1st accident. Need advice.

Are you with a company that gives you a route to take?

 

Hope it was a female nurse!!!! If you already know that your company is not holding you responsible, then what are you concerned with? Just the fact that you were involved in a crash? Man, it happens, and sometimes there just isn't a darn thing you can do about it.

And then sometimes you are the one that makes a mistake. If and when that happens, you will have to learn how to deal with it and live with it. We are in a business where some type of motor vehicle accident is nearly inevitable at some point in your career. You will likely hear some drivers brag that they have "millions to zillions" of miles without an accident. And yes, some of them actually may. But it is the vast minority.

As long as you didn't kill or badly injure somebody, due to your own carelessness, then you just have to go on doing your job. In fact, even if the worst happens, you go on doing your job, if you are able to.

Put it behind you, and get on with your life.

 

A positive way to look at it is had you braked she would most likely not be alive if she ran under trailer instead of into tandems.... This was a warning for her hopefully she heeds it and doesn't drive tired again... We're too big and slow to really avoid a last second situation like that all a person can do is stay aware and hope for the best ... I had a sleeping driver leave skid marks as they came across the line in front of me only thing I could do was brake and it deflected them into ditch had I swerved away they would've probably got crushed instead a just a broken arm .. You can only avoid so much it's really not worth worrying about Fate and luck will determine the outcome I just try to be a safe driver and that's what matters to me

 

I run for a mega carrier and there is preferred routing but we are allowed to use discretion as long as the route is legal

 

I see no issue, you weren't cited, company isn't railroading you, long as you didn't enjoy some "Rocky Mountain tobacco' in the last few weeks you should be ok, had an accident like that in my fathers pickup, can't force other people to be safe

 

You will still get CSA points because there was a tow-away involved. CSA does not distinguish fault in crashes involving tow away, truck driver still get CSA points.

Don't take it the wrong way, but I hate the term "accident" when 2 vehicles collide. It is a collision or a crash only. 'Accident' is a mind control word meant to make people feel good about their crashes.

 

Maybe, but probably not. A driver is "supposed to" approach intersections with "caution". For the purpose of discussion in this instance, let's define that as dropping 5 mph and being attentive to approaching conflicting traffic.

It seems unlikely that caution could have prevented this "crash" unless the factors include you being able to detect the motorist was unlikely to stop, which is for all practical purposes impossible thanks to the habit of motorists approaching intersections never lifting off the throttle until braking is required to not run through the intersection. Motorists tend to not recognize "stop bars" as anything but decorative.

None, immediately, but insurers claim when you are involved in any crash, regardless of fault, the odds of being involved in another within 12 months skyrockets, so you got that going for you...

 

A good rule of thumb is to always be looking out for what's the worst possible thing that can happen. Not sure if you could have stopped in time, but I always look both ways before entering an intersection regardless of who has red or green lights.