Accident on i86 NY

I wasn't there. So I can't tell you what truely transpired. You weren't there, so you truely can't say what transpired. You can only go by the word of your driver.

Did you know that driver's can & will lie to protect themselves? Not not saying that your driver is lying.... But if what he told you is truely what happened... and if he kept a positive attitude with the law enforcement... Then I don't see why he is being threatened.

In today's industry... At least here in the United States attitude speaks wonders. If you got a crappy attitude, then the officer(s) will have one as well. If you remain positive, then tho officer(s) remain positive as well & attempt to look at things from the driver's point of view.

Did you know that leaving the scene of an accident is illegal as well? It doesn't matter if he was involved. He witnessed it & has to give a report of what he saw transpire to a law enforcement officer.

May I suggest educating, training, or replacing your driver's with competent individuals? Maybe your pushing them to hard? I don't know. But this is twice in one week that you have mentioned problems with law enforcement. If your issues continue, you will be out of business here in the United States not long after CSA 2010 is fully implemented.

 

Are you out of the US or Canada? From your other thread I read, I gather your a Canadian carrier?

Just from the two instances, I think your driver's are running to hard to make an extra dollar or two. I don't blame them. Maybe if you give em a nickel per mile raise & govern the trucks, they won't feel so rushed?

I'm just trying to help come up with suggestions that may assist in helping you remain compliant & under the radar....

 

Following too close should not stand up in court in this case, Video ? Eye Witness ? He did not colide with the other vehichle. And of course a passing vehichle changing lanes.

 

In NEW YORK STATE you have a some what GESTAPO police force ( State Troopers ) that HATE trucks , Truckers and Canadians so just abide by the rules / laws and you will do OK , if not you will be constantly in problems.

Lot of Canadian companies from Ontario run the Ontario / Eastern Seaboard routes and never have a problem ( they have been at it for years ) yet new startups try and buck the system.

 

where was this accident. I know I87 and I88 but am unfamiliar with I86. I travel I87 every day and see a lot of trucks over the bank on their side.

 

I-86 runs from near Erie, PA to Binghamton, NY.

It is the old NY-17 corridor

 

Could the driver, that went to jail, have made a statement that sounded like this... "that truck behind me was coming up on me so fast that I had to swerve out of shear reflex to avoid getting hit in the rear"

a statement similar to that would have the implications to the officer that your driver was following to close

now, a statement like that wont get the jailed driver out of trouble, but, was the best he could come up with, possibly.

my imagination ^^^^ but a possibility the actual events and/or story given.