I love to read the Sunday newspaper there is just something about taking an hour and reading it from front to back looking at every page and saving the comics for next to last because I like to save the ads for last. This Sunday morning though after I read the letters to the editor I could no longer enjoy my paper and I am sure by now you are either enthralled by my experience or bored. So now to the cause of my despair:
On July 11, 2007 in Albany, NY two young girls chose to drink and drive and ended up entering the interstate highway going the wrong direction, they encountered three trucks on the highway, ran head on into one of the truck, and also hit another one. They both died at the scene the truck driver received minor injuries.
And this is the letter printed in The Times Union paper that so upset me:
Truckers dominating roads a factor in crash
First published: Sunday, July 22, 2007
Regarding your article about the July 11 wrong-way crash on Interstate 787 that killed two girls:
Admittedly, this driver was in the wrong and she and her passenger paid the supreme price. She made a deadly error driving the wrong way on 787, but after entering the multilane highway, and encountering three tractor-trailers, one in each lane, she had no way to correct her mistake.
There isn't a reason in the world these trucks should have completely filled the highway. This happens with truckers every day, every hour on every highway. Example: I-81, both north and south, where trucks virtually control the highways. If one lane was not occupied, perhaps the driver could have corrected her mistake.
It used to be that large trucks had one lane, the right lane. I drove tractor-trailers in those days. Now, truckers drive two by two, three by three, and cars beware. I understand time is money, but common sense should prevail.
I'm sure truck drivers will jump all over this, but a mistake -- whether drugs, alcohol or inattention were involved -- should not have ended as it did.
ROBERT BEAMISH Albany
It makes me wonder what this same person would be saying if the girls had not encountered the poor trucker who must live with the fact that these two young kids are now dead, not that it is his fault but I know that it would still prey on any trucker’s mind that he had a hand in their deaths. What do you think his letter might be if say, they encountered three mini vans full of his or someone else’s kids or grandkids and this drunk driver killed 2, 3, 4 or 10 other people?
I know this should not bother me so but it still amazes me everyday how people manage to get out of bed get dressed and find their way to work and home again.
On July 11, 2007 in Albany, NY two young girls chose to drink and drive and ended up entering the interstate highway going the wrong direction, they encountered three trucks on the highway, ran head on into one of the truck, and also hit another one. They both died at the scene the truck driver received minor injuries.
And this is the letter printed in The Times Union paper that so upset me:
Truckers dominating roads a factor in crash
First published: Sunday, July 22, 2007
Regarding your article about the July 11 wrong-way crash on Interstate 787 that killed two girls:
Admittedly, this driver was in the wrong and she and her passenger paid the supreme price. She made a deadly error driving the wrong way on 787, but after entering the multilane highway, and encountering three tractor-trailers, one in each lane, she had no way to correct her mistake.
There isn't a reason in the world these trucks should have completely filled the highway. This happens with truckers every day, every hour on every highway. Example: I-81, both north and south, where trucks virtually control the highways. If one lane was not occupied, perhaps the driver could have corrected her mistake.
It used to be that large trucks had one lane, the right lane. I drove tractor-trailers in those days. Now, truckers drive two by two, three by three, and cars beware. I understand time is money, but common sense should prevail.
I'm sure truck drivers will jump all over this, but a mistake -- whether drugs, alcohol or inattention were involved -- should not have ended as it did.
ROBERT BEAMISH Albany
It makes me wonder what this same person would be saying if the girls had not encountered the poor trucker who must live with the fact that these two young kids are now dead, not that it is his fault but I know that it would still prey on any trucker’s mind that he had a hand in their deaths. What do you think his letter might be if say, they encountered three mini vans full of his or someone else’s kids or grandkids and this drunk driver killed 2, 3, 4 or 10 other people?
I know this should not bother me so but it still amazes me everyday how people manage to get out of bed get dressed and find their way to work and home again.
