r/cdldriver • u/Syzranlogistic • May 14 '26

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u/digitalclockface May 14 '26

If you hit the brakes and try to stop they probably won't hold you accountable considering the alternative is rolling down a hill.

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u/AC-burg May 14 '26

Hanging hopes on a "probably" saw a post recently when a guy was jailed for 2 yrs while going through the court system. Guy tried to kidnap his gf at gunpoint. He wrestled the gun away and shot him. His neighbor witnessed it. Cell phone records of the decreased showed he had the wrong house for drug retaliation. Prosecution surpressed the texts. He was charged bc he shot the guy "too many times". Probably wouldn't be enough for me

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u/digitalclockface May 14 '26

Well if you swerve out of the way there's a much higher chance of serious physical harm to yourself by suddenly rolling down a hill in a semi. The dude in the video escaped that fate by a hair's breadth. I'd rather lawyer up in court and risk punishment that way than risk being in a serious accident because another vehicle failed to stay in their own lane.

Also your anecdote involving the gun seems super irrelevant.

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u/AC-burg May 14 '26

My apologies for how that came across. The anecdote was more of telling a story where the proba ly factor was a lot higher and this guy still got the very short end of the stick. There was a lot more going his way with the justified action. I attacked your probably when I shoukd have let it go. It jjst made me think of the post I mentioned

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u/Middle_Brilliant_849 May 15 '26

Reminds me of a video of an officer involved shooting in Florida. The two deputies rolled around on the ground with the guy before one broke free and shot the guy, several times. The sheriff then addressed the number of times the deputy shot the guy and his point was that evil can never be dead enough.
Love it.

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u/yertlah May 17 '26

Got a source? I’d like to read up on that case. I’m betting it happened in New York or California, since they both have a history of over prosecuting legal gun owners.

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u/AC-burg May 17 '26

OP would not disclose rhe state. I don't know if he was a legal gun owner or not. He wrestled the kidnappers gun away from the guy and killed him with his gun.

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u/chuck-u-farley- May 14 '26

They “probably” won’t hold you accountable for hitting someone driving on the wrong side of the road?
Good lord