[heavyhaulerss]

just curious where in al did the roll over occur ? I live & drive in al on i-65 everyday & saw a roll over the other day on 65 ????

[TomB985]

Originally Posted by BigDiesel

Mickey D's is always hiring... no place in this industry for inattentive drivers....

Just because a driver made a mistake does NOT make him/her inattentive...

We've all been in situations where if something were different it would have been an accident...You just have to learn from it!

As long as nobody got hurt.....

Best of luck to your husband

[bikerboy]

if hes a good worker, and the company is a good company, they won;t fire him

I worked for a company that another driver flipped a truck and destroyed the truck in WA, and the guy was still working there, he had to take the bus home from WA to Ontario, but he still had a job.

The company i work for now, one guy has flipped a dump truck and also burnt another dump truck and hes still there too.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by bikerboy

if hes a good worker, and the company is a good company, they won;t fire him

That's a matter of conjecture, Bikerboy,

With most companies, the only way that a driver an flip a truck and keep his job is if he blew a steering tire.

Even if the driver was, for the most part, attentive, conscientious, and had the qualities that make for a good driver and employee, most insurance companies will not allow a company to keep that driver behind the wheel.

[ohiomohawk]

You don't think he may of dozed off?? Then maybe he was awakened by the rumble strip and then overcorrected. I usually sleep a good 4-6 hours during my 10 hour break but i have had some short nights.The investigators will look at that as a possible cause.I hope things work out for the both of you.

[marylandkw]

Originally Posted by Blind Driver

He can always drive a dump truck locally

Amazing, just amazing.

My equipment costs more than a tractor Trailer.
My revenue is Better.
I sleep in my own bed every night.

And somehow, time and time again I am lumped into the bottom of the barrel of the industry?

Don't put all "dump trucks" in the same category just like you would not put all OTR guys in the same category as (insert whomever)

[bikerboy]

I agree, running dump truck takes alot of talent and skill, maybe even more then OTR.

Not every idiot can make a good dump truck driver

[Snowman7]

Originally Posted by Useless

That's a matter of conjecture, Bikerboy,

With most companies, the only way that a driver an flip a truck and keep his job is if he blew a steering tire.

Even if the driver was, for the most part, attentive, conscientious, and had the qualities that make for a good driver and employee, most insurance companies will not allow a company to keep that driver behind the wheel.

Conjectire? He just told you what happened. Two posters already said they know people who kept their job. Count me in that category. At my last job (small flatbed co) a driver did the same thing, dropped his right tire off the road and rolled his truck, didnt get fired. Try firing a union driver from Yellow or Roadway, tough to do. Where I work now (UPS Freight) a driver lost control of doubles and ended up in the median, didnt get fired. We dont even know where this guy works so its hard to say what will happen. Although I agree that if he does gets fired it'll be tough to get a another job.

[Windwalker]

I rolled a truck over. The only company that would not hire me at the time was Schneider. They said that "no matter the circumstances, they required TEN YEARS before they would hire you after a roll-over".

However, my circumstances were somewhat different. Some of the drivers in Alberta, CA might remember about ten years ago, or so.(January 1998) There was a 28 year old driver in a COE Freightliner that ran down an RCMP Officer and the woman motorist he stopped to help and killed them both. Then blew a 2.8 alcohol. Shortly before he got to me, a Kleyson driver got run off the road and over a culvert. On a set of doubles, nine axles and the fifth-wheel were broken. I know about that because we got the same ride to the hospital to get checked out.

Before he killed them, he ran ten trucks off the road that we know of, and I was one of them. Schneider was the only one that would not hire me, and at the time, they said ten years after a roll-over, no matter what the circumstances were.

To try to "jerk" the vehicle back onto the road is a dangerous maneuver whether it's a truck or a car. But, at this point, it's a good thing to try to let him know what his mistake was, the problem is "WAS". Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but nearly useless.

I've read a couple of comments about being inattentive, and drowsy. My question is: "HOW WINDY WAS IT, AND HOW HEAVY WAS HIS LOAD?"

[BigDawg]

ya forgot one folks C.R.EngLand i hear say they have a bunch of crashes and rolls at the yard in SLC.