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I'm sorry to say that I'm LOST on this subject. I should know more about this kinda of thing as it could affect me sometime in the furture.Are there any "guide-lines" to go by? Any national standard? I can see a lot of room for abuse by the companies who want to keep their drivers from being able to leave for another company. If you you use the standard you described then everything is preventable. Two or three preventables and your chances of getting a job are close to slim to none.
Originally Posted by Ridge Runner
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Originally Posted by Fozzy
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I have plenty of experience with review boards.. I've sat on a few of them. The accident was reviewed by a group of drivers and the standards of preventable VS non-preventable are applied and the fact is that almost every accident is preventable in some way. The other driver can be totally at fault and not "yeild" to you, but if there is contact between your truck and the OV, you still probably could have done something to have prevented the collision. You are not "at fault", the accident was preventable.
Originally Posted by CannedSpam
I am not really looking to get into particulars about the accident, but I will say that the other motorist that struck the company truck that I was driving at the time was cited for failure to yeild. Anyone with some actual, intelligent first-hand knowledge of such recourse a driver might have in such a circumstance as this please chime in. Thank you in advance.
I'm sorry to say that I'm LOST on this subject. I should know more about this kinda of thing as it could affect me sometime in the furture.Are there any "guide-lines" to go by? Any national standard? I can see a lot of room for abuse by the companies who want to keep their drivers from being able to leave for another company. If you you use the standard you described then everything is preventable. Two or three preventables and your chances of getting a job are close to slim to none.
example, you are driving along, car is coming out of side road, he stops at stop sign, looks at you and then goes and you cant stop and you hit him.. his fault, but preventable because you should have covered your brake and been prepared to stop./ this is how it was explained to me by an insurance rep. like you said, almost everything is considered preventable. I asked for an example of non-preventable, he said.. you are driving along and a meteorite falls on you, that is not preventable. so in other words.. in most cases you are SCREWED!! and no you dont get a kiss