Unfortunately, my 1st accident

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  1. arewethereyet1

    arewethereyet1 Light Load Member

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    Didn't check my mirror - guy was parked illegally. I'm feeling like crap.
     
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  3. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Can you give more details?
     
  4. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    A backing accident ? Or a sharp right turn ?
     
  5. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    My first and only fender bender happened 2 weeks after I went solo. I hit a pole while backing and crunched the right front.
    I've been oh so careful ever since.

    Don't beat yourself up over it. Just learn from it.
     
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  6. arewethereyet1

    arewethereyet1 Light Load Member

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    I was coming into a Pilot parking lot. It was a left turn and the truck was a little behind the last parked legally truck. I broke out his driver headlight.
     
  7. cabwrecker

    cabwrecker The clutch wrecker

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    And your worried about what?

    Your company didn't fire you by the sounds of it, and now you're ready to slow down, take your time but above all; question your actions and lend more judgement to the situations you're put into.


    Everyone here has screwed up, whether they admit it or not.
    I mean, look at me! I'm made of failures and flaws! My being here is little more than a bad decision on my moms end! Ha :biggrin_25525:

    Live, learn and move on.



    But if you ever get sad about your failures, just remember; you're a speck of humanity in an ocean of nothing. Your screw up today will likely go unremembered for eternity. Anyone having an existential crisis, yet?
     
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  8. j_martell

    j_martell Light Load Member

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    Learning from it makes mistakes into lessons....
     
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  9. arewethereyet1

    arewethereyet1 Light Load Member

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    True. Well it just happened so I don't know if I will be let go.
     
  10. cabwrecker

    cabwrecker The clutch wrecker

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    I wouldn't worry about it, too much. My THIRD load out, I hung my dolly legs on a high point on the ground when attempting an illegal u-turn on a county road in Evergreen Alabama.
    Cost was, IIRC $300 to get a wrecker out and pull me off. Then another $150 in labor, plus my company had to cover the labor costs of the county coming out and checking that a sewer line underneath was undamaged which had to cost a bit.

    A situation similar to yours; but mine cost more. I wasn't let go, I wasn't even scolded. This was with FFE and they're a larger company, no less.

    You might be after a writeup, but most companies fire on the spot when it comes to letting guys go for accidents (from what I hear.)
     
  11. 77smartin

    77smartin Road Train Member

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    I wasn't aware you could park illegally at a Pilot...you will be better because of it.
     
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