3RD DAY on the job, My trailer hits the back of a parked pickup

This doesn't sound like a well run company.

They may not have even reported this incident to their insurance company seeing as they may not have reported you as a driver to them seeing as you have no experience or OTR training.

I guessing they will put it in your record as a non-reportable preventable accident.

As many of the responses on this posting have mentioned, as a driver you will be asked to do many things that are illegal, it is up to you weather or not you do them. If your truck is out of service then it is out of service and that means you should drive it even to a shop. If you are out of hours than you are out of hours and you can not move the truck. If the weather is to bad that you don't feel safe driving than the weather is to bad for you to drive in. These are three (3) examples that dispatchers, mechanics, and/or even truck owners are going to push on you on a regular bases, if you can say no or don't have the common sense to know when to say no you have no business driving a truck.

 

Many carriers try to settle minor incidents with the owner to avoid involving insurance companies . However , in this case the other party notified their insurance company who will probably file a claim with the carrier's insurance company .

 

100% your company's fault? Unfair? Dude, come on. Take some responsibility. You took the job. You sat in the seat and you drove the truck. You hit [SUP][/SUP]the parked vehicle not your trailer! If you were watching your trailer you would have seen the trailer getting close and should have stopped. 100% your fault!

 

Insurance company will blame driver why? Because he was supposed to be in control of the truck but I give the company 10% for not training but that'd only being nice and doing that in reality it's 100% on the driver he hit a parked car how the hell did he manage that BY NOT PAYING ATTENTION the company didn't tell him "o if there's a parked car in the way just hit it" I'm not against new drivers by any means just am against the ones that get all ####y and think there ready to be a truck driver on there own then when they mess up blame it on everyone but themself

 

So want2b do you get it yet? 8 pages in 9 hours and nobody agrees with you. I hope for your sake you can hear the bang when your head comes out of the hole that is creating this fictional tale of blame.

 

You need to be trained to not hit another vehicle???

I believe I learned not to run into stuff when I was about 2 or 3 and ran my trike into something.

Stop blaming someone else and suck it up that you hit something. Paperwork, fuel level, faxing, time of day, whatever has nothing to do with two vehicles making contact.

 

What do you new drivers think you you need to be " trained" ? It doesn't help to ride around with someone else you either know not to run over crap and to pay attention or you don't . If you don't know that already you won't learn it by riding around watching someone that does get it .

All this training crap is mega carrier propaganda to get newbies to believe that being screwed on pay is for your own good to make you a safe driver !!!! You either are a safe driver or you are just another steering wheel holding seat warmer !!!! Driving is driving no matter the size of the vehicle !!!! The bigger ones need you to pay more attention and awareness than the little ones !!!!

the thing about trucking that nobody ever tells these wannbe's is you are responsible for everything that you or your truck does !! It is YOUR responsibility to be safe and not run over everything that can't get out of your way !!!!

the blame is always on the guy in the drivers seat get used to it whining isn't going to change it and blaming others just make you look like a childish moron .

 

I have never been afraid to force a company to give me the training I deserve.

 

Not that the thread needs another opinion, but, yeah, blaming the company for this mistake is pretty lame. The company probably thought they were hiring a professional, self-accountable driver. A professional driver who went through the process and training to obtain the specialized licensing necessary to do the job they need to fill. They probably did not realize that they would have to spend time and money training their new professionally licensed driver to drive their vehicle.

Some companies (mainly OTR) do train from the ground up, but they also pay accordingly (less). Local companies, especially, just want to hire a professional who can hit the ground running and do the job, and they pay accordingly (more).

I think, at this point, if you tell your new employer that they didn't train you properly to operate their vehicle, you're gonna leave them with a negative impression. Kind of a tough spot.

If you would have written a post saying something along the lines of, "I'm such a dumbarse. I'm so embarrassed that I backed into a PARKED vehicle on my 3rd day on the job. Do you guys think I've totally screwed myself?" you would have gotten all kinds of support from 95% of these guys. They would have told you to brush it off, keep your chin up, told you about the noobie mistakes they made when they were young, and given you tips of the trade. But, because you have written a post saying that you backed into a parked vehicle and that it's 100% the fault of your employer, you got 95% of these guys telling you what a childish and unprofessional attitude you have. That's the difference.

 

He is in ON, Canada, max he gets paid is under $16 per hour for local work, not much better than a new OTR driver. His co knew how was his driving skill before hired him, just tried to play cheap by providing no training .