So what happened? You figure it out. I did only too late.

I, for one, thank you for posting this and raising (most of) our awarenesses regarding this and other similar situations. A thousand thanks to you.

 

Wooly, let me begin with commending you for your candid accounting of your incident involving a crosswalk sign in hopes someone else will benefit from the mistake. What follows is my take on the situation, for what it's worth.

When I drove for Schneider their policy was that they wouldn't fire a driver for being involved in an accident, but they would fire a driver for not reporting an accident. Apparently your employer is less lenient. You mentioned having nine years driving experience. I assume those years were accident free. In my book that would demonstrate a safety minded driver. Your incident didn't involve a disregard for safety, nor was it caused by your negligence while operating a Big truck. More of a fluke that wouldn't happen like that again in a hundred years, especially to you now that you've experienced it and will be extra cautious to prevent a re-play.

Your employer knew/knows what he had with you. Will your replacement be as reliable as you? What are the odds that you'd be involved in another incident? IMO, your employer made a mistake in letting you go in the interest of safety. Seems more like a knee-jerk reaction.

Enter fate, if you believe in that. Perhaps the incident was intended to give you a push toward becoming an O/O. If not for the incident what was your time frame to leave the nest and fly on your own? Were you procrastinating?

Has Big truck truckin' come down to paranoia over a CSA score that causes an otherwise careful and safety minded driver to be terminated for one, rather minor, incident? If so, it's counter productive. If a pristine driving record is so desirable, employers will have to hire newBees just starting out as the experienced drivers are eliminated due to a fluke incident. I seriously doubt a newBee would have caught the problem that caused your incident. With nine years experience you're pushin' a million miles. Even if it's half that, --- that's a lot of incident free miles that should count for something, --- character, if nothing else.

You impress me as a stand-up guy, Wooly. I've enjoyed your posts here at TTR and sincerely hope that you'll continue participating in the future. Your absence would create a void very hard to fill. I also understand that the venture that you're about to embark upon will require your full attention, leaving less time to mingle with us here. I wish for you the very best of success, now and in the future. You can do this. And I think you will.
Please keep us informed.

 

LMAO! That's awesome

Sorry you lost your job though.

 

Good luck in your new endeavor there, Wooly! You know that Shaky character's statement:

is probably right on. (As he quite often is!)

 

That really stinks, we have a truck open it is an older Volvo. Only problem is it is leased to a Canadian company. We can look at a re-lease to the US if you are looking for work.

 

Thanks for clearing all that up, Wooly.

The way you explained it the first time left something to be desired.
Apologies for my harshness.

 

Anytime Driver. FWIW, firing you for that is BS IMO.

 

Now I know who it was that knocked all the posts down at the pilots loves and the j...all tha sapp brothers caseys morgans also the sheetz and prolly a few mom and pops too......lmao....just bustin your gahonnies.bro..........you can team with me anyday just promise no hanky panky in the sleeper with my blow up girlfriend. ..

 

My favorite headline is "Killer Lightpole Claims Another Victim". Here we have a "Stealthy Post". LOVE IT!