over-confident rookie driver let go for preventables

The 1st three words in your title say it all. But , did the company fire you ?

 

If your current company did not terminate you, stick with them as long as possible being as extra super cautious as possible from here on in, along with being as reliable a driver as possible.

If your current company did terminate you, you may want to get out of trucking for the next 3 to 10 years to allow the 3 preventable accidents to "fall" off of your record, depending upon the state that you live in or trucking companies that you may want to apply to later on "down the road".

You will have to take a refresher course or start all over at a CDL truck driving school after the 3 to 10 years are up. If you do or have been terminated, immediately try to find employment to continue on with your work history to avoid gaps "down the road".

Good luck to you!

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

yep,3 preventables are bad especially for a rookie driver.Some has been doing this for 20 plus yrs and not even 1 preventable on their record.

 

Love his HOW HARD CAN IT BE Well it can be as hard as You knocked a small wooden sign down; You hit a dock to hard; and worst You hit a telephone pole.

He sounds like the type that will have problems down the road regardless if a non DAC checking ouitfit hires him or not.

 

When you drive in NYC you have to slow down and put your head on swivel looking for everything and anything. I learned to drive a truck in Brooklyn, NY. I am used to crazy people walking in the middle of the street, aggressive pedestrians hoping to get hit for the insurance scam money, or worst yet, I drove right into a drug deal / gang war gone bad right on Flatlands Ave near the Glenwood houses. Try parallel parking on a NYC street or trying to maneuver in the congested industrial area by the Aqua-Duck flea market. It is a real trip!

Basically you need to get out of autopilot mode and plan every move like a chess player. Plan in your head how you take that turn or what you will do if someone cuts around you in a real ###h0le maneuver. That is how you survive and thrive in the anal fissure called NYC traffic.

 

I definitely agree being from Brooklyn myself what school did you attend.

 

I would google map the areas too and see where the dock is located, if you have room to move some, etc.

 

Ferrari / D. Pinto

The equipment was beat to heck but I certainly learned a lot driving in that asphalt jungle. I just got my Class A and went on my first interview. The interviewer asked me if I could handle hectic chaotic traffic. I told him where I learned and he quickly agreed. I am now studying for my HazMat test for the position.

 

try some mom and pop companies, the large companies wont even speak to you if you apply to them.

As some said you will find issues in a lot of metro areas rather its NYC, San Francisco area, Los angeles etc, some of the worst docks I have been to were in small towns though where they are older and not really made for trucks or when you have to deliver somewhere that normally gets box trucks and you have to jack knife it in. You shouldnt of accepted NYC area though being a total rookie, there are some who have driven for years and wont go into NY.

 

Hitting a dock too hard? Was there damage? Ive hit a couple over mycareer hard, either my foot slipped on the clutch, an it happend once on ice. But never damaged anything.