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I wonder how far are you willing to go to avoid a serious collision and possibly save someone from dying only to sacrifice yourself and your company's truck, our yours if you own the truck.Originally Posted by golfhobo
but, ONCE the situation gets beyond your control.... you have to go BEYOND the "average" to avoid deaths. EVEN to the point, if your willing... of personal sacrifice!
Another driver was telling me a story about an accident involving one of our company drivers. He was on a 4 lane highway, 60 mph speed limit. Car pulled out in front of him coming off a side road, the driver swerved off into the ditch to avoid hitting the car and he was killed when the truck overturned and caught fire.
From what he said the driver of the car was not sited, company had to eat all the expenses of the truck and freight, and the family of the 18 wheeler could not go after the driver of the car since he was "not at fault".
Would you have gone that far?
But then if you look at this another way. 18 wheeler takes out the car, clearly because the driver pulled in front of the truck. Truck over turns in the road and the driver survives. The person who caused the accident is now responsible for the damages. But was it worth it for them to lose their life? or do you risk your life, your job and your company's equipment because of someone else's mistake?