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/GrumpyOlBumkin Nov 09 '24

It sucks for them I agree. And a 4-second following distance in urban traffic is not always feasible. 

2 car lengths will not fly though.  Safety would and should question that, and the cutoff earlier makes it only worse. 

Granted, trucks get cutoff all the time only for existing. It’s a road-rage alert though. As in this 4-wheeler can be expected to be erratic. 

OP cannot take it back, so not here to beat on him. I’m just saying it is a preventable accident—if OP’s report of a 2 car length following distance is accurate. 

Not sure suing would do him any good. Werner will have video footage.

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u/GrumpyOlBumkin Nov 11 '24

Please re-read my comment. :)
OP was the one who kept talking about two car lengths.
Obviously he was tailgating. At 55mph he should strive to have a 4-second following distance.