Paying for No Fault Accident?

If you signed, I'm thinking you are responsible.

My advice is given freely, value accordingly....

 

ya, thinking you signed that so...

side note here, one of the first things i learned was there's rarely a "no-fault" accident in this industry.

 

If its on your route I would expect , the insurance and your company to back you up on it and go after whom ever owned the spot where the tree resided .
Or the town that failed to keep it trimmed to xyz height.
Re-Examine the documents you signed. Is it just for said percentage of the deductible or the entire thing.
Never work for anyone that will make you pay for all the damages to a vehicle under any circumstances . That's what they have insurance for.
It's immoral for any company to charge their employees for not at fault accidents/incidents even if you signed it as a condition of employment .
It's ultimately a question of who's liable for this incident .
Did you speak to the insurance company?

 

At the same time if your company sent you that way i think insurance should pay... One company i worked for had an escrow of $1000 in case i was involved in an accident that was a max i would have to pay out of pocket and insurance covers rest...

But again all companies are different and this should be a learning experience for you.
One advice i can give you is always look at the worst case scenario when you getting a job that could effect you. Like you said you signed a piece of paper taking responsibility and unfortunetly there is not much you can do about it

 

That's absurd man, as soon as you can find another gig.
I worked at one place as soon as drivers would mess something up they would just quit .
They signed and authorized payroll deductions. If you don't work there anymore they have no payroll to deduct.
Then you have the issue of who decides how much its worth.
So then they came out with an additional form to sign afterword one paragraph long showing it as a loan with weekly deductions. lmfao
It would only take one driver and a lawyer to teach them the way real fast .

 

you are a hired DRIVER.. you should NEVER EVER be responisible for ANY financial costs to operate your employers busisness..EVER..!! that includes any damages that may occur during routine work..No this is not normal..If that clown would of asked me to sign some waiver or some other BS document ,I would of walked right out of there.But I'm guessing your scab of a boss is just looking for drivers who fear not having job they will agree to anything...the sum of two idiots equals.....

 

I agree,even if your parked and in the sleeper,it can be your fault...if they can find one little "mistake"in your previous 6 months of logs..And that "mistake" will mean it's your fault because if you rolled the way your logs say you did,you wouldn't have been in THAT spot sleeping..

 

Its a growing trend in the industry one that needs to stop.