110 Year Sentence for Killer Truck Descent | Rogel Aguilera-Mederos Case Analysis 

We lost a family member who took his truck off the highway to avoid slamming into people. Rest In Peace, Joey.

After being in the trucking industry for 40 years, I can offer a few points. First of all, modern trucks have incredibly strong engine brakes. Strong enough to hold back 80,000 lbs on a 6% grade without air brake assistance. If the truck was out of gear, the engine brake would not function. The producer of this content was mistaken when he said that the truck should never be out of gear. It IS out of gear between shifts. If he miss shifted it might well be impossible to get it back into gear... especially if the engine had a governor on it, (most modern trucks do), and he didn't have enough air braking ability to slow it down to match the speed with the desired gear. If this driver was truly looking to save himself, he would have been desperate to find an escape ramp. Is it possible that he didn't even know what an escape ramp was? Bottom line, this driver should have NEVER been on that highway given his inexperience and ignorance. How much of that is his own fault can be debated.

Like many others here, i am a long-time Colorado resident. That stretch of I-70 does not just run through the Rocky Mountain foothills. It goes high through the mountains. The elevation of the high end of the Eisenhower Tunnel is 11,158 feet, and the official elevation of Lakewood, where the crash occured, is about 5,500 feet. I have driven this road in compact cars, and it can be scary even then. You can pick up speed very quickly without feeling it. The trucking company should never have sent such an inexperienced driver to drive through the mountains alone.

I am a truck driver, and I know that stretch of I-70 pretty well. His failure to use runaway truck ramps may have been motivated by money. Truck does indeed get "stuck" in the gravel, by design. Removal of the truck from the ramp is expensive - heavy duty tow truck is required. Reconditioning of the ramp after the incident is required. Police will definitely (100%) arrive and most likely issue expensive citations. There will almost certainly be damage to truck and trailer, potentially expensive. So if the truck driver is going to use this runaway truck ramp, he is looking to pay thousands of dollars, lose several hours on the day of the incident (unpaid), lose unknown number of days for repair to the truck (most likely unpaid), having this incident on his driving record, potentially have issues with his CDL license. Also, most commercial loads are supposed to be on schedule, and an incident like this may delay delivery by unknown number of days, because of repairs. Driver may get substantial cut in pay for this load, if paid at all. So... I am just writing this to try and explain how a truck driver would think about it, and unfortunately drivers think this way WHILE CONSIDERING the use of a runaway truck ramp 🤷🏿‍♀️

I find this case depressing in every way.

Before becoming a teacher, I was a truck driver and had a few scary incidents. These included overheated brakes on a steep descent, getting cut off by lunatics in cars, and even sliding down an icy hill backwards. I survived each of these, and nobody was hurt because I didn't panic and stayed in control. Also, I drove like an old lady, according to my boss.

As a former CDL driver, most people don't realize that EVERY penalty is stiffer for us, even if we're doing it in our personal vehicle. In my state, if I get charged with DUI while operating my personal vehicle, my CDL will get suspended for a year. If I do it a second time, my CDL is suspended for life. CDL holders are the only professional drivers on the road, and we're expected to behave as such. I don't know how this guy was trained, but I drove all over the country with a trainer for several weeks before being cut loose to drive by myself.

I was a mile behind him when the accident occurred, the fireball and black smoke or easily visible from where I was at, such a senseless tragedy. I never knew but I always wondered what happened in this case, what the outcome was. Thank you Doctor Grande for filling me in.

" Sacrificing" yourself is easier said than done. None of us can say what we would have done in that situation. He was inexperienced so no, he definitely doesn't deserve 110 years. We have seen drunk drivers kill people and get way less when they deserved life in prison or death.

All I have to say is many of my friends who are like below 25 want to get there CDL because you can make so much money being a truck driver but they don’t think about how difficult and safe you have to be when driving a truck. They just saw how much they can get paid and just went for it, which is scary.

One of my coworkers daughter was a survivor of that accident. She was the car in front of the cars on fire. She heard people screaming as they were burnt alive. She was having nightmares about the accident last time I heard.

I agree. I'm a career trucker from colorado. I never use my brakes on these grades. I believe he could not read english. He was never trained to adjust brakes or how to descend grades. The trucking company is more at fault. They will put any body in the seat.

Dr. Grande, this happened two miles from my house. It was catastrophic. I've traveled this portion of highway hundreds of times, in my car. Anyone who has knows this was an accident. I don't think that this was 100% preventable. Let me explain a few things: from the Eisenhower Tunnel to where he crashed at Denver West, there is only one runaway truck ramp going west. About ten miles before that is the steepest descent, starting at Idaho Springs. It begins with a 90° turn, then goes down hill. Living here my entire life, I've seen many trucks with their brakes on fire, and smelled the burning brakes thousands of times. After you pass Evergreen, I70 is two tight lanes, with a curbside that is probably 1/4 width of a car, next to that is a guardrail, with steep mountainside on the other side of that. When these Lanes tighten, the roadway becomes increasingly curvy. With traffic, I believe this was a Friday night, during rush hour, it's impossible to change Lanes. From where the signs are for the runaway truck ramp to where the entrance is, he may not have been able to cut across the Lanes to use it. Now there is significant roadside at the end of the runaway ramp where the other truck was parked, I assume. Following that, there is another 90° turn and it is straight downhill again, there is an immediate exit for Morrison, which he wouldn't have been able to take had he not been able to use the ramp or pull off. Then highway access to C470, and 6th Ave, both highways that would have certainly had traffic stopped on the ramp, Colfax is immediately after 6th Ave, maybe an 1/8 mile if Im being generous. Then Denver West, where the accident occured, then, one mile later, at Highway 58, another 90° turn over Ward Road, this is one of the top ten spots for accidents in the entire state. This is undoubtedly where the accident was that had the traffic stopped. Listening to your analysis, I am certain of two things: one, this 70 year old stretch of roadway is in dire need of modernization, two, mandatory minimum sentences, created by legislators and expected to apply to situations with a wide range of mitigating factors, are inappropriate and unfair. Judges who hear the case should be able to use their own discretion when sentencing offenders, after all isn't that what the definition of justice is? Rally is next week and I will be in attendance. Thank you for creating this video.

All the evidence coming out is actually changing my mind completely of this case

I’ve been a trucker for 13 years. What I think happened was he tried to shift back into a gear while the engine brake was on, making the rpms drop faster than he could match it. That makes it almost impossible to shift it back into gear.

I think more blame should be put on the trucking company that hired him. Otherwise, great analysis, Doc.

I drove for 8 years. Rule #1: Configure the truck before you go down hill. 45 mph? 6th, 7th or 8th gear, full engine brake (depending haul and grade). If the truck isn't in gear, you become an 80,000lbs, 63 foot, unguided missle!

I appreciate how this video breaks down the complexities of the situation beyond the easily shareable narrative of “Trucker’s breaks fail causing a crash, and he gets sentenced to 100 years”

When 4 people got killed due to your action, whether it's purposeful or not, you are offered a plea deal, take it.

18 wheels and whaddya get? 110 years older and deeper in debt.

Employers need to be held responsible for training.

It's easy to sit outside and look in, thinking of oneself as selfless and courageous, but in the heat of the moment I wonder how many people would actually stop and think of anyone other than oneself. Panic is a real thing.

From what I've seen personally, so many drivers, particularly new ones, dont realise how much responsibility they hold in their hands every time they go out. As usual, great analysis Dr. Grande. Merry Christmas.

There is a factor also that if a trucker uses a runaway ramp there are consequences so it could create the idea "I'll just try to solve it myself" and then this happens. Please use the ramps.

The fact that he was 23 at the time seems to be part of the problem. He certainly didn't have the maturity or experience for this kind of driving situation.

I was a truck driver for seven years. Let's say that the gross weight of the truck was 70K and the drop was 5500ft. That is 385,000,000 ft pounds of energy to dump with an engine brake and a set of drums made of pig iron while avoiding drivers who are angry at your slow moving truck. You can never tell if a truck driver knows what he/she is doing or if it's their first week on the job. Please please please turn off the distractions and ignore your screaming kids and take your defensive driving game to the life and death level it has to be at when a guy like this shows up in your mirror. Legal responsibility, road rage, a lawyer on speed dial, and whatever God you believe in all add up to not being able to get rid of one ft pound of energy coming down a hill. Please be safe and make it home to the people who love you.

He has the facts right but that’s about it. I have 20 year experience gone through those mountains many times. He’s judging this man an he maybe has only driven a pick up truck. Lumber loads are not easy, they max those loads. He just wasn’t experienced enough to be in those mountains , with the load he had. The public should worry companies don’t care if drivers have zero experience, they just want those wheels to roll. Sadly people get into accidents. The company also had lots off violations, his truck did not look new at all. I watch the video and did not see him smoking the brakes like the doc insinuated. I would add once you get out of gear and the truck gets going it’s difficult to get back in gear. Probably impossible for him with his experience

This is a crazy sentence considering the truck driver who killed 16 hockey players in Canada only got 8 years.

Great analysis! As a Coloradan who has driven that road in a car for decades, it's clear he didn't know what the heck he was doing and he did himself no favors with his behavior before and after the tragedy. BUT, 110 years is shocking and much more than some of the worst criminals in the state get. Civil suits should follow against the company as well.

I signed the petition for him. That is ridiculous that they gave him LIFE FOR AN ACCIDENT.

Dr. Grande, just where does the trucking company that employed him fall into this? Or whomever trained him and deemed it okay to send an apparently too inexperienced driver on such a route? I see virtually no meaningful discussion about their own culpability here. One hundred and ten years is excessively punitive, and the driver carries the weight. He was not the only one at fault here.

It sounds like his lack of experience and knowledge is what did him in. Under panic conditions he could have lost control of his ability to think and plan a way to save himself and everyone else. If he had no actual experience with long steep downhill situations, he may have never had experience with brake fade. I don't think the sentence should be so severe

I have 32 years in the trucking industry, 12 of it as a training and safety director for a large (400) power units) west coast company (lots of steep mountains). This is so messed up on so many levels. Brake adjustment are the driver's responsibility and you MUST know how to do it. The company MUST insure that a driver has that knowledge. Mountain driving in a truck takes lots of actual training in an actual truck, with a trainer, under real world conditions, He got none of that. The company is required to train their drivers. Wrong driver trying doing a job he had no business doing. They both should have known better, his company is just as responsible as the driver, but apparently not as accountable. Prison, yes, a 110 years, nope.

I’ve been a CDL driver 33 years and your description of how truck operate mechanically is accurate. IMO the first responsibility for this scenario was the company that employed him. My second run as a solo driver was up and over Monarch Pass in Colorado. 13,000 plus feet. My employer pulled me aside and explained how to do this safely. He said to keep dropping speed and gears until the engine brake could hold the truck by itself. If I needed the air brakes AT ALL I was going too fast! He explained how the brakes would get hot, start small kind and quit working altogether. He also said that would happen very fast. When I got to the top and started downhill I knew exactly what to do to stay safe. This incident is a major failure of both the trucking school and the company. Yes, after he found himself in the spot he was in he would have felt the brakes fading and that alone should have alerted him to the danger he was in. Also the off ramps could have avoided this catastrophe.

1, Lack of training. 2, Bad equipment 3. Fear 4, First time in mountains. A bad combination. It takes years to learn driving big trucks in the mountains and always have an escape plan if things go bad. I hate to say Dr. Grande but it is extremely unlikely the driver would see or smell brakes that would be wafting behind you at speed. It is common to miss a gear and without the skill to recover you just cannot get in back in gear. But the sentence is ridiculous.

This is SO SAD. I could cry for everyone involved, including the driver.

This is my area and I've driven that stretch many times. It is extremely well marked with 'steep grade' signage all the way down the 60-miles and the runaway lane is clearly marked, as well. I remember the first time we took a relative from Wisconsin/Illinois up to the mountains and on the way home, he sat in the back howling with laughter at the 'exaggerations' on the signs and the 'scare tactics' and found the runaway lane to be 'hysterical.' As if on cue, we were passed by an out of control semi maneuvering to get into the lane and watched the driver struggle to bring it to a stop after hundreds of feet. We had a very quiet, very pale relative in the back seat for the rest of the ride home. To be honest - 'flatlanders' don't know how to drive in the mountains. They need instruction, experience and maturity to respect the geography.

I’m so old that when I took my CDL classes back when Henry Ford sold you the vehicle, I was taught to drive the out of control truck off the road if the only choice was your death or the driving public.

I can't express the gratitude that I have for your analysis on this. I am watching people try to raise money to get this man out of prison, I am watching people sign petitions to try to get this man a lighter sentence. Some even saying that he should just get probation it wasn't his fault. It just baffles me. Anyway thank you

One thing I absolutely love about your channel is the research you do into things like the precise operation of a specific firearm, or how to brake and control a tractor down a steep grade. If I hadn't heard ALL of that, yeah, I'd be convinced the sentence was insane, because I, a car driver, would have very little idea what to do. I've never even relied on a manual transmission - there's so much I don't know. And once I knew all of it, yeah, you're right. He DID screw up SO horribly, in ways that he COULD have prevented it.

Dr. Grande you have an excellent grasp of the operation of a tractor trailer with air brakes. In this case, I believe the man was not so much reckless but sorely inexperienced. By the time he was fully aware of the situation, he was out of control. Brakes didn't work, and was he using his Jake brakes? The sentence was too much. In Canada an inexperienced semi driver blew past a stop sign in the country and killed many young hockey players travelling in a bus. He got eight years. He now faces deportation back to his home country.

When the ego whispers "you only deserve a ticket" and the person makes a concious choice to go to trial. Son, you were offered a plea deal.

This guy deserves a long sentence. He admitted he was told that his breaks needed repairs, but he declined to have them done prior to the crash. Also he was speeding 85mpg in a 40-50mph zone & he passed 4 runaway lanes designed for trucks having break issues. He killed 4 people which is 15 years each alone & had 20+ other counts against him. Not only did he killed 4 people but he permanently disabled & partially disabled multiple people. He even tried to flee the scene by asking someone to use their phone so he could call someone to get him away from the incident. I have no idea why people are trying to lower his sentence when literally every where you look he was at fault & could have prevented this multiple times. Also people need to stop comparing other cases that aren’t even in the same realm as this one. Each case is different & you can’t base a persons sentence off of another case especially when it’s not even in the same category. This guy was so fucking ignorant & lacked any empathy that he didn’t even take the 10 year plea deal & only thought he deserved a traffic ticket after killing 4 people.

Always appreciate your factual, non-sensationalized presentations of cases.

Definitely doesn't deserve 110 yrs but does deserve time in prison. He passed multiple runaway truck ramps. I live near where this happened and it hit deep

Wait so he had a CDL and didn‘t know what a runaway truck ramp is?

Many truckers are now actively boycotting the state of Colorado for this sentence and refusing to deliver there. I'm not sure what percentage of drivers are taking part in this boycott, but it will certainly exacerbate logistics and delays for getting products into that state.

I agree with you Dr. Grande. I think 25 years would have been okay. He was reckless. Why didn't he just get off the freeway on the truck ramp. I feel his deep sorrow for what happened and how horrible he feels for the families of the injured deceased. Just that kind of personal accountability is VERY HARD TO FIND in today's world. Everyone's always blaming others or blaming things...... I think 25 with less for good behavior is appropriate. It's a sad story all around.

This situation scares the pants off of me. I have nightmares where I am on the WV turnpike and I'm either driving off of the mountain, or a semi is coming down one of those ramps after a failed stopping attempt and it just.... Full body chills.

I've traveled this area thousands of times in my life. It is very deceptive and even when you think you're at the bottom to you still are going downhill. Driving the section where this happened 85 mph in a normal car is challenging, doing it in a semi truck would lead to severe panic and tunnel vision. There is lots pf signage for the ramps but I could see how in panic you could freeze up. He made mistakes but lack of training is clearly a factor. I think the charges and sentencing were highly influenced by community sentiment and politics. Also, there is zero enforcement of the reduced truck speed limit in this area. Very tragic for the victims but I don't think all the blame lies with him.

I love how active your channel is when it comes to current "weird" cases.

I think you are right and I'm really impressed how you did accurate research on the functions of a semi-tractor trailer. It is spot on. Usually, even before the grade, you slow way down and put the transmission in 8th gear with the jake brake on with both hands on the steering wheel. Keeping the rig under 45 mph. If it begins to get away from you, you immediately stab brake and get the equipment down to around 37 mph. Thus gaining the advantage over the equipment and load. Choosing a different gear if needed. You never free wheel and never let other motorist push you, so to speak. Ever. The goal is to safely maneuver the load and equipment to the bottom of the mountain. Stab braking grabs hold of the equipment and gets it under control while not over heating the trailer brakes. But if a driver runs flat out from the top they are already in deep trouble. Because once the vehicle is controlling you and gravity takes over then sometimes friction will not be enough to safely control or stop the equipment. You always pull the trailer. The trailer should not ever be pushing your tractor. But he was inexperienced and why he didn't just run her up a runaway truck ramp i have no idea. How he survived, I have no idea. None. One charge i think was wrong, was intentional assault. That's a stretch. Stupidity and panic isn't intentional. It was clearly an accident. 110 years bespeaks to how ridiculous our justice system is. Remember everyone, you are on your own in this life. You really are. You have to be very cautious about choices and decisions that you make. No one is coming to save you. You don't just say, well fuck it, the brakes are gone think I'll crash now. I will admit 60 miles is a very long mountain. That's why they call it work and not joy riding. And you are a professional operator of very very dangerous equipment. I myself used to haul tandem trailers through mountains in the snow and I had a healthy respect for everything in that situation and if it got really bad i would frequently pull over to take breaks and calm my nerves. Check the ice on the roadway even. One mistake is all it takes to change a life or destroy one. It's real work at the end of the day trying to get goods to their destinations. It can be very dangerous and nerve racking. Operating any motor vehicle is a serious business. Many die attempting it. I'm sorry for all involved here. I know what it's like to lose a loved one to a senseless motor vehicle accident. It ruins your life. So be safe and proffer out there, everyone.

This reminds me of the Humboldt bus tragedy in Saskatchewan. An inexperienced truck driver that made a terrible human error that resulted in the loss of human life. Admittedly the driver in Canada knew the terrible mistake he made and admitted to all charges, so there wasn't a trial.

He doesn’t deserve 110 years. He was inexperienced and the trucking company should be responsible for the maintenance of the truck. I do feel sorry for the people who died.

Im really impressed about how much knowledge Dr know about trucking mechanisms .

Dr G. either knows a butt ton about trucks or did some quality homework. both are cool

Considering the mandatory sentencing he was clearly facing, and clearly would be found guilty of, I think the other incompetent party here is the attorney failing him. Don’t just offer your client the plea deal and not CLEARLY explain to the client how likely his chances of being found guilty and punishment will be

He clearly had insufficient training for the job he was doing. I think what does not make him a sympathetic defendant is the fact he felt he did nothing wrong and only deserved a traffic ticket. His extreme position probably was incomprehensible to the legal people involved. To take zero responsibility in a tragedy of this magnitude indicates an almost complete lack of insight into the gravity of the accident and the devastating circumstances it created. He also lacked insight in that he made no real attempt to mitigate danger to others. He called about the brakes, but did nothing to address the problem. He could have pulled over, but for unknown reasons, he didn't. He had a lack of experience with this set of geographical conditions, it was not taken into account. The long sentence is overdone in terms of the amount of years, but I think people have a difficult time maybe of feeling sorry for him because of his indifference. Great, Dr. Grande. Great analysis.

You always offer fairness and clarity. You are always a breath of fresh air. 🙏

A semi hit and killed my 16 year old brother in 2000. It devastated my life. The driver tried to sue my parents afterwards. He had "mental anguish" over losing his job. The judge tore the lawsuit papers up, and threw them in the trashcan. My brother's absence is always present. I see him in everything he's missed. Love never ends. God bless the victims' families.

As a trucker I was horrified by this...But now after hearing all this evidence he was responsible

The company owner shares some responsibility. Maybe a ten year sentence will serve as a reminder to others to ensure their staff are trained properly.

If someone runs a red light and kills an entire family in a car, it would be considered an accident and the person who caused the accident wouldn’t go to jail, if a doctor kills someone on a medical malpractice the doctor wouldn’t be jailed for murder, but if a trucker loses his brake and panics and runs into traffic killing ppl, he’d be called a murderer and thrown in jail for 110 yrs.

I could see maybe 15-20 yrs with the possibility of parole in 10. But, he wasn't drunk or under the influence or texting this seems like a excessive amount of time.

This brought back memories of our trip to Colorado and following a semi up a steep hill/mountain. There were no guardrails and it was just a long drop-off on the passenger side of the road. The semi was going at a high speed and half of his back outer tire kept going completely off the road. It had to be the scariest thing for me to watch as a passenger in the car behind him.

He AND the company are totally responsible for this horrific carnage. The owner of the company should be doing jail time as well.

13:20 For all you truckers risking your life for meager pay Which oddly enough keeps decreasing year by year when the need for truckers is rising. Lack of quality equipment and no home time or family time this is what you're gonna get hit with in a court of law. - Never put your family or anybody else's life in danger because of greedy I'll equipped trucking company and their low ball mileage pay. Driving a truck is a dangerous job and requires a skilled person . However I see many times trucking companies pulling people off the street filling their head with fake hopes of big money and false promises and giving them quick poor quality training. Get proper training and never allow these companies to push you into a situation like this.These companies will wash their hands of you and they're the ones that are creating the dangerous situations .

I'm really impressed by how detailed and how accurate Dr. Grande's analysis is.

For as sad and scary as this analysis was, I was really intrigued by all of it. And hearing from truck drivers in the comments is eye opening. I always try to stay extra mindful around trucks on the highway. They deal with lots of stuff and if I can make their trek easier, I try to. But yes, the sentence was unfair. I'm a forensic social worker and just last month a guy I saw for an assessment was sentenced to just 25 years for stabbing his girlfriend to death. I mean wtf. Sad and wrong and scary all around. Give us some good news for the Christmas week, doc! Oh, and Harm Reduction just came in the mail today!!!!!!

Well done, Dr. Grande! You explained the operation of a tractor trailer perfectly - simple enough for a 5 year old to understand. I've got in excess of 2 million safe miles under my belt and have run the Rockies, the Pacific Coast mountains and the lesser chains on the east coast more times than I can count. In my last job before retirement I was the Safety Director of a fleet of around 250 drivers... this chap was clearly out his element and, in my opinion, deserves some jail time. Certainly not a life sentence but something meaningful "pour encourager les autres". The ownership of the company he worked for also deserves meaningful time behind bars. Driver should get 5 years minimum and a lifetime driving ban but the ownership should probably get double that plus big damages $$$ to payout in liability. Just my 2 cents.

I'm impressed with your knowledge on trucks. You explain how they work with better vocabulary an grammar than I do.

Like Reuben the Bohemian Cowboy said (40+ years driving) you can take a truck down a mountain too slow many times, too fast only once.

I am a truck driver. Your understanding of truck systems is spot on. Nice job 👍

His biggest mistake was taking it to court. When you take any case to court you get the maximum possible time. He should have took a plea deal his lawyers worked out for him. He might be in jail for only like 2 years. Who knows. But he chose to fight it. And that's why he has many consecutive sentences.

The finals grades are in and I'm passed all my classes with flying colors! I'm so happy! Now I get to kick back, watch and make lots of goodies!!!! Happy holidays, Dr Grande! Your dedication is as strong as ever! ❤️❄️

Very informative as usual. Thanks for the clarity that you bring.

Great explanation on the mechanism of the brake and your explanation resembles my relatives' (who are professional CDL-A drivers and they've been working for over 2 decades *safely*) explanation on what they thought happened during Aguilera-Mederos descending. They thought Aguilera-Mederos was a reckless and inexperienced driver, but they thought the sentence was excessive--as for example some murderers and even child molesters got lighter sentence.

I appreciate the analysis and explanation of how the braking systems work. And I agree, 110 years is too much, around 25 years is what we here frequently in involuntary manslaughter and other "accidental" type murder cases. Thank you Dr. Grande.

Fantastic analysis Dr G!!

Fantastic analysis, as always.

Back from the start this could have been a preventable accident. One of the biggest issues with truck drivers today is not getting the training needed and a language barrier. And as "professional drivers" We are held to a higher standard.

He keeps saying "recklessness" over and over again, I don't buy it - only at the end does he say what it really was: Incompetence. Had he been competent he would have known not to get into that situation. This guy sounds like a lot of Spanish and Portuguese drivers I drove with, they came across as reckless and arrogant because they were often badly educated guys who'd barely been trained.

Great video. Very informative.

I've seen plenty of truck drivers flip their own truck sometimes killing themselves to avoid killing innocent people, he was extremely careless and inexperienced, I disagree with 110 years but he definitely deserves a lengthy prison sentence.

He was carless which makes him reckless which makes him guilty but 110 years is somewhat excessive

I'm from there. He had ample opportunity to stop. He didn't and he can sit right where he is.

That's completely outrageous this is a civil case at best. Brake failure is a mechanical issue not reckless driving. Their were people who done far worse and got house arrest. What did they do look at his last name?

Your video is the only video that has answered my questions. Thank you

Hello Dr. Grande❣️ Thank you for the new video as always.

I was quite prepared for a different conclusion from you, Dr. Grande. I live in the suburbs of Denver, south of were this accident happened. As you can imagine, it was headlines for days and weeks because of the magnitude of the accident. I don't know how much weight I want to put on the info given by the news media on this however, it was said that Mr. Aguilera wasn't the brightest bulb in the box. He also was too distraught to aid others in the accident, refusing to help. This guy was well out of his league to be responsible for his haul. With that said, I agree that the length of his sentence is too severe. I agree that 25 years, which would easily be reduced once he has served many years, would be more in line with his crime. He did comment a crime(s). Negligence in a vehicle that leads to the death of others is a crime. Also, I sincerely doubt that Mr. Aguilera will ever cause this sort of accident again when he is out of jail. It is an isolated incident. As a side note: a homeless man along the overpass went to the aid of several people involved in the accident. He is purported to have saved at least two people. Good Samaritans are still around.

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I've been in this same situation before. Only happened 1 time after 17 years of driving. Driving a older truck since my normal truck was In the shop. Had a heavy load ran out of air very fast..doing 85 around around curves marked for 45. I was in like tunnel vision. Lucky I was driving at night, like I mostly do to avoid traffic. You are not thinking about running into the escape ramps..you just want to keep it on the road an not flipping over, it's just a fight mode mentally.but after making it down the grade luckily. I just had to put out my smoking breaks, an change my undies.

I have been driving trucks going on 30 years. After hearing some of the facts. I have to say that he is guilty. 110 years is excessive.

Happy Holidays Dr. Grande!

Brilliant analysis!

Dr. Grande! You have a lot of knowledge in many topics! Great analysis as usual :)

Thank you for taking the time to break down all the aspects of this case.Taking responsibility for your reckless behaviour in your vehicle is why I strongly feel Anne Sacoolas needs to be sent to the UK and tried in their courts for the murder of 19 year old Harry Dunn. Driving on the wrong side of the road cost a family the loss of their son and the fact she's using her privilege to evade all sense of responsibility is disgusting. Too bad this guy couldn't claim diplomatic immunity, nope 110 years for him...

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Very nice episode Dr Grande and you really explained the theory of the brakes excellently

Very interesting and helpful. It is interesting how different of views these views are from the news. Thank you for the video.