Profile For Amber S.

Nice is putting it mildly, I have been met with nothing but since it happened. Even the driver is killing me with don't worry about it, everything is going to be okay, its not that big a deal. In the great scheme of all things trucking no i guess it isn't a big deal because no lives were lost, no injuries occurred and its just cosmetic damage. While it hasn't deterred me from driving it has just scared the crap and granted me a view.

The owner has been extremely nice telling me that its okay that accidents happen and that he will take care of it. The driver lost the account but has kept his job. Because their is no police report and no insurance was used it is not recorded on my dac, when I look up my own records it is as if it never existed. Both incredibility lucky and completely unfair. I will continue paying back the owner until the damage amount is recouped in full.

@Rick This had nothing to do with my job, I was not employed by this owner and I still have my current job. I was doing this in my days off, coming by and driving to learn. My goal is to get a local driving job by being able to pass a road test, my hope was to be able to be employed by this owner. I very much doubt that is going to happen now.

@Rainy I had permission from the owner of the company to be trained, but was not on his insurance. On march 8th I will have had my Cdl for one year and no have never used it. I have been a driver manager/ dispatcher and wanted to actually get some experience in a truck to learn better what my drivers go through.

@ Susan This happened Jan.28th, on private property so the police were not involved. The truck that I hit did not belong to the owner, it belonged to another company. To my knowledge because I was not on the insurance the owner has taken both the tractor and the trailer that I damaged and is fixing them in his shop. I went to truck America training school which in itself is a accredited school but very much a shortcut. @G town Yes I do realize that my first mistake was moving the truck, I should have told him that I had to wait for the driver to get back. This move caused the driver to be removed from the account and possibly alot worse.

Hello all, I just had my first Cdl accident and it makes me question...alot. First off I've had my class A almost a year and can't get a job driving to save my life (single mother and can't Otr). When I applied for my first driving job they stuck me in the office saying no one with a masters degree should be in a truck. I disagree. So I started training with one of my drivers who moved on to greener pastures, had permission from the owner and was good to go. The problem arose at the end of the day when getting ready for the last shuttle load, the driver left to use the restroom. And a man appeared telling me to move the truck because he was blocked in. So I got in the drivers seat started up the truck and pulled forward, then decided to just go around because it was just a big circle. As I made that first turn I didn't turn wide enough and ended up hitting another tractor that was parked there. I'm not on this owners insurance, and did about 10,000 worth of semi damage. Enough to make me question why on earth I want to continue with this in the first place.