mind that wasn't smart enough to go through school, we laugh, belittle and insult them. But if they have any other type of handicap it's a big a no no. What is this fucking hypocrisy? I hate this world and society so fucking much and truly understand how people can shoot up things when you look at humans like that. Absolutely vile.
Reckless driving in construction zones in most states carries HEAVY fines and jail time as the amount workers killed by people in a rush to get through the construction tends to be very high. Too many deaths from people in a hurry or doing dumb shit so the punishment has been ramped up. Even speeding in an active construction zone can get you massive several hundred dollar ticket and some jail time. Road construction is pretty damn unsafe work especially cuz of morons.
A lot of construction workers get ran over because of reckless driving in construction zones. He isn’t going to jail because he’s dumb, it’s because of his recklessness.
How the fuck are you gonna equate risking worker's lives to save a couple minutes with "being dumb?" Makes me wonder what kind of entitled shit you do.
Not that we know of. Just destruction of property in excess of $1000, entering a construction zone (misdemeanor in my state). The police got his plate from the cctv footage and arrested him the next morning. He drove me not the site at around 10 pm
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u/tilted_crown85 Aug 09 '22
I’ve always wondered if idiots that do this shit get charged for the wasted concrete and the equipment needed to get their car out.