BetteDavisEyes
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There is no flashing light, just a regular stop sign. That was the wrong street view. You can see the correct intersection in CARIIS’s video at about 2:00 (posted above, and here).
This interview with the father's sister indicates the parents are living and both are "broken". I don't know how they'll survive.
ETA: Forgot link.
I know very little about how LE uses and manages their confidential informants. They call them CI’s which could also stand for CRIMINAL informant. It is clear that it is a shadowy underbelly of law and order, one that some might say is a necessary evil. I can’t help but think that these CI’s begin to feel even more entitled than they already do since they have already proven they believe they are above the law. If this limo company owner was the prolific informant reports have made him out to be, it is easy to assume he felt immune to consequences for ignoring rules, regulations and simple upkeep, maintenance and safety regulations for his businesses. And now 20 deceased innocent people, and hundreds of family and friends are paying the terrible price for that.
The problem is the steep, 7% grade down the hill to the stop sign. The problem is not the intersection itself.
If large trucks were banned from the road because they couldn't brake enough to stop, then there should be a flashing sign at the top of the hill warning of the upcoming stop and telling people to use a lower gear rather than brakes. We have those on mountain roads with steep descents.
I'm inclined to agree that a far earlier warning would help. It won't stop all the "it will never happen to me" idiots, and it probably won't help those whose vehicles, especially the brakes, are defective, but it should make things much safer overall.
Maybe a flashing sign powered by a solar panel at least 400 yards from the junction combined with rumble strips would help.
Note: A driver is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle if the company fails to make this certification.
Vehicle Inspection as stated in 17 (c) NYCRR 721.2 The preceding document link requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
The pre-trip inspection at least shall examine the following items:
Service brakes
Parking brake
Steering mechanism
Lighting devices and reflectors
Tires
Horn
Windshield wipers
Mirrors
Wheels and Rims
Emergency Equipment and exits.
The post-trip inspection report shall note any additional mechanical or safety defects not listed on the pre-trip inspection report that the driver becomes aware of prior to the end of the tour of duty.
https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/osss/bus
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This was known by the owner/ driver.
You can not get a license to drive a passenger vehicle without passing a written & driving test. I known I had one, drove a 15 pass van, same as a bus license. He didn’t have a license to drive that vehicle, he knew that.
The owner and the driver are to blame for this, they bother knew. Greed. At any cost.
Lawyer Lee Kindlon presents as a bit of a jerk.
Am I correct in believing that Prestige was not the original rental agency for the vehicle that broke down and that they were called in the last minute?
So neither the Prestige manager nor the deceased driver were actually originally scheduled for this trip?
Note: A driver is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle if the company fails to make this certification.
Vehicle Inspection as stated in 17 (c) NYCRR 721.2 The preceding document link requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
The pre-trip inspection at least shall examine the following items:
Service brakes
Parking brake
Steering mechanism
Lighting devices and reflectors
Tires
Horn
Windshield wipers
Mirrors
Wheels and Rims
Emergency Equipment and exits.
The post-trip inspection report shall note any additional mechanical or safety defects not listed on the pre-trip inspection report that the driver becomes aware of prior to the end of the tour of duty.
https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/osss/bus
.....
This was known by the owner/ driver.
You can not get a license to drive a passenger vehicle without passing a written & driving test. I known I had one, drove a 15 pass van, same as a bus license. He didn’t have a license to drive that vehicle, he knew that.
The owner and the driver are to blame for this, they bother knew. Greed. At any cost.
I have no knowledge of that.
Am I correct in believing that Prestige was not the original rental agency for the vehicle that broke down and that they were called in the last minute?
So neither the Prestige manager nor the deceased driver were actually originally scheduled for this trip?
Am I correct in believing that Prestige was not the original rental agency for the vehicle that broke down and that they were called in the last minute?
So neither the Prestige manager nor the deceased driver were actually originally scheduled for this trip?