Terminated for accidents - What can I do to fix this?

Not Me!

It is the hard truth but well said Shaggy.....
Not everyone is cut out for it.
not speaking of her specifically.

 

Wait. You will.

 

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You are not a good driver, Not sugar coating this. Had 3 incidents and terminated. This follows you around for a long time.This is not bumping your POV or Fathers 4 wheeler, This is serious stuff and can and or will get you black balled from ever having a great paying job in this industry. Your other ramblings still should not effect your Situational Awareness.

4th chance is the charm, Find a local Ma & Pa gig without DAC and build from their. Come back in 6 months tell us you did not hit anything !

 

Shaggy, I'm afraid I have to STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH YOU on finding a Ma & Pa. This lady sounds like she needs more training, and is not likely to get it from a Ma and Pa. What she IS likely to get there, is the keys to the truck and be told to deliver the load.

I've also got something to say about your earlier post reference to how hard we are on dopers vs someone like this. A doper makes the choice to use dope, knowing that it will affect their driving, putting themselves and everyone else on the road in danger. They don't care, they make that choice. Some folks get away with it for years. DUI, whether it is drugs or booze just can't be condoned at all.

But someone who isn't well trained, but has the desire to be, has the desire to do the right thing, should be given encouragement. I will agree that some of her posts are a bit defensive, and some of them show a lack of willingness to accept her part in the problem. But over-all, from what I've seen here, there is no reason that she shouldn't try it again.

As I posted earlier, she may have a depth perception problem. Those may, (or may not, depending on what they are,) be able to be corrected. I'm sure you've seen enough of my posts over the years to know that I'm not exactly a wide eyed "everybody in the world is good" type of person. I just don't see this gal as needing to have a hard arse response at this time. JMNHO.

 

What the heck are you on about? In the real world don't have situational awareness. Even on this forum don't have situational awareness . You are just rambling. Everyone ( including me ) is trying to help and you just don't see it.

Good luck driver.

 

1. Creating loaded hypothetical situations to support your view does not mean I will answer. I won't and neither should anybody else.
2. What is the source of your generalization that "many folks should not drive a car?"
3. You're "not throwing her under the wheels?" I doubt anybody reading this would agree.

Everybody reading this thread gets your extremist position, to which you are entitled. You've made your point. Move on.

 

cshellzbynow may possibly have an issue with depth perception. However, based on rereading her OP I'm thinking it's more likely an issue with lack of awareness of how quickly or slowly the trailer tandems will pivot when you either initiate a jackknife while backing or initiate a hard turn while driving forward. Each truck is a little different regarding turning radius, and depending on how far back the tandems are set on a trailer it can change the amount the trailer tandems will travel from the time the tractor is straight in front of the truck until the time you get into a hard jackknife turn moving forward and vice versa moving backward. Accounting for trailer swing during this maneuver is also critical when getting in or out of tight docks or yards.

When first learning or first going solo there's no substitute for GOAL, and you need to GOAL completely (walk around all sides) at ANY time you think you have a POSSIBILITY of APPROACHING hitting anything. Early in my career running solo I had one blind side back I GOAL'ed 23 times (MJ's #).

Also, based on the OP's statement that neither trainer really worked with her on backing strategies I'd venture a guess that she didn't learn options for how to correct a situation when you aren't "hitting the hole" perfect the first time (and how often do we do that?). Knowing how to correct your position "on the fly" is important.

OP, if you are motivated to make a come back I'd recommend two things you can do on your own. First, get on Youtube and search for videos on backing. There are dozens of training videos available. Second, go get a remote controlled tractor trailer and set up your own "yard" at home and practice. Using an RM rig will give you a bird's eye view of what's happening. Many new drivers I've trained have real difficulty understanding how to interpret what they see in the mirrors and out the driver's side window with what's really happening behind them. Furthermore they've been taught and A-B-C method of alley docking that has nothing to do with 99.9% of the situations we face in the real world. Practice with the RM model until you can nail the dock every time with corrections "on the fly". I keep a RM rig under the bunk for training newbies that need it.

Then continue to fire out applications and be perfectly honest what happened and what you've done to improve. Somebody somewhere will likely give you another shot and it may mean going through training again, which would give you another opportunity to learn.