My My My... I was not going to respond to this discussion but then saw this little tidbit of idiocy. Lets all try and learn something from this shall we?
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the conversation got changed, due to the praise for the company's bottom dollar, by Fozzy.
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When there are so many trailers on the road that seem to have so much damage to them, it's hard to actually agree with your point. It appears that the money received from the insurance companies don't seem to go towards fixing any of the damage done, especially the minor scrapes. So, when I see the fixing getting done, I'll think as you do.
Well, who says that the damage has to be repaired or even reported to an insurance agency at all especially when the company has high deductibles or even are self-insured? The point is that this is their equipment and it was damaged by YOU and that’s what you seem to have an issue with. The fact that they didn’t pay for your damage or prove to you that they did is irrelevant. They own the equipment and they paid for the equipment and they are the ones who are going to lose the money on the equipment for the damage done to it.
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Instead, I'm thinking along the lines of companies holding their trainers accountable, instead of the students that don't get taught what they should.
At what point does this end? Why not make the trainers mommy pay for your mistakes? Stand up and be a professional for a few moments. The TRAINER didn’t run into the fixed object now did they? The Trainer was supposed to receive a student that could drive down the street, stay in a lane, make safe and proper left and right hand turns and have a basic understanding and grasp of simple backing maneuvers. You obviously didn’t and of course want to blame everyone BUT the person who obviously wasn’t paying attention OR was a generally poor candidate to begin with. You got you chance and you blew it! Not the trainers, Not his mommy, not the company and not the Illuminatti. Grow some balls and man up!
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Is it possible that there really are inadequate drivers out there, because of the stupidity, ignorance, and blatant disregard of the trainers to make sure that their student is capable of doing the job correctly?
There are plenty of adequate drivers and driver trainers out there.. then there are people who simple don’t pack the skills or the attention to detail (like where the fixed objects are) that prove themselves a danger to the general public and are not able to just knock things down until they get it right.
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Isn't it the responsibility of the companies to make sure that EVERYONE that is trained can do the job properly? Both answers are YES!!! Beside that, you have no idea as to what type of damage was done or any of the facts. You're basing your judgment on a generalization of protecting the company's bottom dollar, instead of reliability of the trainers to make sure proper training is done, so there is a far less amount of accidents, by newer drivers. Companies should be held accountable, as well.
So we get it.. everyone should be responsible for the damage done by a driver except the driver.. Riiiiight… The companies train and have trained hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of people with well documented training programs. The programs are set up for the average adult to be successful in operating a tractor trailer in the real world. This does not mean that there is no further education and learning to be gathered by the student or fledgling driver. They will still make mistakes as well as the experienced drivers. I am making my “judgment” based on the fact that I have been in practically every side of this industry and know that there are liabilities and responsibilities to the bottom line were as people who seem to have a habit of repeatedly crashing into sh*t never seem to have the capability of understanding that fact. Drivers who show a pattern of running into things are not being “blackballed”, they are being EVALUATED as a risk that they present to carriers. If you want to continue to blame others for your poor driving skills.. so be it, but the other carriers and the general public deserve to be warned that you cannot seem to drive very well.