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Message:: [QUOTE="FozzyNOK, post: 10626559, member: 90606"]First cardinal sin (for me) is the statement about cost of repairs. When was the last time the run of the mill normal driver had to pay to get anything repaired? To the person having the accidents it's rarely to never a big deal. If someone rolled a shopping cart into the side of their personal vehicle, I'm sure that their attitude would be a lot different. The fact is that a lot of new people get into accidents and a lot of companies have a three strikes rule. I am not sure what type of a fleet you are running on, but I used to tell people that I strongly advised them to get off the account we where on because at three, they would get terminated. Sometimes they would listen and sometimes, they'd end up getting fired within days to weeks later. If you know that there was a strong chance of getting fired for a third accident in X amount of time, you really needed to triple check your spaces and be down right paranoid. I would not wait to get fired. I suggest that you get on the horn, contact your safety department and or training department and ask for some personal training even if it means going back to zero (trainee status). if there are trucks and trainers that run local, that is where you need to be, you need to be backing and moving in close quarters several times a day. Good Luck![/QUOTE]