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BTW my new mentor has 23 yr of driving, 3 mil accident free miles and is an owner operator so I do believe he is a stickler for safety and will probably insist that I do everything pertaining to safety. Even if not, I will.
Again, thanks for the heads up and the instruction rev. - I just got word that my trainers ETA at the Lathrop terminal will be in 5 hours and I need to do laundry before my wife drives me over there.
Talk to you all around Christmas time. Saty safe out there.
Kudos to you, T*Storm - you have the right attitude (something that "mentor" is seriously lacking, and it will serve you well. Originally Posted by T * Storm
I don't want to give you the wrong impression, but in orientation, the Swift safety manager told us implicitly that we need to do the pretrip every time we start in the morning. When I got on the truck with my mentor, my mentors attitude was "This is the real world now - an real truckers don't bother". Swift also provides you with a comprehensive checklist for the pre-trip. So, I guess I got the wrong impression from my mentor, because as I just stated, the safety manager was extremely emphatic about our doing a pretrip everyday. I appreciate your underscoring the importance of doing things RIGHT. What you say makes total sense and the reasons behind doing them. From here on out I am doing a pretrip regardless of what my mentor says. BTW my new mentor has 23 yr of driving, 3 mil accident free miles and is an owner operator so I do believe he is a stickler for safety and will probably insist that I do everything pertaining to safety. Even if not, I will.
Again, thanks for the heads up and the instruction rev. - I just got word that my trainers ETA at the Lathrop terminal will be in 5 hours and I need to do laundry before my wife drives me over there.
Talk to you all around Christmas time. Saty safe out there.