Mirrors and truck stops

depends...how bad? am i a company driver or is the truck MINE? company driver...id call safety immediately and tell them about it and take a picture or 2. dont want to end up being charged for an accident by the company later down the road. some would say keep notes on who you parked next to every night, but i dont. if it were MY truck, and someone put a couple scratches or a ding somewhere, and they were gone, honestly, id forget it. someone put a hole in my truck, or did something significant, id call the police and file hit and run report. i know its not terribly consistent, but im a money guy. i dont care much about a scratch on my car,or truck. someone keyed my car like 5 years ago, and my WIFE (who doesnt drive at all) was livid. i was angry, but less so. and its never been fixed lol. but you are more optimistic of human nature than i am...why would you assume they were unaware? SOME dont pay enough attention, but when they end up having a small accident, and think they can get away with it, they drive off...FULLY aware of what theyve done

 

But also if a trailer swings and just grazes a mirror you would never know it if you were not looking at it, But like poker said it depends on how it affects you.

 

Might have been this guy...

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ienced-truckers-advice/198054-dac-report.html

 

I saw a truck at Dunnigan Ca TA with the hood completely on the floor torn off wires hanging just a mess driver was walking outside in boxers just swearing I stopped said wats up driver he said catch that S O B that was next to me his at the light he just did this its a white dirty shaker so I took off but I got caught at the red light just as he took off northbound and he was gone I couldnt catch him. Moral of the story...there is scratches and put me out of services both happen all the time.

 

I was pulling out a spot a few years ago and the driver came on the radio said I just hit his mirror. I was like how in the world did I do that. Guess the tandems were pulled to far up and cut a little too tight. The over hang from the swing must of scratched the mirror. The damage was very minimal and he was like don't worry about it. You could barely tell and If he wasn't sitting in his driver seat at the time, and normally I don't even have my cb on. But happen to hear him call me. I would of just kept going. The driver I'm sure didn't see it and the damage is small just be thankful it wasn't too bad, because I'm sure you might find yourself in the same situation and would hate to have a minuscule accident on your record for something you probably couldn't prevent.

 

I woke up to the side of a trailer knocking off my fender mirror again.all i could do is stare at the hindu lady on the back of the reefer as he took off.In another adventure one of those hindu guys backed into pass mirror then his partner was banging on the door telling me to move,while I was parked in a slot at the truckstop.Had to get on the cb to get some guys back there to help them.They scratched my mirror but I figured they would try to convince me that it was my fault.Welcome to America

 

That completely sucks.