be careful out there

He forgot to set his brakes and his truck rolled.

 

Is there a website to check other companies scores?

 

Stupidity has it's own reward.

 

This is more common than you think. The one I hear about the most often is when a driver is backed on to a sloped dock, and the dock bay door is opened. The office door is closed and locked. Some drivers try climbing up in between the trailers to get inside. One driver while being unloaded stuck his head in between the trailer and dock to see how things were coming along. The truck or trailer brakes bled off just a little bit, that was just enough to kill him when his head was caught in between the trailer and dock. This was in New York years ago. Many drivers have been hurt doing this. The other big NO NO is pulling the pin to drop a trailer when the truck is facing down hill. The trailer brakes are set, but not the tractor. You pull the pin and get run over by your own truck. It gets to be so common place doing these things over and over, day in and day out that the simplest of things can even kill well seasoned drivers.

 

If I ever do anything stupid enough to get me killed, then it was my own da%# fault.
And I'll have no one to blame but myself, right?

But someone that fails to set the brakes and then jumps out so quickly that they get crushed?
Or someone that does not actually bump the dock, then gets out to peek in the trailer (with his head between the steel and steel)?
Or not pulling that yellow one (thus setting both) when dropping a trailer?

Sorry, but these types of people have no business in trucking.


And that goes for me as well, if I ever get that brain dead.

 

Yes, 2 years trucking experience.
57 years of Life experience.

And we all make judgements every day of our life.

I notice that your profile does not list any trucking experience.

And yes, stuff happens.
But this job is too demanding to let our guard down, even for that one time - because it can get you killed.

Perhaps I am taking such a hard tone in this thread because I am also coming down on myself, for those times I simply lucked out of killing myself (or someone else) because of the stupid mistake I just made.

We can not afford to be stupid.
And I have to remind myself of that fact every waking moment.

 

With all due condolences to the loved ones of this unfortunate driver. Repetition and fatigue breeds complacence. Every driver I've ever spoken with is guilty at some point or another, of making poor choices, or doing something really dumb, in the name of expedience. 99 times out of 100, we get away with it, then after thinking about it say to ourselves "that was stupid, what were you thinking?" Thank you rank for the reminder.