Was terminated for this accident.

tucker · Nov 20, 2016

Rusty Trawler said: ↑

I know a driver who hit a deer in PA
He stopped and called the cops
They came and gave him a ticket for hitting the deer.
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You always say you got hit by a deer

Rusty Trawler · Nov 20, 2016

tucker said: ↑

You always say you got hit by a deer

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I actually had a deer run smack into my drives one night in SD
All the hair/fur got jammed into the tire
It was like the tire had grown a beard

TequilaSunrise · Nov 21, 2016

x1Heavy said: ↑

The no swerve policy is excessive. There is a certain amount you can manuver at various speeds, but it is NOT for newbies. For me to horse a truck around at anything between 5 and 65 plus, I know what to expect and what room I will need to catch her. Too many times Ive come up on something and make a choice. If it is a large dog, take him out. (Ive done it... the problem becomes gore and bone removal that takes a while... my first one was in a texas rain storm that gave me 30 miles before the blood stopped coming off all my wheels and frames. It also cleared the traffic instantly when they realized I made a kill rather than swerve.

If I had a no swerve policy in Akron and 3 children looking at me about to be smashed when I crush their SUV inside a walled construction, Im going to throw that silly policy out the window and bounce that big ##### into the hammer lane to save lives. Ive had to do it a few times.

That is my position anyhow.

On second thought if that is what companies are doing theses days, then Im not hireable. Too old, too headstrong and so forth...
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I am pretty sure the no swerve policy is only regarding deer and animals––Not people...

Chinatown · Nov 21, 2016

Trucker42BC said: ↑

I worked for a FedEx contractor and I was terminated for a accident on 08/23 it has been bugging me since the day I was terminated. It was the perfect job for me. Now I'm stuck at transam
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While working at TransAm, keep the feelers out for something similar to FedEx. You'll find something once the dust settles.
Saia
Old Dominion
Estes Express
They all have line haul positions. Eventually, one of them will hire you.

Driver0000 · Nov 21, 2016

x1Heavy said: ↑

I share this. I knew Bin Laden wanted to strike on or about 9-11 about a week prior when I read a book on sky scraper construction and picked up another new book on Terrorism particularly Bin Laden's fallout from Saudi Arabia when they kicked him out. As soon I understood that Bin Laden made a living building sky scrapers and combined with his desire to destroy the Towers of the free world when viewed from his viewpoint it clicked so hard for me like I got hit with a bat. This is in a mall here in Little Rock one week prior to 9-11.

I did some thinking that afternoon. Who do you tell? The FBI Hell no. They will laugh at you and then commit you on a 5 day hold to evaluate you for mental illness. I decided to keep shut. The night before when I went to sleeper for my time rest while spouse was northbound to Detriot, I told her if anything happens at or prior to sunrise tomorrow, we will be at war and to be ready for anything up to and including nuclear strikes. Then said a prayer to God that if such a day should come to pass, we should commit more strongly to our own values and prosecute this war and not to live in fear.

Hours later she was throwing stuff into my sleeper and I found a hole for the truck with at least 4 pathways exit near Detriot and we sit watching 9-11 live on our TV.

Talk to me again about telling things to the FBI and then being treated like a crank? I don't think so. It's better just to keep quiet and let things unfold as they will. Even if they did commit with a pre attack warning, what are they gonna do? Nothing.

Turns out they have been following some of the 19 people for months, some of whom took flight training in Venice Florida.
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One day I'm going to print all this #### out, bind it and keep it near the toilet so I always have something to read while doing my business.

Rusty Trawler · Nov 21, 2016

Driver0000 said: ↑

One day I'm going to print all this #### out, bind it and keep it near the toilet so I always have something to read while doing my business.
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Cynic

lfod14 · Nov 21, 2016

I wouldn't think twice about it. Just a douche company. If you weren't found at fault, you weren't found at fault.

lovesthedrive · Nov 21, 2016

I am wondering why the driver was so close as to not have any safety triangle. Too fast to stop in a cautious area? Emergency vehicles present and in oncoming lane? Should have only been in first gear and dead slow if there was that much congestion. Then even if 4 wheeler came to a stop they would have been standing alone with you no where near.

scottied67 · Nov 21, 2016

If the deer is standing still in the road and you collide with it, that is driver error for hitting a fixed object. However if you veer off the road and crash out to miss the fixed object, even if the fixed object is clear on the video cam, that is driver error for leaving the designated lane.

boggerman · Nov 22, 2016

Trucker42BC said: ↑

I worked for a FedEx contractor and I was terminated for a accident on 08/23 it has been bugging me since the day I was terminated. It was the perfect job for me. Now I'm stuck at transam lets just say I am not a fan.

why? Here is how it happened.

There was a accident I was driving up to. The road was clear ahead of me no traffic. the accident was off the highway in the woods but there were emergency vehicle in the break down lane with his lights on.
I moved over to the left lane the car behind me decided to pass in the right lane. When she done that she then tried to get back in to the right lane and stepped on her brakes causing me to hit her. I slammed on my brakes I couldn't do anything to avoid her.
If I jerked my wheel and tried to move over quickly to the right lane I might have hit the rescue truck with my rear trailer which would been a worst situation.

I was not ticketed and she was for unsafe lane change. I did not have damage to my truck but her car got towed and she had whip lash.

I feel like I did nothing wrong. Why, did I get terminated this was my only problem in 18 months of working there.
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