Hey guys I'm a new driver and work for SWIFT. I was assigned 8 Risk Analysis points for a hard braking event because a car changed lanes in front of me without signaling and immediately slammed on his brakes. He brake checked me on the highway and I almost struck him. Thankfully I was able to brake and avoided the collision. I had no time to create any following distance as he brake checked me right after pulling in front of me. Anyways I got hit with 8 points for "near collision" and "failure to keep an out". I feel this is unfair as I did the best I could to avoid the collision and I don't think it would have been a good idea to swerve out of the way and possibly hit another car or lose control. Does anyone know if I can contest these points?
Risk Analysis points after brake check
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ThreePedals, Jul 28, 2018.
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Just keep bs like that in mind when you get the opportunity to move on from crappy companies like Swift and run...
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Why did he get on the brakes so hard?
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Crap like this is one reason I won't run any carrier's ELD/fleet management system in my truck. The company doesn't need to collect any info beyond that which is required by the regs.TripleSix and Dave_in_AZ Thank this. -
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Was he trying to get around You? Did he pass you on the right then brake check you?
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1. Near collision - I can understand getting hit with this however not when I wasn't at fault.
2. Failure to keep an out - I dont know what they expected me to do other than remain in my lane and hit my brakes. Would it have been better to swerve out of the way? I would think not as this could cause me to hit another vehicle or jacknife.
I just dont understand why I am getting faulted for avoiding this collision. I would think they would go after the driver that brake checked me by giving the footage to the authorities -
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Like I said, I'd be inclined to say "OK, next time I'll just hit the MF."
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