Accident Today

Well I was involved in an accident today. I was driving on I55 in MO and an old man in a mini van merged from the on ramp just feet in front of me going about 30 mph. I had nowhere to the left to go as I was being passed by another big truck at the time. I broke as hard as I could but it was simply not enough, I ended up contacting the rear left corner of his vehicle with the front right of mine.

Thank God no one was hurt and no one needed an ambulance or anything like that. Both of us were able to drive away and I was not issued any citations. So now my DM has me routed to Memphis tomorrow because I will need a new bumper so I get to sit around and wait for that and at the same time pray that safety sees things my way and deems this as a non preventable. Its pretty obvious from the damage that the other vehicle was not even fully in my lane when he was hit and the officer seemed to take my side on what happened but I didn't get a copy of the report, only a number so I don't know what they wrote down.

I'm just hoping this blows over and all is good, it for sure was the scariest few seconds of my life however watching this go down in slow motion and not being able to do anything about it. Stay safe out there.

 

yeah I try to stay outta right lane in a town when I can but I had a steady stream of people passing me on the left for the last few minutes an was only 2 lanes. Real ##### is this guy just cut over the second the ramp straightened out, no signal or anything, just whip around the curved ramp at 30 and out into traffic when you have 100 ft plus of acceleration lane that he failed to use. Was a 78 year old man that needed a cane just to walk, and nothing against old people but he probably has no business at all being on the road. Hopefully he learns something from this and decides not to drive anymore before he either gets himself or someone else killed, this could have been much much worse for him and his wife.

 

Still on paper but my logs are good that should be no problem whatsoever. I had just came off my 10 2 hours before so not even close on hours or anything like that. Honestly seemed a little strange, officer didn't ask for logs or any of that just CDL and insurance. I'll also take the pee test all they want I know I'll have no problems with that either. Honestly I'm surprised I didn't get sent for one but no tickets, no injuries, no tow and I guess no pee test, at least that's what claims told me. Only thing on my record with my short time with Swift is a lvl 2 inspection with no violations. I actually have been Platinum status for the last 4 weeks. Thats what does concern me though is that I have only been driving for 3 months and this happened.

If all that comes of this is I sit a weekend and have to take a sim class or whatever I'll deal with that. I'm just hoping that they don't see it as me rear ending someone because that simply is not what happened and I'm pretty sure the police report will reflect this. As of right now at least I'm not on a hold or anything, I'm dispatched to go to Memphis for repairs and was told just go on about things and if there are any problems safety will contact me.