Need advice about paying for tow truck. I drive for Prime Inc.

Prime send em down that street? WTH. If Prime sends a perfect route to run why all these people diverting from it? They must not be getting very good training or just not paying attention.

 

Obviously prime didn't send them down the street, and they were following there GPS.

 

I have to agree with you on this.

 

0-1 yr exp. says a lot about your knowledge of the industry and how things work.

 

You do know this is wrong, it's been discussed, debated, etc. many times here in Colorado, and every employment lawyer in the state as well as the State Employment office will tell you the same thing, an employer can hold you responsible for the action, this can include termination and withholding of a paycheck to cover the cost of repairs or the insurance deductible. There is also case law of employers suing former employees for these damages.

 

there is a legal show that runs on local radio stations on Sat. and Sunday mornings, two trial lawyers, both with combined 50 yrs exp., they have been asked this question adnauseum, and each time, they have stated it is legal for the company to do this.

 

Gentleman, it's called RESPONSIBILITY. Something sorely lacking in society, and based on the comments in this thread (and others like it in the past) in this industry. No one wants to take responsibility for their actions, everyone wants someone else or the company to take responsibility for their actions.

The OP screwed up, $450 is a cheap lesson, what if those had been train tracks he got stuck on and was hit by a fast moving AMTRAK that derailed and hundreds were killed. Based on comments in here and other threads, everyone but the OP would have been at fault. 10 yrs ago I paid $1,700 of a $3,000 repair bill because I wasn't paying attention and hit two highway signs, taking out my mirror, mirror frame, door, grab handle, door glass, cracking the left side windshield. Why wasn't I paying attention, I was distracted by a herd of Antelope that had just crossed the road ahead of me and were bounding across a field. The company gave me a choice, pay the $1,900 or take a hike, and they would notate the accident on my DAC, as well as use it to refuse to pay me unemployment. Oh, and since I left the scene of an accident without reporting it, they would also notify Nebraska State Police of that. In retrospect, $1,900 seems cheap.

 

It ends up with taking responsibility for your own actions.

I paid my tow charges because I was the responsible party - not my employer.

Both times, I could have gotten out and tested the ground. With just a little thought, if my 185 pound foot could have depressed the ground I should have known that 5,800 pounds on each of my steers could sink it much more.


It's the same with missing a turn and going down the wrong road, then getting stuck.
It means that I was not paying proper attention, so it is my fault.
And, it has happened to me. I got lucky and was able to find a good turn around at some point.
Sometimes we do not get lucky, and have to pay the price.

Sometimes we do.
The last time I missed a turn I used my GPS to get me back on track.
As I was about to make a right turn a cop pulled in front of me, blocking my turn.
He comes up to my window and informs me that if I go that way I will be over-length for the road, and that my correct routing had me turning at 'x' road.
I told him that I was looking for it, but didn't see it, and now I'm stuck trying to find another route.
It was a busy time of day with a lot of traffic, so he didn't think it was safe to let me do a U-turn in the intersection.
(It also turned out that he was a friend of a Swift biggy that oversaw the dedicated Walmart account that I was running that day.)

He informed me of the tight road that I wanted to take. Narrow, sharp turns, etc., and that is the reason for the length restriction - including the right turn I was intending to take.
I told him the right turn was no problem, I could do it easily. But, I asked, if I'm careful can I do that road? It's a straight shot to my Walmart.
It was either that or wait here until I can turn around, and we both knew it.

We sat discussing this for at least 10 minutes. Funny thing is, no cars were behind me waiting to turn, and none went around me to make the turn.

He finally told me to go for it.
So I did.

I was waiting to see if he would pull right behind me with lights flashing to issue a citation, but no.
I took the route and delivered my load.


Not all cops want to screw us.
Some actually want to help us.

 

I missed a turn the other day. Was looking for a place to turn around but couldn't. Then gps was like take this turn. It was a tight turn. Once I made the turn all the telephone lines down that street looked to be 10'5. I was scared to look in my mirror to see if I was taking them out as I was going through. I even thought for a second. Maybe no one would notice, but there was a car right behind me so that was out of the question. Luckily all of them seemed to be above 13'6. So got out of that jam by the hair on my chinny chin chin.

 

lmao...smart enuf to stay away from prime and smart enough to keep the money I earn.