Accident situation

You are a federal employee, not a contractor?

 

Subpoena the camera footage. It may be worth the cost of a lawyer in the long run.

 

Your boss sounds like someone who has a college degree and doesn't know the clutch from the brake. Bet that he drives an automatic transmission because he doesn't even know how to shift.

 

Believe it or not he may be right. My ex was rear ended one time in NY completely stopped at a red light. She was still deemed 20% at fault in court due to the fact she had one of those air freshner's dangling from her rear view mirror "obstructing her view"

 

You work for a moron.

 

You need to ask your boss that same question..

If he can't answer : you work for someone who runs a business, but can't drive worth a ####.
If he won't answer : you work for a moron.
If he gives you the same answer: you work for a moron.
If he gives you a different answer: you still work for a moron.

...huh. Interesting how that works... I would still ask your boss that same question.

At least you have the right attitude about it. "What could I have done better" is WAY better than, "What did I do wrong?"

 

Your boss is a moron and not looking after the best interest of the drivers ,as a federal employee any accident is turned over to the federal lawyers to handle the case.You can have a camera in the truck and some agencies are putting them in themselves. The drivers are fighting the driver facing cams as an invasion of human rights. Go to your union and fight it. He probably got his job from knowing someone,not from experience. In the Government, you get promoted til you reach your level of incompetence.

 

Don't you union guys have reps? Get ahold of your union rep. Your boss is an idiot and won't do anything but hurt you further. Get a lawyer too. Best to fight it the whole way. Have your lawyer draft up a civil suit as well against whoever hit you. And don't sign anything admitting fault.