Accidents and driving

Just wondering why if a driver gets in to a wreck they get black balled for a minimum of at least a year, for a company that is worth driving for?

Many seen to have this issue.
I have more then 4 million miles in a truck over 28yrs exp. Now haven a hell of a time getting a job due to a NON PREVENTABLE accident, where I was working off a gravel road and the road washed out and I went in to the Ditch. The truck is fine with minor damage to the trailer, and no injuries.

Talking to companies you would think that I totaled out a gas tanker and hit a church bus full of nuns on a mission!
Many good drivers have simular stories, why dose the industry force them out of a career of driving over one mishap they had no control over?

 

Oh I agree the insurance companies run the show, witch is really sad. G they have gotten way to big in the world in allot of areas,
Agreed way to many who don't care or can't drive

 

I think your reading to much in to what I'm saying here,
The company I was driving for was a good company. looking for a company and not one that is going to hire anyone and bring down your CSA score for having thier name on the door from thier safety record is what I'm talking about.
The point is that the companies and insurance agents have gotten to the point where you should be 100% all the time. Regardless of conditions or Equipment etc.. .If your not, you are not going to get hired. That one 10sec. Of video they have dose not define the entirety of one's career! Over 4 million miles of safe driving. 1 incident is not determining factor as the driver as a whole.
The idea that we are all perfect 100% of the time is absurd, we all have a bad day, moment etc.. with anything in life. And then factor in weather etc. That don't allow you to have a choice. There should be an allowable tolerance for this.
It's not just black or white.
Is I guess what I'm saying.

 

Oh I agree! When I started it was 0.20 a mile, note I'm old. But when you came out you got what you were offered and that was it. Now student drivers come out and want 2.00 a mile and brand new trucks, we always were offer the worse equipment they had and lowest pay, you earned your place,

 

I remember seeing the old cabovers, was offered a few to drive even.