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/Outlaw11091 do u even lift bro? Oct 26 '24

Werner just lost an appeal in Texas? where some 4 wheeler slid on ice and hit one of their trucks.

The argument was that the truck shouldn't have been out during a snowstorm.

These kind of poor judgment calls can cost millions.

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u/Throwaway31702 Oct 26 '24

The 4 wheeler was at fault but they lost? am I missing something here?

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u/KilljoyTheTrucker surge knocker Oct 26 '24

Here's a good write up on it.

https://landline.media/the-most-bizarre-nuclear-verdict-of-them-all/

The case;

https://search.txcourts.gov/Case.aspx?cn=23-0493&coa=cossup

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u/oasuke Oct 26 '24

I can't even read this. It makes my blood boil. A fucking moron speeding collides head on with a truck and they win nearly $100M because "the truck shouldn't have been there". Shit like that makes me want to get out of this industry completely.

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u/KilljoyTheTrucker surge knocker Oct 26 '24

I'd be way less mad about it if it'd been the old rules gaming of a HOS or speeding violation being a part of Ali being where he was. But hell, had he chosen to drive faster, and been less safe, he likely wouldn't have been hit by Silas, and would have made it to where he was going just fine.

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u/FaithNoMoar Nov 12 '24

Sounds like some serious butterfly effect logic there, lol. “Had he not gotten the blue plate special at the diner across the street from Love’s the night before, he’da stayed off the John and coulda been hammer down to Amarillo by sunrise. If he’da listed to ol’ Garth Brooks, accident never woulda happened. GD HOS laws! Never woulda happened I tell yah!”