Rough start, appreciate advice

I love that line.

Are you an employer?

If I were an employer, I would probably think that the applicant had a general problem with alertness and attention to detail, as well as a lack of good judgement.

 

Sounds like you had some bad luck? I wouldn't have reported anything I didn't have to like the stop sign.
I would almost giess you're in the twenties?
You should be able to find someone to hire you. Jetco logitics is in houston.

 

This whole thing sounds too screwy to be true.

 

5 problems in 13 months..someone may hire you but its gonna be an uphill trip to find them.
Try to not hit anything on the way.
Sorry, had to

 

Exactly.

You hit three things, four if you include the scale, in a very short period of time. A future employer won't look at how much any of it cost who ever you worked for. They'll think, "How much is it going to cost me the next time he hits something?" as there seems to be a good likelihood with it happening at this point.

 

You are borderline hire material. Some companies allow no more than three or four accidents in a three year period.

You're young and new but nothing is an excuse. In the eyes of others whether it's $50 or $20,000, an accident is an accident.

Actually gashing a tire and running off the road with no property damage is not considered an accident. I read something on that the other day in the regulation definitions. So basically we are looking at three accidents. All three were poor decisions in tight spots. Never U-turn in tight spots. Many places it's illegal on the open road. Go around the block or find a big parking lot.

The other two incidents again tight spots. You can't get in trouble sitting still. Make them move first. That goes for parking lots too. Don't let the actions of others coerce you into making a bad decision. It takes an experienced driver to make that trailer to do what the driver wants it to do or track. Inexperienced drivers don't always consider trailer track when they should be.

The way it's suppose to work is live and learn. Hopefully you analyzed each situation. Down playing and finding other fault is not helping your problems.

Tire damage, I wouldn't of gave specifics. Play dumb and get it fixed. A dispatcher might say bring the tire back. Some throw it under a trailer never to be heard from again. Don't be going back to a terminal, here's that tire blah blah blah. Simple stuff like that, sometimes you have to protect your own interest. Hitting stuff is a different story.

The stop sign, no ticket or no report? Don't volunteer info.

You have a rough road ahead of you. I wouldn't get comfortable until you get three years under your belt. Five years before you get seasoned.

You just have to go on a job hunting spree. They'll be many rejections, but someone will hire you. Consider driving local or LTL for awhile. They tend to do less background checks. But remember you can't stay away from OTR for more than three years or you lose your experience.

Find out what's on that DAC. Disputing is free and might work to your advantage.

 

Well, as a former Safety supervisor, these are called "triggering events". Statistics show drivers who have this many are much more likely to have a major event within 18 months. So don't apply to the Big carriers. Actually, you need to do some soul searching and decide if this is a good career for you. If the answer is yes, apply to small fleets and remember to "see the big picture".

 

it will seem obvious....


But stop hitting stuff with the truck.

Nothing is so important that you have to get reckless and such.

I take it no one has ever mentioned over-swing on your trailers. Either in the front or the rear.

Ever wonder how the front corners of the truck are always dinged? Because people don't even think of that over-swing.

Driving a school bus was a great teaching experience for me on rear swing for long over-hangs.

 

employers don't allow 3 preventable accidents,the key word is "preventable " ,these all seem to have been. you haven't the experience or training needed to know where your trailer is. as time goes by it becomes second nature.
hopefully you weren't on the freakin' phone when these happened. with all my years , I'll still stop in the middle of the road if unsure to,

Get
Out
And
Look!!!!!!!!!

but, in your defense, I've run over many a sign and kept on gettin' it.