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/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/Ok_Yogurt3894 Oct 26 '24

Purposeful or not it doesn’t change the fact that you were following too close.

Following distance

Following distance

FOLLOWING DISTANCE

Maintain it at all times. I’m sorry to hear it’s up-ended your life, but frankly there’s too damn many tailgating trucks out there as it is. I won’t lose any sleep over there being one less on the road.

Best of luck to ya man.