need advice after rollover

YeAH ----
But when y'all are on the road, those "pansy coastal types" can fit in a small cooler, after being dressed. Much handier when OTR.

Then look for rest areas with BB-Q areas.
Ummmmmmmm
Mi Bambi al-la roadkill.
Over easy.

 

Nope..Nope... Have you not seen the training films regarding "Preventable & Non-Preventable" accidents?

There's only one question that applies to ALL accidents. "Could the driver have done ANYTHING differant to avoid/prevent the accident."

The answer is almost always....YES.

I would like to stress this even more, with a question that was asked in a safety meeting.

If my location is under a tornado warning, and I park. Then get hit by the tornado, overturning the truck and trailer. Is it a non-preventable accident?

Answer: We'll have to get back with you on that one. We do not have an answer at this time.

MY Translation: You're about to be bent over, without vasoline.

 

Exactly! In fact, it was gone over repeatedly in school. Heck, I've heard (hearsay warning!) that UPS will ALWAYS find the crash preventable, because the driver could have been somewhere else.

 

Hard to reason with that logic.

Twue story ------
An airplane pullin' a banner fell out of the sky and crashed into a Big truck, here in California a few miles from my home-20.

In the report, the driver of the Big truck was asked how fast he was goin'? The driver answered; betwixt 55 ---> 60 mph.

DOT deemed it "Preventable" because --- if he hadn't been driving that fast, he wouldn't have been there at the time the plane crashed.

The pilot and his passenger were both killed, and the Big truck probably saved the lives of a few 4-wheelers --- who weren't hit by the plane when the banner it was pulling got tangled in the high tension power lines because it was overloaded.
Go figure.

 

what is it, insurance comanies find you like 10% at fault just for being in that place at that time. STupid isn't it

 

Stupid is as stupid does.
Does it make y'all wonder why dispatchers aren't blamed?

 

I'm with you on this one. Our company just made a change in our documentation process.

To CMA, I've slowed down and became very concerned over documentation. If a load is late...tough s###.

It's going to cost me a few dollars. But I'm not giving anyone multiple copies of signed documentation that may not be accurate, to use against me for any reason.

 

"Chief, as for rolling a bobtail, get your info before you start your bashing."

I didn't bash you. I gave advice based on the info YOU provided. you said a "rollover accident." that would denote that you were moving and turned the truck over in a curve. what you later described I would consider a "pushover." but I can only assume we're still not getting all the details.

what kind of advice are you looking for? obviously, you're not physically able to drive a truck any more, from the injuries you described in a later post. and most trucking companies would probably not touch someone with a back injury. did you explore the possibility of workers comp?

 

Bash, Crash, Slash, or Trash -- you didn't ask for clarification, didja?

Please define "bash".

Or not.
Coulda went over half-####ed, too.

I heard that assuming only makes,.......... well, nevermind.

There ya go!
Asking for more information is a GOOD thang.

Obvious to whom?
You're not assumin' again, are you?

Can you provide more details on how to collect on worker's comp? You "obviously" know a bunch about it.