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[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 132 points 3 months ago (4 children)

So when is the driver getting charged for vandalism and littering?

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 65 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The driver suffered minor injuries but was able to exit the vehicle on his own. Luckily, no one else was hurt, considering the area is popular with swimmers and kayakers

[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 106 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The driver deserves criminal punishment in addition to the punishment of ignoring physics.

[–] Abnorc@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Would this be a criminal offense? As much as it’s annoying that his car is so massive, he drove a street legal vehicle in the wrong place. Paying for the damages seems like a sufficient consequence.

[–] bahbah23@lemmy.world 66 points 3 months ago

Not a lawyer, but I would assume that reckless driving would apply here. If nothing else, he should be liable for the damages financially due to negligence

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If it's overweight, it's not street legal.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Street legal*

*not legal on all streets

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was overweight for the bridge, not the road. It was from a commercial trucking company, so likely a dump truck. The first clue should be that it was a F-750. There are pickup beds for them, but they're almost always a flatbed or dump bed.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Street-legal, bridge-legal, who gives a shit. The point is, they drove it illegally and should be able to be punished accordingly. The make and model are irrelevant.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you think they wont be if not for this internet rage?

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't care either way, I was responding to a different person who said they couldn't be punished because it was street-legal but in "the wrong place." I was simply pointing out that street-legal-but-in-the-wrong-place is the same as not-street-legal.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why do you have such a hard on for punishment? Isn't restitution enough?

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I have a hard-on for accurate language, I don't give a shit what happens to the imaginary people in the pickup truck.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He failed to observe a traffic control device. There's at least a ticket in there somewhere for him.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

If the bridge had been just a bit sturdier, it could have been damaged jut to the point where the truck could have passed, but the next person driving over would have fell in and risked their lives.

[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

but getting into a car accident while kayaking is an interesting bragging right lol

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That is in no way related to the question asked. Are you a career politician by chance?

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I was quoting the article in attempted response to another commenter saying the driver was dead :0

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz -1 points 3 months ago
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://www.thedrive.com/news/overweight-ford-f-750-plunges-through-historic-wooden-bridge-in-maine

Repair estimates have not been released, but the owner of the truck company has offered to help pay for the rebuild. The incident itself remains under investigation by local authorities.

The trucking company has already offered to help pay for it. It's likely covered under their insurance and the driver is almost certainly been fired.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What about the environmental damage of a car filled with gasoline, oil and other toxic materials falling into the river below? I doubt anyone will have to pay for the full cleanup

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Law enforcement fines the trucking company, trucking company files insurance claim, trucking company pays.

Hazmat was probably the third for fourth on the scene after police, fire and ambulance and would have put those floating oil absorbers in the river.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Yeah something like this isn’t some wild out of the blue occurance that nobody is prepared for. Any department of transportation of any acceptable competence level has a procedure for catastrophic bridge failure, especially by vehicular overload.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 months ago

Need to pay the cost to repair the bridge too