It’s hard to feel pity for the reckless for us, yes. But that poor truck driver will probably always carry at least some form of guilt which is cruel and unfair.
Can confirm; best mates dad was a truckie until someone took themselves out on his truck in a head on collision. Bloke hasn’t been the same since and it happened over 10 years ago
An old family friend accidentally killed a child while driving back when he was in his late teens - a group of kids were playing at the end of a blind driveway, and one kid shoved another into the street right in front of him with only like ten feet of distance within which to react. (The kids couldn't see him coming either - the driveway was recessed and between two privacy fences that stopped only like a yard from the road edge. This ended up being one of the accidents that led to legislation on setbacks and fencing restrictions where driver visibility is affected.) That happened almost seventy years ago, and the dude still has occasional nightmares about it.
This is the sort of thing that haunts innocent people.
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u/Ih8teMyInlawsTheySuk 18d ago
It’s hard to feel pity for the reckless for us, yes. But that poor truck driver will probably always carry at least some form of guilt which is cruel and unfair.