Authorities are investigating after an oversized load came off its trailer, causing the death of two people and leaving one person injured Saturday morning in Temple, Texas.
Imagine being crushed by a 350k pound load while out driving. Holy moly Batman!
Or perhaps because the owners of the transport company may have refused to listen to safety concerns from employees because it would require expensive upgrades and additional personnel that they didn’t want to pay for.
In either case, I am sure this will be a “No one could have predicted this” situation, the driver of the truck takes all the blame, and nothing changes regarding company policy or safety regulations.
The company can only get away with this sort of thing if there isn’t adequate oversight. The root cause is political. If that indeed had anything to do with it, which is speculation at this point.
Depending on how the contracts are written, the transport company may now be extremely fucked too.
This always happens. Skimp on safety to save pennies, then lose millions in equipment in a disaster. The person buying this equipment is going to demand a new one for free, and the supplier is going to point at the transporter.
Justly so. Let them lose everything for trying to cut corners and killing people as a result.
Or perhaps because the owners of the transport company may have refused to listen to safety concerns from employees because it would require expensive upgrades and additional personnel that they didn’t want to pay for.
In either case, I am sure this will be a “No one could have predicted this” situation, the driver of the truck takes all the blame, and nothing changes regarding company policy or safety regulations.
The company can only get away with this sort of thing if there isn’t adequate oversight. The root cause is political. If that indeed had anything to do with it, which is speculation at this point.
Yep. No matter the cause, I expect the responsible parties to face zero meaningful consequences.
And they wonder why we’re so fucking jaded 😂😂 but for real. Justice doesn’t exist anymore.
Depending on how the contracts are written, the transport company may now be extremely fucked too.
This always happens. Skimp on safety to save pennies, then lose millions in equipment in a disaster. The person buying this equipment is going to demand a new one for free, and the supplier is going to point at the transporter.
Justly so. Let them lose everything for trying to cut corners and killing people as a result.