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Swift’s accident rate is their own fault

Discussion in 'Swift' started by Lonewolf2000, Apr 27, 2019.

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  1. Apr 27, 2019 #1
    Lonewolf2000

    Lonewolf2000 Medium Load Member

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    Swift does have one of the highest if not the highest accident rate of any trucking company. They have themselves to blame for it.Back in orientation they pissed and moaned about all the accidents that have taken place but make no effort to prevent any future occurrences.They hire anybody of the street and give rushed and poor quality training and tell you ready or not off you go spread your wings and fly. Everybody heard the term babies having babies well it’s the same at swift rookies training rookies, after just 6 months a driver can become a trainer. I believe in order to be a trainer you should need 2-3
    years experience and in addition have a perfect safety record. Swift needs to sit new applicants down for an interview and see if they would or would not make a good driver or not, could help weed out they people who quit right off the bat. Also have them take a driving test to see if they just need some fine tuning or have no business driving a truck.
     
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  3. Apr 27, 2019 #2
    ZVar

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    They do? I thought their accident rate was actually kinda low. They are just so large they are in the news all the time.
     
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  4. Apr 27, 2019 #3
    MACK E-6

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    Well, when you have that kind of turnover you have little choice but to have rookies “training” rookies.
     
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  5. Apr 27, 2019 #4
    shogun

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    CCD49B35-CCBC-4290-AB3F-956A8C4F7DD4.jpeg
     
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  7. Apr 27, 2019 #5
    fairshake

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    Not many people getting into trucking are safety minded people anymore, they are just doing it for money and don’t care about most others. I have never understood why you simpletons still can’t figure out that a massive company will always have more of just about EVERYTHING. Duh, sharpest tools in the shed!
     
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  8. Apr 27, 2019 #6
    BCV

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    Bottom of the barrel company. If you haven't seen much in this world you don't have much to compare anything too... Swift is a upgrade from the trailer park their drivers grew up in
     
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  9. Apr 27, 2019 #7
    Moosetek13

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    Here we go. Another Swift bashing thread inside the Swift forum where these people have no business being.
     
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  10. Apr 27, 2019 #8
    InTooDeep

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    I believe the OP is a Swift driver
     
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  11. Apr 27, 2019 #9
    shogun

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    Umm, if you will recall, I was fired from Swift for wearing a shirt with a beer logo and I didn’t even work there. Then @snowman_w900 was fired during orientation but they comped him a free meal at the Mexican restaurant. Finally @Humblepie graduated high school with Jerry Moyes, they smoked pot together. When Jerry found out he had slept with his wife in high school, humble was fired

    We all have a bone to pick with Swift.
     
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  12. Apr 27, 2019 #10
    Humblepie

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    Yeah, she kept coming on to me talk about how swift Jerry was. She said every time they’d get down she knew it would be a swift-knight
     
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