looking for a hero

I am not sure what to tell you. Keep putting in applications! I don't think your career is over, but maybe delayed a bit. You did however do something I have preached to other drivers not to do. You were following another vehicle closer then your vehicle could panic stop in. Never do this. Some drivers do this with headlights at night. Anyway I think you will get through this. Keep us informed.

 

Help me understnd this part of your post. Are you saying you couldn't stop because there was a car behind you; in the same lane?

 

...so you were "taught" to rear end the vehicle in front of you instead of getting on the brakes hard just because you've got somebody tailgating you? Whoever taught you that needs to be shot. GET ON THE BRAKES AND AVOID CRASHING INTO THE GUY AHEAD OF YOU!!!!!!!! If the idiot behind you rear ends you, so be it...HIS FAULT!!! By avoiding the brake pedal and instead crashing into the guy ahead of you, IT IS YOUR FAULT! Besides, the ICC bumper is a heck of a lot less likely to incur damage being tapped by a car than the nose of your truck will be running into the back of another truck.

I would've fired you, too, if you told me that you crashed into the guy in front of you to avoid being rear ended. In this industry, rear ending somebody is as bad as laying one over or running under a bridge that was too low. Won't have a job at most companies, and the next one will be tough to come by. I'd wish you the best of luck, but not unless you realize that you were taught wrong and that next time, you need to let the guy behind you worry about himself and YOU need to keep YOU from crashing into whatever is ahead of YOU.

 

Try Paschall Truck Lines or Western Express.

Try Craigslist.

 

First...you we're following too close...shame on you....case closed...

Second... western express is a rehab company and they will hire you....

Third...increase your following distance...vehicle behind you is not your concern...I think you are simply trying to rationalize your neglect...

 

im not taking sides by no means but i guess that i can see what you are getting at in a way. the person in the car could have been killed and not to mention if they may have had children in the car. rearending the flatbed would have been a less dangerous option as far as human life is concerned, but in the same instance, the car could have been following too close to stop anyway if you rearended the truck in front of you abruptly, resulting in 3 crashed vehicles instead of 2. i guess different companies would look at it different ways. all i can say is good luck and i wish you the best. you may try USA Truck or Western Express or maybe even US Xpress just to get back to work.

 

Why not risk the run off and the light poles, there pretty cheap and break right off. Following tooooooooo close is never a winner..I personally dont care about cars that follow me to close, I do however "lift" until they pass me. Good luck.

Be Safe Out There

Captain Dave