An inevitable Fate?

After almost 8 years of driving accident free, my luck ran out and my truck finally got hit today. Worse part is that it was a hit and run by my own co-worker a fellow schneider driver...

 

I do have one but i didnt even need it, shipper takes down all truckers info including truck n trailer#, name, drivers license and phone number and there were only 3 schneider drivers there today so it was easy to figure out who it ws. I called safety n made a claim, i guess they must be tracking him down now. Lol. I always thought it was crazy that these shippers required all these info but it sure came in handy today.

 

Well i would always assume that leaving an accident scene is an automatic grounds for being fired. Its overall an illegal act, you never know what these type of people will do on the road especially in a 80 ton big rig if they believe they can get away with it.

 

He definitely knew he hit me because he backed up after contact before he caused more damage. It was the side of the trailer that hit me. It almost seemed like he forgot he was pulling a trailer when he was making the turn or misjudged the distance. Our tandems had to be all the way back too so i'm not sure if he slid them forward before taking off because not a lot of room was there to maneuver.