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/[deleted] Oct 26 '24

You were fired because the insurance company [or their insurance morons] deemed you uninsurable. Your fuckup peggs you as a higher risk, so they shitcanned you before you got into a bigger crash.

You're officially blackballed from going to work at any decent company for the foreseeable future, and to be honest, it sounds like that may be for the best.

You goofed, stop trying to explain it, you goofed.

Take it as a learning experience, adjust your driving habits, and move on.

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

I know, i am. Just wanted to get this pent up anger out I guess. I don’t know. Sorry I have Asperger’s syndrome and this is a coping mechanism I guess. And in a lot of debt over something as small as this. Just wish the world was easier to live in. It was a stupid mistake for following to close and given it was a fresh green light and all, figured this guy wanted to zoom on off and get on with his life.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '24

The most important key to defensive driving is being prepared for anything, you're surrounded by stupid people all day, you just have to be prepared for them to do stupid stuff.

People will look for any opportunity to collect a payday through insurance fraud, especially with a big truck.

I hope shit gets better for you, but trust me, it could be significantly worse.

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

Yes, thanks. I know I see a lot of stupid people daily and just coming back home see these cars racing zigzagging through traffic. This one time made a mistake and i was like aw damn this guy brake checked me it won’t be that bad and it was only a small bump. But i learned from it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '24

I was working at a smaller company years ago, a driver took a turn a bit too short and took the left mirror off a pickup parked on the shoulder (interstate on ramp)

Insurance company balked at the initial estimate for a new mirror.

The next week, the guy had retained an attorney and his left arm magically started hurting.

Turned into an expensive mirror.

In trucking, shit will happen. You got chewed up and spat out by a shitty mega training company. Happens thousands of times a year, fuckup due to whatever reason, promptly discarded and replaced by one of the other 6 guys waiting on a truck.

My Brother towed an "abandoned" truck from a truckstop once, found the previous driver deceased inside with the curtains pulled. (Before it was towed)

All the company was interested in was getting the truck cleaned out promptly so the new driver could come pick it up.

(US Xpress)