Terminated for accidents - What can I do to fix this?

No that was it. He told me it was a night and he saw three doughs crossng the interstate toward the shoulder and he said he hit the last one but was no evidence on the truck and said they didn't see any dead dear on the road. I questioned him several times.

I am trying to make a point about there are good trainers and bad. That the responsibility is for them to train the new drivers properly before letting them go out on there own.

 

What you did was blame the trainers for what happened, you need to take responsibility.With that said I do wish you luck and successs with this next company and do not finish up your training until you are 100% ready to be turned loose.If you feel you're not getting trained safely and properly, you go to your company.

 

What responsibility lies with the trainee? This is big boy/girl (pattyj) stuff out here....otherwise known as a job. There is an endless stream of threads on site where a driver refuses to take responsibility. Instead blame it on everyone else or have someone else blame.. If a trainee cannot speak up or identify the lack of training they are receiving then quite frankly they should not be operating a CMV.

 

Oh deer! Shouldn't "buck" responsibility....

 

I would think the deer would have been terminated as well.

OK, we all know about good and bad trainers. But it is quite obvious that you are either getting a tall tale from your son, or you are spinning a tall tale yourself here.

 

Pattyj! Where's Dinomite? We need his input!

 

Dagnabit this thread is still open!! Heads are going to roll. Can you gentle people please stop harassing our members. Geez Louise's people can't come on here with fabricated stories and get a break. Now that I'll be in charge sometime in the future. Things are going to change. You guys are going to have to represent the forum in a nice and gentle way. This is the people's forum and as a card carrying member of the report. We will not accept anything, but professionalism. Heck if you can't get it out on the road. You can come in here and enjoy the atmosphere. This is not channel 19 so act your age not your shoe or bra size.

 

So in Shelly's case who's fault is it?

 

Can't be in charge without going thru me first.I thought I taught you that.Guess i'll have to break out my bat once again.

 

I too have hit deer(s) (I know the plural of deer is still deer), and I can assure you that there is always "some evidence" of a deer strike, well at least my 2 times. First time, I was pulling out of a store/deli parking lot, and onto the road A traffic light was all of about 100 yards away, so I hadn't even gotten past say about 30 mph, before I had to come to a stop. I hit a deer crossing the street, yeah, street not road, The deer ran away, as it was only tagged. But it pushed in my front plastic bumper, which pulled back out with no problem. However, the 'middle section" of that bumper? was dented in. Our truck had a 3 section front bumpers that many a Macks did. I still had to report that.

My second deer strike was with my current employer. I was on the highway doing 68 MPH when my truck was able to do this, before they castrated all of them. I hit a buck, a HUGE BUCK, sent him into the next year! My truck? I actually got to drive it all the way back to my location, then take it over to Penske.

Damages? Well 2 months and $5,000 later, is how much damage I had. Front bumper, fog light, inner fender, quarter fender, passenger side lower AND upper steps, quarter mud flap at the right rear drive.

Me? I wrote it up, company said, oh well crap happens, got another rental, went back to work the next night.

Some company's "may charge" a driver with a preventable, IF a deer strike happens with-in the warning range of posted signs, other companies just have a safety meeting (we actually did, as a few of us had deer strikes that time) and was told this happens, do not swerve, just hit the stupid Richard Cranium animals, head on, and brace yourself for a ride Disney Land does not have!