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That's where more than ample following distance comes in. People "cutting you off" have plenty of room to continue pulling away and recreate your following distance. Often, perhaps usually, complaints of being cut-off are actually more closely related to committing the offense of "getting in front of me".

 

Kinda like this...? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ9DLSnbFTs

 

You are abolutely correct, Grasshopper needs to pay attention and accept responsibility. The only man who never made a mistake is the one who never did anything ... if you are out here long enough you are gonna make mistakes. The only way to cash in on a mistake is to learn from it. If at first you don't succeed, relax ,,, you're just like the rest of us. It takes maturity to see the situation as it is and not what you want it to be soooooooo get real. Learn by your mistake what will work ... by finding out ... what didn't work. Think about your risk/reward ratio whenever you are on ice ... think about it long and HARD!

 

My boyfriend hit a Tyson employee last week at a stop sign.Tyson made a left then all of a sudden stopped then proceeded.But Ray rearended him and not blaming anyone but him self.Not much damage to the trk but Tyson is another story.

 

I suspect you were let go not just because of the "accident"... take a second to look back at your employment there and see if there were other incidents that contributed to your termination. Work on what is fixable... there have been plenty of drivers who have had wrecks/crashes that went on to have successful careers...

 

Your first mistake was working for Cr England there's enough info on here and the internet that tells you their a bad company second should've never filed a police report since other driver left but on the positive side keep your head up you'll find another job.

 

all you drivers on here asking how fast should drive on snow and ice dont need to be driving a semi drive in your own safe zone i get up outhere

 

What does not training in bad conditions have to do with this accident? Nothing. If you had a trainer at your side, what would he have done? "Slow down, leave more space, watch out for that slowing truck!" Just take it slow and easy, I never trained in bad weather, it's something you have to experience your own. Your story was vague, traffic stopped and you rear ended another truck. He seemed to stop, why didn't you?

 

Gutter,Im not picking at ya..Like the others have said..Nobodys perfect,but you gotta get your story,and facts straight.
You said you were meant to do this.Its a job that requires taking responsibility,if you are truly meant to do it.
One bad outing can ruin your career.If it feels that sketchy to you,then stay put.Don't let any carrier bully you into driving,
if your not comfortable with it.A trainer next to you would have just been yelling at you during your slide.
I will get off my soap box.Im not driving today,Its too icy.

 

You didn't have control because you were going too fast for conditions. Sometimes even 5mph can be too fast. You hit the truck in front of you because you were too close and too fast for conditions.
It might actually help to take responsibility, claim a lesson was learned and move forward instead of remaining a victim.

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