Accidents

I was in an underground dock, the dock worker was guiding me in, he was standing a foot from my front bumper, he kept waving me back it looked close byt he kept waving until my bumper scraped the concrete wall and took the paint off. Then he yelled at me for damaging the wall, I told him to f off he was the one spotting me and telling me to go. My company did not care about the scraped bumper, I guess it was preventable. But my lesson learned was don't trust anyone, it is my responsibility.

 

The very first accident/incident I ever had was as a bright eyed 18 year old in Germany in 1980.

Had a Ground guide watching my blind side because it was a tight ### dock. About a second after I rubbed the trailer on that side, he yelled "Stop".

Of course I went to the Accident review board stating my case, I had done everything right, to include finding a guy to ground guide me, it was completely not my fault.

I was asked two questions, 1) was the other truck moving? 2) Were you behind the wheel?

Diver Fault accident, that's Army Speak for Preventable.

It was a Civilian German Reefer I hit.

The same thing still applies today though, if you hit a stationary object, and you are driving, it is always preventable.

 

Agreed. A lot of areas in the Northeast(New Jersey & Maine especially)have put up signs on routes that restrict and/or prohibit trucks on certain roads due to safety,vehicle length or noise concerns. Maine especially did this around the Poland Spring plants because some of the former truck routes involved bridges that were structurally compromised to a point that they couldn't handle truck traffic anymore. And they took it a step further by installing surveillance cameras to catch trucks on the prohibited routes(and the fines are expensive).

 

I can only imagine how heavy the fines are,not worth chancing it.

 

those signs are there for a reason and ppl should take note of that.especially in the northeast that's not trucker friendly one has to be extra cautious.

 

If you hit a stationary object, no matter if you have a helper guide trainer whatever, that is 100% your fault and preventable. If you do it multiple times in a short span of time, that means you don't learn from your mistakes and still haven't learned to properly pay attention to your surroundings.

 

Doessnt get said any better then that.just because u have someone help you you're Still suppose to keep an eye on everything not solely depend on the person helping you.

 

I run a flatbed business and I run to New Jersey a lot. A lot of the stuff we ship is in an area with no truck signs. Construction materials, equipment, job sights. You go to places that are not on truck routes and I have never been hassled by the police. The OP had an accident on a no truck route and the cop said ship happens. Sometimes you end up on no truck routes and sometimes you can't do anything about it like turn around or back up.

 

^ Maybe,but still the OP got lucky and dealt with a sympathetic police officer. Other police departments aren't as forgiving-which is why it's also the DRIVER'S RESPONSIBILITY to observe where your driving and pay attention to your surroundings-AT ALL TIMES.

 

I just saw this. So you had to threaten to commit vehicular manslaughter towards someone that was threatening to commit assault with a deadly weapon against you over a common traffic infraction, and yet you don't see a problem with Chicago?