Question about refusing to go to a load in a particular state due not feeling experienced enough
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by dtj12231989, Jun 6, 2019.
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You know what, you are right. Next time they send me to that place again, I will find a way to go around my elbow to get to my thumb and avoid that area all together.
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I have another question and this is for everyone. Did any of you have any incidents in the first year of driving? What were they? What happened?
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#### em. Turn on your flashers and put out your cones till they move or cops come. Never ever ever hit something if you can avoid it.
Another example in Virginia I had to move for EMS right after cars started squeezing in. No way I could make the turn without hitting a telephone pole. I put my flashers on and got out to surgery the situation, lady whipped around and got tagged by a sheriff lol. Other cars got the message and let me do my thing..
To them you’re already in the way so don’t hurt yourself thinking you need to move.
I’m not saying block both lanes of a freeway at night, but be the boss of the situation or get some Leo’s there -
I have been over the GW bridge myself twice in the six weeks of solo driving I have done and didn't have a problem there. It was a suburb of Newark NJ where I had the incident.
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Do what you can to save your license. Try not to worry about "what if". There's really only 3 outcomes. Your license is suspended (in all 50 states) and you start looking for a different career. Or, you get to keep them.
Gretting to keep them ends in 2 ways. The company you're with now still sees value in having you drive for them. Or they don't.
The first of those 2 endings leaves you with no bargaining chips whatsoever as far as where you go or don't go. You go refusing areas and you'll be sent packing. I almost guarantee it. Getting canned will be a hard row to hoe. But that's where @Chinatown comes in. There are companies that will still hire you. You may not be making bank or driving nice machinery. But it's a job.TripleSix Thanks this. -
Before I joined I rubbed T pole just scuffing paint. Got written up told to just do my thing don’t hit nuthin no matter what idiots do. Pray to the lord I’m incident free here on out
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Ahhh, well, thanks for that. If it ever happens again even though I do everything I can to keep it from happening, that is what I will do. Now to see if I can avoid having to through that at all.
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Ok. I knocked a pedestrian traffic control light of a pole. This is the only incident I have had so far. I literally just got my CDL about a week before I went out with a trainer. March 26 2019 was the issue date.
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I'ma just see how the dice roll. One thing I do know is am going to do flatbed later on. After I get more experience at this.
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