Lawsuit alleges missing sign caused '09 Bailey crash -Flume

The semitrailer driver who was injured in an August 2009 crash in downtown Bailey has filed a lawsuit against Castle Rock-based Scott Contracting Inc. and Alert Traffic Control, alleging that their removal of a caution sign caused his crash. Details in this week's Flume.

link to the actual article: http://www.theflume.com/main.asp?Sectio ... cleID=8496


Ok, so the sign was missing but he couldn't tell that the road was heading downhill fairly rapidly and therefore low gears might be a good idea!?!?!

Sounds to me like an ID10T who shouldn't have been driving that kind of rig if he can't recognize a significant downgrade, to put it mildly, without a sign to tell him about it.

IMO, he is just doing whatever he can to avoid responsibility.