Let me preface this by saying that I'm very new at this. 6 months out here on the road and tonight something happened to me, that has happened before, but the other drivers response irked me so much and completely blew my mind. Simply put, he backed into my trailer. Tail to tail. This is the 4th time in 6 months and I'm swearing off pull through spots for the rest of my career. It threw me from the bunk so I (admittedly irritated) went to talk to the driver that hit me. When I went to his door, since he couldn't be bothered to climb from the cab and see if he hurt his own trailer, I told him he hit me. His response was "Nah man I just bumped you." So I know this is going to go well. I asked him to pull forward so I could check and see if there was any damage. He then lashed out at me asking if I was serious, how long I had been on the road, and betting me $20 that there was no damage. I finally threated to call his safety department and that got him moving. There wasn't any damage and that's fine. It's the end of it. I really don't care. My question is, is this a common thing out here? Some of the people I've run into would rearrange this dudes teeth with a tire thumper, and he acted like it was no big deal. I'm just trying to figure out if I'm in the wrong. I mean, I'll hit people every night if it's just the status quo....
Posted: 9 years, 4 months ago
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Truck stop backing incidents
Let me preface this by saying that I'm very new at this. 6 months out here on the road and tonight something happened to me, that has happened before, but the other drivers response irked me so much and completely blew my mind. Simply put, he backed into my trailer. Tail to tail. This is the 4th time in 6 months and I'm swearing off pull through spots for the rest of my career. It threw me from the bunk so I (admittedly irritated) went to talk to the driver that hit me. When I went to his door, since he couldn't be bothered to climb from the cab and see if he hurt his own trailer, I told him he hit me. His response was "Nah man I just bumped you." So I know this is going to go well. I asked him to pull forward so I could check and see if there was any damage. He then lashed out at me asking if I was serious, how long I had been on the road, and betting me $20 that there was no damage. I finally threated to call his safety department and that got him moving. There wasn't any damage and that's fine. It's the end of it. I really don't care. My question is, is this a common thing out here? Some of the people I've run into would rearrange this dudes teeth with a tire thumper, and he acted like it was no big deal. I'm just trying to figure out if I'm in the wrong. I mean, I'll hit people every night if it's just the status quo....