Accident or incident?

Incident.

If you broke the pole it's a accident.

Incidents cost you and your company money. But accidents? whoo now...

Either way... did you get reported rubbing that pole? Usually there are a ... mark or two on the trailer from something erm well... things ya know but nothing broken, no harm no foul. Just add a few more on that side of the trailer but nothing too bad. Like a old FFE trailer with beer in Denver vs a median strip. Tore the entire wall out of one side of that trailer. (THAT is a accident.)

 

Incidents go against safety bonuses and the like

Accidents involve police reports and other vehicles

 

Did anyone else see it happen? If not, it was like that when you picked it up. Log it in your post trip report lol

 

Incident.



This is an accident.

 

Heh.

That question is answered with a position I take when faced with things that happen or did not happen.

If the interviewer asking you questions fail to ask about such a such something that did not happen it literally did not happen. (*Yes it #### well did but it did not happen, understand?) You don't volunteer anything.

 

Get a few of your buddies together one night and after several shots of tequila pay that pole you hit a visit. Rough him up a bit and tell him to keep his mouth SHUT if he knows what's good for him. No future employers will ever find out

 

if you hit something that you weren't supposed to hit it's an accident...by the way it's preventable...all these nice truckers on here just trying to make you feel better

 

If you reported cosmetic damage to a trailer you may be the first in the history of Trucking.
I'm surprised the person you reported it to didn't faint.