What are signs a termination is coming?

Your probably getting fired. Yes, those are all signs. It’s not 100% though but HOS is one of the biggest infractions there are for most companies because insurance makes a massive deal out of it.

Whatever you do, don’t abandon the truck. Bring it back in good order and see what’s up. Having an abandonment on top of a blatant HOS violation is a sure way to not get hired by any reputable company again.

 

Or, you could just be going into the office for a "Safety Meeting", commonly called a "### Chewing", with some very serious talking about how your conduct might have caused more serious problems. Then they will give you another load and send you on your way with a warning that another such incident will bring termination.

Flip of the coin on whether you get canned.

 

Totally agree. How they are handling it is pretty much exactly how I handle these things. Whether the driver is canned or not most times depends on their own attitude and approach to the “safety meeting”. Also, if you don’t get canned then insurance likes to see a safety meeting was done to rectify the problem.

When something like this happens you can tel if a driver went home and actually thought about it and values their position at the company or not. The ones with attitude or no regrets need fired anyway and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

Don’t sweet it 3 yrs and clean . Their just doing what the feds want

 

Three hours is nothing to the company. Just a way to cover costs to get you in for the meeting. Now, if the just deadheaded you in from home, i'd be more concerned. Sure, they could be doing this to avoid a truck recovery, but with them trusting you with another load, seems they trust you enough to get you to the "Safety Meeting".
Hope thing's go well for you and thing's go in your favor.

 

if your fuel card is turned off. or small amount is on there. like just enough to get the truck to term or they route your next load to term after home time. good chances your toast. but just remember one thing. truck driving is a give and take world. it wont always go your way. you will miss stuff and be late or have to change stuff. just how it is sometimes.

 

Those are not unusual amounts of deadhead when prioritizing a route. When the carrier needs to put a truck somewhere, you have to compromise. If you worked for me and the rest of your walking on water story was true, you'd get one free pass and I'd wear it out every time you asked for anything else.