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[3 Horse Ranch]

Here’s a local one from today. Must be bottle recycling day….

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I hope there are no sharp corners between there and where he is going.

 

[rademamj1]

The plea deal was rejected by Rogel Aguilera-Mederos and his attorney, and apparently was such that he would plead guilty to one case of felony assault with mitigating circumstances, and serve 30 years, with no parole. It was rejected in favor of a Jury trial.

George Brauchler, former district attorney for the 18th Judicial District of Colorado stated,
“I have little sympathy for someone who turns down a reasonable plea bargain offer, and then goes to trial and bemoans the fact that the worst thing that could happen to them, actually happened,” he said.

The Colorado ACLU is now petitioning the Colorado Governor to commute the sentence, on the grounds that it's a harsh and inhuman treatment for a vehicle accident.

 

[4570Man]

There is also the possibility of a service brake line failure, but that would still allow the driver the option of pulling the red and yellow knobs or taking a runaway ramp. But that wasn't the case here. In reality it seems this guy either had inadequate training. You would think they would at least cover mountain driving in theory if they couldn't do it in practice.

Even without the thought to pull the knobs hitting the brakes a few times would dump enough air they would self deploy. It’s unlikely a service line failure would cause a total service brake failure anyway. And this guy smoked the brakes. They didn’t fail to deploy.

 

[duramaxsky]

There is also the possibility of a service brake line failure, but that would still allow the driver the option of pulling the red and yellow knobs or taking a runaway ramp. But that wasn't the case here. In reality it seems this guy either had inadequate training. You would think they would at least cover mountain driving in theory if they couldn't do it in practice.

Above 5 MPH pulling the park valves does nothing. The spring brakes don't have that much power.

 

[4570Man]

Above 5 MPH pulling the park valves does nothing. The spring brakes don't have that much power.

The spring valves will lock the whole truck down tight and the wheels skid.

 

[paulfun9]

Above 5 MPH pulling the park valves does nothing. The spring brakes don't have that much power.

If this is the case the truck should have been out of service!

 

[Chilliwack Murray]

The spring brakes don’t have the same force as the service brakes with only about 50% or 60 psi equivalent of the average 120 psi of the service brakes but they certainly should be capable of stopping a vehicle over 5mph if they are adjusted and functional - that is their purpose.

Adjustment is key and most trucks have several brakes out of adjustment at any given time.

They aren’t likely to lock all the wheels like they show in the movies except in winter.

 

[4570Man]

The spring brakes don’t have the same force as the service brakes with only about 50% or 60 psi equivalent of the average 120 psi of the service brakes but they certainly should be capable of stopping a vehicle over 5mph if they are adjusted and functional - that is their purpose.

Adjustment is key and most trucks have several brakes out of adjustment at any given time.

They aren’t likely to lock all the wheels like they show in the movies except in winter.

I’ve never pulled the spring brakes while going down the road but my prediction is it makes a rapid stop. If they will apply at 50 percent capacity that’s still plenty to make a controlled stop.

 

[paulfun9]

Ever blow an air line? What do you think happens?

 

[paulfun9]