The start of my first year with Swift.

So here I sit. The day has started of with a real bang and I got hit with a preventable crash.

In the directions to my first stop it said to go to a certain St. and look left and I would see the business. Well you can't see the business from the street. Qualcomm took me to the next roundabout. This is the third roundabout in a short distance. The problem is it takes you 360 degrees around the roundabout and back to the street I was just at. Like a fool I followed the qualcomm to the third roundabout. This one wasn't built for truck traffic. No way around it but to drive over very high curb. Bent rim and deflated tire. Made my 1st stop on time but now waiting for onroad because no one would come out before 7am. This gives me 8 points on the Swift in house safety score and keeps me from being a Platinum driver, for what that's worth. I guess if I don't know what the rankings mean, I can't be upset by what it costs me. The receiving manager at my first stop said that everyone that's never been there before gets routed through the third roundabout. They've had the city re-work the roundabout five times, but it still isn't designed for trucks. While I"m not happy with myself for bending the rim, I can only chalk it up to the cost of doing business and learn from my mistake. New folks, take heed and if it doesn't seem right it probably isn't.

 

Because I should have been smart enough to figure out the roundabout could not handle the truck. I should have turned one roundabout back and not been where I was no matter what the qualcomm said. I've sent in a note for the directions to this stop and hope the next new guy doesn't make the same mistake. I'm sure there are others who've made it through without damaging a rim, I'm just not one of them. All I can say is I did it and have to take what comes.

 

It's funny how that works. It's not DOT reportable and only Swift cares about it. I won't get any CSA points, but now it hurts me for other employment. ####, perhaps I should be a criminal, it's a lot easier to get things off your record then.