Unreported accident

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by John Marston, May 17, 2019.

  1. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    Ffs man I was just routed to a terminal (600mile deadhead) and I’m not sure why other then setting off the stupid g force sensor. (Old truck didn’t do it but this new one does)

    The safety department is friggen psychotic. I heard they fired a guy for bumping a yield sign. I got hit in the parking lot and they didn’t even care. A driver crunched the side fairing of his own truck backing under a trailer they didn’t say anything. My class mate scraped a bumper on a loose brick backing up in a dirt lot and he got written up.
    All the older guys here say if it’s not noticeable don’t say anything about it. To them a scratch is no different then totaling the car. They treat it the same way.

    This is coming from someone who loves this company.
     
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  3. John Marston

    John Marston Bobtail Member

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    I like my company too. They treated me pretty well so far, but the industry is no place for scatterbrained morons like me.
     
  4. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Are you looking for validation?
     
  5. Ridgeline

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    Yeah i driven my desk something like 2 million miles, I guess I have no reason to say anything ... :)
     
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  6. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    Man sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you.
    Learn from it and move on. Beating yourself up doesn’t result in anything good. Take it from someone who has a lot of experience with that. Remember GOAL and don’t “keep going till you hear glass or smell ####”
     
  7. John Marston

    John Marston Bobtail Member

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    I'll move on, but I'm just worried about the yelling and finding another driving job with something as stupid as this on my record. Its a big mess.
     
  8. Old-school trucker

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    I wouldn't lose any sleep over it
     
  9. Midnightrider909

    Midnightrider909 Road Train Member

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    Prius? Lol
     
  10. DenBob

    DenBob Light Load Member

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    From what youve said it wasn't just one guy who was trying to do right by you at that location, it was all of them..everyone you encountered. So they'd all have to be conspiring to trick you...for what ? No injury...trivial property damage....no lawyer would even bother calling them back if they wanted to waste their time pursuing it for a scuffed quarter panel or whatever it was.
    I had my car totaled by a truck two weeks ago, he admitted 100 percent fault, was ticketed...I might not see a dime. I certainly won't profit by it. Because it didn't generate hospital bills.
     
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  11. DenBob

    DenBob Light Load Member

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    No but if his company knows about it it is a strike against him with them and with any other company he applies to. I don't know the term for it...DAC ? Hire Right ? Tenth Street ?
    The snitch reports.
     
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