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When you talk to safety own up to it like you did here. Obviously you understand what your mistakes were. The chance that they will terminate you are not high. Im not saying it isn't a possibility, but attitude is everything.

Most likely you will have to take the close quarters class and then be back at it.

Fight the tickets and charges in court. There is a good chance with a clean record they may reduce it. If you were really leaving the scene you would not have gone back.

Thank y'all for responding, I entirely understand and take full responsibility, willing to do what it takes to make up for it and all. I was just a bit freaked out that I was gonna lose my job as it went down, but all is going all right. I've got no record at all, in fact this was honestly the first time I've ever talked to a police officer personally.

I'm going to make absolutely certain I'm nowhere near hitting anything from now on, I completely misjudged the width of the corner I turned from.

Ill definitely never forget that sound and feeling resistance isn't just a curb as well, not that I ever intend on hitting something again!

Hey there, I'm in my first week here, got through swifts crazy school and mentorship. Keeping things short, I went to make a righthand turn, and swung out to the left. Didnt swing far enough, damaged my trailer tire and rim. I pulled up about a quarter a mile to be out the intersection and got it repaired.

Now thats where things get tricky, when I looked in the mirror I thought I had just been close to hitting a pole and that the bumping I felt was the fairly high curb. Apparently I did hit the pole and even scratched off a pedestrian crosswalk button!

My bad obviously, I started to walk over there to assess the damage. It just so happens at that moment a police officer pulled up, and now I'm in some trouble here. I'm hit with failure to report accident due to pulling away that quarter mile. And the damages. I completely understand this is entirely my fault, I have very little driving experience generally (just turned 21) and this is the first time ive ever actually had an accident in my life. I wasn't aware of these processes, and I'm paying the price for my ignorance.

What I'm making this thread for besides putting my stupidity on display is that, I'm nervous. I reported everything and kept up on that with the company, and I am more than willing to pay the damages for my mistake, but I am worried what the odds are that they'll even keep me hired at this point anyway. Any insight? And if it is coming to that, what are my options in this industry?

I'll try to keep this stuff cohesive and short for anyone looking for information. On the first day of leaving, I headed over to my closest greyhound, it was around an 11 hour drive (including layovers) to get from Sacramento to our destination in Claremont. We got off there and the motel 6 provided by swift was right next to the station, so we walked right on in. I got to choose my roommate there, a person I made friends with on the bus heading the same way.

I'll be honest with it, the area isnt particularly the nicest part of town, but it is well enough of a base for the month or so we will be here. There are plenty of cheap food options nearby including a few fast food chains, starbucks, and a grocery store pretty close by. The motel they will set you up with is a pretty standard motel. However I will specify that there is no continental breakfast, and the rooms have no coffee pots or anything of the sort. They do come equipped with a microwave and mini fridge however. There is no dressers, and our door doesnt have a do not disturb sign either. The wifi has given us some trouble for the past 2 days now, we cant connect to it, and brought it up at the front desk. They said theyd have a technician check on it.

As for the shuttle, we are meant to get to the lobby by 545AM in order to catch the shuttle. Due to the volume of students, it is often a two trip ordeal for the driver. The first bus gets packed quickly. The driver goes to fontana and then comes to pick up the rest of the students after that. If you get in the second lot, you wind up at the school about 15 minutes before 7, when class starts. L.A. has really bad traffic so you can expect the ride there in the morning and the ride back at night to be particularly long.

Now, as for the school itself. Some things apparently recently changed, tuition before was 3900 and is now 6000. You sign a contract 5 days in agreeing to swifts deal-- school and motel is covered for now but they take money out your paycheck every week for the next year to pay for it. If you work for them a year after that, they reimburse you every week for it. So if you stick with Swift for 2 years, the class becomes free. Orientation consists of a short question answering time, and then you jump right in. They changed the schools schedule, before apparently you came in from 7 to around 230, then went back, and class was 4 days of the week. Now, we start at 7, and dont leave until 530pm.

So before you come down here, realize you will be in class for 10 hours a day, 6 days of the week. Sunday is the only day off. You will jump right in day one and begin studying air brakes and combinations in order to test for a permit 3 days later. I wont lie to you, it's quite a lot to learn in a very short time. So come ready to study hard, even at the motel when you get back to it. Think of this as a 4 week job interview, they want to see that you are committed to this career and lifestyle, and that you are capable at keeping up that commitment for long hours of every day, and on time. Someone was already sent home today for arriving late, punctuality is KEY.

Day one swift will also administer a hair follicle test to you. They will take a sample from your head or from your body hair if it is too short. Keep in mind if you pick body hair, they will take a large sample. Most of the people here that picked body used a leg, and one of their entire legs got shaven each, down to the skin.

We are doing DOT physical and urinalysis tomorrow, the hair test is done day one so they can send it to the lab immediately. If you PASS, you will hear nothing from them over the course of the week. If you fail, they will pull you from class and make you go home. MAKE SURE you pass this test, or you are out of this industry for a long long time.

I will update this journal more whenever I have time to do so, I'm going to be studying a lot however because I really want to get into this industry, so updates may be slow over the month. Hope to see you all on the other side, on the great open roads!

Thank you all very much, I'll see if I can start up a diary once I get down there. Appreciate helping relieve a bit of my paranoia.

Hello

So let me try and get more information. You are concerned that a SWIFT driving school is going to know that you have been drinking alcohol?

I think people will need more information. Did you drink alcohol within hours of testing, have you already tested? Normally I believe the testing is looking for illegal drug use, and drug use not prescribed to the user.

Thank you all for your responses, I mean to say I've had drinks leading up to heading down for the school. I'm hoping to head down Sunday morning with a test on monday, last drink I had was yesterday (tuesday). I reckoned the alcohol concept is that we arent meant to drink while on or close to when going on duty. I was just nervous on it as it's a pretty big deal to make sure I pass!

Hey there y'all, I'm looking to head down south in California to get started with the Swift trucking school. I've never done any marijuana or anything of that sort, however I did turn 21 this month and I had some drinks in that span of time. I was just wondering if the drug testing checks for something like that? I've been a bit concerned of it so I wasn't sure if I should wait a little longer or go ahead and head on down.

Thanks for your help!