23 year veteran trucker fired!

I don't know why people are giving advice about tailgating, or proper driving?
The accident already happened now time to handle it. Most people have not experienced rear ending a vehicle.
You can drive a company truck as 1099, many people loathe it. Some like it.
But I am not sure how your husband's record will look when all is settled. And how insurance will view it. He may need to lease op not lease purchase, or if you can look for lease purchase of pre DPF truck, or ELD exempt truck there are many places to find that. Or if possible to put money down for a bank loan to buy old style truck and lease on to a carrier that pays percentage. That is what I see as a possiblity.

 

This may be another idea.
See if your husband can drive a sprinter van.
Most of them do not run any logo, company name, or DOT numbers. Yet they haul freight for $1 per mile, and don't use and log book either. The truth is what it is.

 

Your husband has been committed to you for how long? Longer than these internet clowns telling you how your entire life shouldve gone differently without knowing one #### thing about you. If your husband needed the internets opinion he could log on himself to get it. Put your faith in the man you married and stand by him, for better or for worse right? The Lord will provide.

 

Dump trucks if you have any around you. There are a ton of em around here and I know they aren't picky. I have heard they don't pay the best but it would get him rolling until he gets his current situation cleared up and can look for something better.

 

You cannot see someone 5 feet on your bumper through peripheral vision. And even if you can, it shouldn’t annoy you since you are only liable for what’s in front of you. Why not ignore them?

 

You made it clear that that’s how most drive when you said “those guys” and how they’re “usually” driving that way. And then at the very end of your rant you did say that maybe not all of them. So, since you’ve hauled so much livestock in your career I’m going to ask you to think about what you’re saying about how they usually drive. Then think about how their load is standing up. Then think about what would happen in a panic stop. While you’re thinking about all of that keep in mind that the driver is responsible for buying any dead or injured animals on the truck. I haven’t been paying attention to the cattle prices lately but I’m sure calf prices are around the $7-800 range. So how long would guys be in business if they usually drive the way they say they usually drive? Maybe since you’re going 62 and not looking in your mirrors they surprise you a little bit when they pass? Or maybe you cut them off when you change lanes because you haven’t been checking your mirrors and didn’t see how fast they were approaching?