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Originally Posted by TheOnlyBilko
Driving extremely tired because you've been driving over the 14 hours a day for many days and not taking mandatory days off for rest can be MUCH WORSE then driving slightly impaired. Had someone done this with booze in their system they would "be the devil", "throw the book at them" etc etc this guy is driving when he shouldn't be, because he's been driving who knows how many hours in the past week, his brain and reflexes ar working at a snails pace but "its human error" & "he doesn't deserve prison" etc etc etc ummm yes he does he took on the responsibility of a job driving a huge truck that can Obviously kill a lot of people and in 1 month had SEVENTY VIOLATIONS!!!! 70!!!! They are asking for 10 years. So if he gets the 10 years he'll be out in 5 maybe even 4.
Sure he plead guilty and takes responsibility but this was also a choice of his for HIS best interests as well. You don't think him and his lawyer didn't talk about this and say "it will make you look good", "judges like defendants taking responsibility" etc etc etc he's also saying the "right things" in hopes he gets a lighter sentence, don't kid yurself that he isn't.
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Just to be clear, Crown prosecutor Healey said that these violations were not considered as aggravating factors in the crash and had nothing to do with it.
Many of these 70 violations were due to him simply not writing the province name next to the town name in his log book.
It's pretty easy to get a "violation" in the trucking industry.