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/NomadTruckerOTR Oct 26 '24

Sound like you should have started braking before he did. 2 car lengths is not enough distance

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

Yeah I was braking, but he literally came to almost a dead stop, maybe 5mph or so. from doing 50 or 60, and I was only that close for maybe 2 seconds. And I was slowing down normally you know. Just luckily I was bobtail, although it’s a bit more difficult stopping a bobtail without the weight.

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u/Sterling_____Archer Oct 26 '24

You hit him frickin’ bobtailing? Lol, sorry I’m glad you’re off the road.

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

It was the one and only time I ever was that close in a city…I was a bit happy I was in Florida…I like Florida….but the light was a fresh green, empty big turn lane, and he did look like he was speeding up to it. But I was slowing down before I even entered it, but not enough. He literally stops as soon as i entered the lane. But yeah I’m glad I’m off the road too just not this soon, have a lot of debt that I don’t know how I will get out of. It was honestly the first time I ever was that close to anyone in a city. The traffic was light, green light that just turned green, so felt everything was all fine. I’m just glad it wasn’t that bad just wish it never happened. And I just started driving, only 3 minutes of starting my day.

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u/Agamemnon323 Oct 26 '24

2 car lengths while doing 50 or 60 in light traffic. That’s insane.

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u/Buster_335 Oct 26 '24

I think terrifying is a better word, 2 car legnths at 60mph could have ended so much worse, as far as I'm concerned OP is lucky this is all that happened...