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Originally Posted by Scoe
I was a recruiter for Gordon Trucking from 2003 to 2004 so the information I have on them may be dated.
Gordon's policy was extremely clear. Student driving then the trainer was in the jump seat logging on duty not driving. Period!!
As far as other companies coveting Swift drivers because of their excellent training? When I was at Gordon the recruiting department's policy was to shy away from Swift trained drivers when possible, due to their poor training.
Like OrangeTX, I've driven a commercial vehicle 100's of times through that stretch and it's a curve that requires paying attention but not a high degree of difficulty. It is very sad that the trainee died but if anything positive comes from this it might be that Swift's and other companies training policy are revised.
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I talked with my brother this morning. He was about 10 minutes behind the accident, headed to Portland for a load of lube oil. He told me the accident was right at the 105 exit (State ST/Capitol Blvd), before the overpass.. The traffic was getting off the 105 exit, then making the left to get back onto I-5 on the south side of the overpass. So there wasn't even a hard curve. My Bro told me that there was talk on the CB about one of the local gashaulers being NB and seeing the Swift truck hydro-planing through the standing water, which is common through that stretch of road.
He was gonna check over the weekend and get back on what else he could find out. Myself...I'm wondering if the video isn't going to show the Swift truck swerving to avoid an exiting car or 3.
Now...If the truck had rolled down at the 101 interchange....the conditions are more severe, but the curve is still managable. LOL.....some of you don't want to know how fast I would slip through that interchange at midnight, when I was headed south to Centralia or Chehalis.
If the truck had rolled at the 101 though...it would have been over on the right shoulder...not on the center median barrier.
dobry4u, I don't have a problem with the company. It really doesn't matter who the truck belonged to. I simply have a problem with a trainer being in the sleeper, sleeping, when the trainee doesn't have enough driving experience to justify it. It does not matter the company name.
It's pretty cut and dry. A man died whom shouldn't have, on a stetch of road that even in bad weather, isn't that difficult to negotiate. Somewhere along the line, that man's training was extremely lacking.
