Swift stabbed me in the back

1st of all...you knowingly wrecked a truck and now you're asking how to lie and cover it up...if you're willing to go to these extremes for this what makes you think you won't want to try this again...i think it's best to find another field of work if your judgment is that poor.

 

Unsubscribing from thread...

 

Please reread my longer post. In future situations, please have a second form of map to double check. Then get out and walk. Then, if you can't do it safely, call BEFORE you do something you shouldn't. Your post cut off but still shows a telltale word. Other (than). So you did damage. To property that wasn't yours. Unless you owned that truck, the property wasn't yours. If you did damage you made a mistake. You need to admit that. Now. You cannot hide this or keep it confidential, which was your original question. Next step, learn or stay out of the rig. Take the advice or stay home.

Now. I'm going to tell you something. My husband took down a power pole and dropped live wires over 4 parked cars

Ok now I know there is more to this. My husband, on his first day, hit a power pole, pulled it to 45°. Laid live wires over 4 parked cars. It was new years eve, 5 mins to midnight. We had cops, power company, tow and fire emergency out there. Drunk people handing their beers to the cops so they could move their cars. It was horrible. He worked for swift. He was not fired until he had another (much less drastic) Accident. In the meantime, he came in contact with another pole. He saw he was on it and stopped. He attempted to back out, I saw the pole wiggle a couple of inches and told him even as he was stopping himself. He called the company. They called a tow, which straightened the trailer for us so we could make the turn. The company was annoyed at the time. But guess what? Swift didn't report it, have never told another company about it. Why? Because we called them instead of doing damage. So two things. One. You need to tell the whole story. Two. Call. Don't attempt something unsafe and then call.

 

From the sound of it there may have been a little side fairing damage.
Hardly wrecking a truck.

And the first person that says they have never had a moment of poor judgement, I will call a liar.

 

http://www.tbo.com/list/military-ne...airport-landing-on-fatigue-human-error-614036

It happens to some of the best trained people in the world. Human error, complacency, or bad direction.

As a noob, my issue is with blaming the machine. I've gone down the wrong way in my car, gone through a no-through truck neighborhood in my CMV, and cracked the plastic on another driver's truck. Do I blame my carrier? The software? Nope, the only mechanical defect was (is) the loose nut holding the wheel.

OP, step up and own the deed. We have all been there... or will be.

 

Four words
Google Earth satellite view.

 

Yep. My hubby had 2 minor truckstop accidents and took out a traffic signal pole in his first 5 months at Swift. He knew he deserved to be fired and his dm sent him for additional close quarters training instead. His buddy rolled a truck in training, quit a few months later, and they still rehired him a few months after that. Swift is VERY forgiving!!