Comments on: Chemical Tanker Driver Sentenced For Driving Drunk On Highway 29

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 16 May 2014 20:36:04 +0000

Maleic anhydride is a low hazard profile chemical. Maleic anhydride rapidly hydrolyzes to form maleic acid in the presence of water and hence environmental exposures to maleic anhydride are not expected to occur. Maleic anhydride and maleic acid are biodegraded under aerobic conditions in sewage sludge and in soil and water as well.

From wikipedia

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 16 May 2014 12:45:41 +0000

Maleic Anhydride is not “deadly”. I worked at the plant that manufactures it, and have loaded many trucks and railcars of it. It freezes to a solid at 52.5 degrees C. or 125.6 degrees F.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Fri, 16 May 2014 06:18:22 +0000

It’s a shame this driver only got nine months in jail and licenses suspended for only a year. The kind of chemical he was hauling is highly deadly and can cause great bodily harm. Roy and I use to work for the same transportation company in Cantonment. We’ve seen what Maleic can and will do to a person. Although points DO NOT double the driver can hire an attorney to try and get the points dropped off his licenses, which highly doubt it due to the nature. I can only pray he didn’t drive for the company I use to work for.

Just thankful he was caught in time. I’d like to see the company get fined for NOT properly performing routine drug testing as they should, but that’s just my opinion.

By: JDG

JDG — Thu, 15 May 2014 20:19:51 +0000

Maybe he won’t never drive a truck again. At John, points do not double on CDLs anymore when you get a speeding ticket.

By: patti

patti — Thu, 15 May 2014 18:28:52 +0000

I don’t think this person should drive at all! NOT just BIG TRUCKS, but ALL vehicles!! Can you imagine what would have happen if he’s hit someone, run off the road, or overturned! It’s horrible to think of!!

By: John

John — Thu, 15 May 2014 13:48:15 +0000

If you carry a CDL license your B/A drops to .04. So this guy was almost 4 times over the limit. You cannot go to traffic school to get points off your record also the points on speeding in your car double if you have a CDL license.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 15 May 2014 11:50:59 +0000

DUI, for a trucker, whether in a semi or not, seems to mean no more trucking for him/her. They may get their CDL back, but the insurance companies make it hard for the driver to find a job. This might be a good thing.

By: JDG

JDG — Thu, 15 May 2014 10:40:56 +0000

Get a new career.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 15 May 2014 10:16:34 +0000

I hope he never drives a truck again. He is too dangerous to be behind the wheel of a large truck…a lethal weapon.

By: Oversight

Oversight — Thu, 15 May 2014 10:15:28 +0000

Aha ha! So he gets a possible death sentence during the next nine months!