New driver minor accident

#### does indeed happen. If your boss says don’t worry, listen to him! Learn from it and become a better driver.

 

Your Boss supporting you is huge and you recognizing what happened and accepting responsibility is also a plus. Take what you learned from this mishap and apply it to your everyday driving. Lane changing and merging are always difficult. Make sure you use your turn signal to let folks know your intentions, remember, they do not have to let you in, so signal well in advance and constantly scan your mirrors to make sure that the lane you want is clear.

 

I'm glad your boss said to not worry about this, however in this litigious society we live in ultimately it will be up to the insurance companies involved that will decide what the end results will be. Best of luck to you in the future.

 

The far right lane is your travel lane. If you were in that lane you would not have had an at-fault accident on your record. The center lane is not where you should be driving. They should have taught you this in school.

 

actually was told they teach the opposite!

"the middle lane is the safest", so they say. I forget what rookie company the guy worked for.

 

Please understand I am trying to be clear and unemotional. I'm not jumping on your head. I could have been involved in a dozen accidents and "accidentally" didn't have even one. But I tried to learn. There are hundreds of situations that when I think about now, I shudder at what I did and that I didn't have an accident. None of us are perfect, but that doesn't mean being perfect is the only measure that's acceptable.

As long as you stay with current employer it's less of a big deal. But when changing lanes the vehicle entering the lane is accountable for not hitting vehicles in the lane, so it is your fault. It's your job to see and know what vehicles are around you, even if you and another vehicle are moving into the same lane at the same time. You are supposed to see and avoid other vehicles, not just when it's easy.

The best thing you can do is stay at this company with no more accidents and incidents for as many years as possible. In about 99% of posts like this not only is the driver very new, he's moving/changing companies in the next week. If you don't change jobs for the next 3-5 years this probably will not hurt you. There is no company where this event makes you more desirable, but stop looking for a new employer that COULD BE 1% better than your current employer. Stay put and get 3 years steady work with this company. "As proof the incident was minor I stayed at the same company for X years." If you change jobs soon it's going to look a lot like the event was a bigger deal and may be the reason you left.

BEING CAREFUL IS YOUR JOB. Having an excuse or explanation for every event is still screwing up. Employers are deciding who they will hand over $200k in equipment and lots more in liability. Everything that shows you don't pay attention is to be avoided.

 

Well, you did have a choice. If it is too hard to get over for that exit you can continue to the next exit and then loop around.

And I agree with some others that you should stay with this job.
If your employer is OK with this then it means you are valuable to them and they see potential in you. Don't pass that good thing up.