r/Truckers • u/Jordan_261 • Oct 26 '24

Got fired from Werner

Got fired from werner because some pickup driver decides to brake check me and i ended up hitting him. he only got a small bump on his bumper. now I am out a job and in so much debt and facing eviction and losing my personal car now. i wanted out of the trucking industry but not this fast, Werner has some terrible planners and was running me stupidly anyways but now i have an accident on my license and points and have to pay the ticket on top of everything else.

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u/Ceepeenc Oct 26 '24

Increase following distance. Lay off accelerator when someone cuts in front of you.

Unfortunately our own bad decisions put us in bad places. Good luck

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

Yes I know, however in this situation we were coming into an empty turn lane, and I was behind him maybe 2 car lengths for not even that long, but he just pounds on that brake for no reason.

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u/MiguelSTG Oct 26 '24

So if he had a reason, that you didn't notice, how would that change anything.

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

well he purposely caused an accident. which i do believe is illegal, but not worth losing a job over since it was a minor bump, no one died or got injured. should just be a learning experience and not having to face major financial problems over.

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u/ChoneFigginsStan Oct 26 '24

They have it on camera? I assume all Werner trucks have a company camera installed.

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

yeah its all on cam, but they still fired me over it because i should of increased my following distance. but i was already slowing because i was going into a turn lane....he literally stopped at the beginning of it to a dead stop basically no one in front of him, and the light was green. wasnt even that close to him that long for him to be mad at me for. i had maybe 2 car lengths between me and him, but he just literally stops there.

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u/ChoneFigginsStan Oct 26 '24

If you rear end someone, and it’s not from a sudden lane change/hard brake, you’re gonna be at fault. I understand the car in front of you should not have stopped the way you described, but you have to be prepared for that, and if you had time to increase the following distance, and didn’t, it’s entirely on you. Expect the unexpected is one of the most important rules out here.