Well Craptastic

I have not pulled a PSP. How do I do that?

 

https://www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov/psp/default.aspx

 

Thank you I will into it. I appreciate all the input I can get but I guess ultimately time will tell if 1. I lose my job and 2 if it will be difficult finding a different job. I've only had 2 jobs in my driving career and hope like hell I don't lose this one

 

Describe your job ? Is it local with multiple stops in a day ?

 

Yes it's intermodal

 

The only thing that sounds major is the low clearance incident. Depending on the severity of that, and if that is the most recent event, you could be ok.

Being local, and in and out if tight quarters more frequently raises your risk for these types of encounters. It should also raise your awareness that you're in those situations from now on and not let it happen anymore.

It's just something you have to make a priority in your driving. We all tend to get complacent and let our guard down. Use this as a learning tool for the future and eliminate careless mistakes that can impact your career.

Good luck, trucker.

 

Thank you! You're right and driving nights makes it even more difficult. Hopefully things will be ok. Being single and having only myself to depend on for bills makes me nervous about losing my job.

 

Well, being single and on your own, means you can always get by! Even if you have to take a menial job for a bit. It isn't like you have a house full of kids and a sickly wife that you have to take care of.

You'd better! Better to not get hired at all, than to get hired and then fired for concealing stuff on your job application!

OK, Don't give yourself an ulcer over this. Just stand by and see what happens. If you are a screw off, or a screw up, this will give them what they need to can you. But if you are a good worker and an asset to your company, they likely will not.
But get your head out of your butt and watch what you are doing! There was a study ALLEGEDLY done years ago, that a person with three incidents in a relatively short period of time, was much more likely to be in a SERIOUS crash, than somebody with no incidents. (This was per the safety department at Knight.)

You will do what you have to, to get by. We all do.

If you don't lose it this time, then make it your obsession to be careful!

Note: I have no idea why these quotes are not in the order they were posted in.