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ORIGINAL: MasterG333

I used to drive tractor-trailer. MOST are very safe drivers. your opinion that truck drivers these days are not professional simply is not true. Truck drivers average 1oo,ooo miles a year and if they are not safe,they simply do not last. There are,of course,newbies,or just plain bad drivers,but they are in the extreme minority. Good luck. BTW: you say it was his fault and the store's fault. you were 100% innocent?

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ORIGINAL: gardenia100

Nope, didn't miss anything here.  Remember the semi came out of no-where.  LOL Yep it wasn't already on the road and he just didn't miss it?  He was totally observent of his surroundings. 

Hes reaching looking for the free ride sounds like, since its now the stores fault for having a bad driveway?  If you don't like it don't shop there. 

Heres another one I've heard that didn't go anywhere.  Try sueing the state for not maintaining the roads properly in the middle of a snow storm.  That should take you to about the same conclusion. 

I'm sorry but when ever I have seen you on here but you have been whinning about your life.  Take responcibility for it.  Your land lord has the right at the end of your lease to raise your rent, the semi did not just appear out of nowhere, it came from somewhere.  If you don't like the enterence to the store don't shop there, you can't go after them for negligance because your not aware of whats going on around you.  Your insurance company only has to provide you with what coverage and options you paid for.  If you didn't pay for rental coverage, and its not just a gimme, you don't get it. 

Good luck with the house thing, they need repairs and utilities are not fixed, they are going up up and up there too.  Who ya going to blame for that one?  Going to try and sue the previous owner for it?  I can see the next threads coming already.  Grow up and take responciblity for your life.

Gardenia

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You will be held partially at fault in any State. If you weren't there the accident wouldn't have happened.

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

Actually I don't know a lot, just the common sense stuff.  Communicate only to your insurance company, forward anything from the other driver's insurance company to your insurance company.  And an accident report will not always save you.  I was in an accident where the other driver accepted responsibility, it was written into the report, a few weeks later she recanted saying she "bumped her head and didn't remember taking responsibility."  The police took it to the magistrate, the insurance companies went into arbitration.  My car was repaired immediately, but it took months in arbitration before everything was sorted out.  

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ORIGINAL: MasterG333

I used to drive tractor-trailer. MOST are very safe drivers. your opinion that truck drivers these days are not professional simply is not true. Truck drivers average 1oo,ooo miles a year and if they are not safe,they simply do not last. There are,of course,newbies,or just plain bad drivers,but they are in the extreme minority. Good luck. BTW: you say it was his fault and the store's fault. you were 100% innocent?

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

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servant4use
You will be held partially at fault in any State. If you weren't there the accident wouldn't have happened.

What are you talking about?   Sometimes it's entirely one driver's fault.

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ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave

Pahunk you worry me...first we nearly lose you when a fridge door mounts an unprovoked attack now a high speed Tractor nearly takes.you when you least expected it.Concentrate my son concentrate. !!!

Word of advice...dont try to fix the TV aerial (antenna)

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ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave

Lady E: you disappear and then post as tho' you are the original Urban Space woman.
Do you need a good rub down ?

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

PA - if you cant get the cctv tape from the store, try the next best thing - and I am assuming here that the same sort of thing applies in the US regarding trucks as applies in Europe.

In Europe, trucks over a certain size (and definitely semi trailer trucks) have to be fitted with a tachograph machine. This records onto a paper chart the speed of the truck throughout the day, the times it is being driven and for how long. Using this chart, it is easy to see whether the truck was driving over the speed limit at the time of the accident, and/or whether the driver had been at the wheel for too long (again assuming that in the US there are drivers' hours regulations), either of which could be useful to you in proving negligence - both of which should the driver have been within the law, the truck company would I am sure provide to you readily to put you off - meaning that if this chart is available and shows breach of regulations/laws, they are not going to want you to see it, though should all this be in place in the US then its for sure that for the moment the police will have these charts to analyse themselves regarding the accident with a view to prosecution in the case of breaches.

Alternatively, and far better, we now have in Europe a digital tachograph implementation. The new machines do not use paper charts to produce records, but instead produce a digital record which can be downloaded. Same principles apply. I could check for you if it comes to it, as to whether these machines also record braking etc.

Also relevant could be the maintenance records for the truck, which might show for instance that it had not been serviced in the required period, and thus maybe give you a shot at showing that for instance, the brakes might have been defective, the tyres needed replacing etc. Also maybe relevant - was the trailer loaded at the time, and if so to what weight? if it were overloaded for its design or legally approved payload then this would have a definite effect on its ability to stop in time, if thats an issue here. Any innocent trucking company would be happy to provide you with all this information to prove their innocence I'm sure - otherwise I'd have thought a decent lawyer could force disclosure of it.

But in closing, I'll just say that in Europe at least, the vast majority of the guys (and a few gals) that drive these rigs as a job are outstanding individuals. They drive for up to ten hours a day, and do another four or five hours other work on top of that every day too. They have to put up with being away from their homes and families for weeks at a time often, and are working to deadlines in often difficult conditions in a way that not many others will ever know. Having travelled across Europe on two occasions as a passenger in the cab with drivers, I know for sure that I couldnt do their job, and having spent nearly 20 years around them I can say that with very few exceptions they are true professionals who would never do anything that might affect their careers.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

Yesderday- I headed out for a latte, very close to house. I had the free coupon.

/out of nowhere- smashh. the dude was mad at me.  police/ambulance/extracation/ER

here I am no car. I dont know PA traffic law- tho it is a "no fault state."

It certainly did not help my existing injury.

Does anyone know PA law?

My insurance is Liberty Mutual.
I did not have collission. 

Truckdrivers  are rather unprofessional these days. This cant happen now! But it did. I am looking for the local paper. Scanner listening is big here.

I did not have collision.

Please reply- per advice.  I made a few calls to see if I can get folks to offer rides. we have no bus here.  The cab company hours are 9-5????

When is it a convenient time to have a car acccident? lol.

As a rule I dislike insurance companies.

In any event- anyones experience/knoldge- the good the bad the ugly. on board or off.
Thanks all!

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I think thats called irony KL irony....OK ?