Tomb, the one job of the truck at that point was to protect the occupants. While the Jeep also had the same job as well. I believe that was I. The original post. That was the point. I understand the consequences of driving impaired. My son now understands it better than before. He is an adult, and makes his own choices. I can only advise at this point. I am proud of him. Not of all of his choices, including his driving habits sometimes, but that wasn't the point of the post. I saw another new post today asking about durability, etc of these trucks in a collision. This an example of how they protect and hold up in a collision. He was definitely in the wrong. He drove when he was sleepy, and unfortunately that happens to people. And as for the CDL people out there, I understand that your rules are strict. They should be for people who are professional and driving that many hours per day, week, and year. There are far too many "professional" truck drivers out there causing accidents. I live very close to a stretch of interstate that sees an average of one major wreck a week from truck drivers not being safe behind the wheel. Most are, so don't attack me for that, but it does happen. That is why the modern vehicles are engineered to act like they do under these circumstances. Which again goes back to my original post. None of us is perfect. As I have seen stated before. If so, the modern vehicle would not need the safety features they all have.
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