Profile For Waylon C.

Paul, you're absolutely right. I let dispatch get in my head and tried to push for my destination when I could have easily relayed the shipment at a closer location. I lost my focus and I did know better. And I was EXTREMELY lucky. My entire career has been based on safety and gone quite well as a result. This is an excellent lesson for any new drivers reading this. It only takes one lapse in judgement to create a situation you may never recover from.

Rick, that's the whole, embarrassing truth. I wasn't texting or talking on my phone or being distracted in any other way. One miniutye I felt pretty okay, the next I'm looking at road signs heading right at me at 67 miles per hour. I appreciate your suspicion that there may be more to it, but I'm afraid there isn't. To be honest, I was a little shocked at being terminated. It's possible it's because the trailer had to be towed and/or because my length of service was under a year. I know of other drivers in the company who have done things just as bad, or worse, and kept their positions.

As far as I can tell, a vast majority of companies consider it too risky to hire someone who has been terminated for a DOT reportable accident.

I appreciate the feedback from you both. Thanks for taking the time.

First time posting here. I've been scouring the trucking forums for advice and information for the last week but haven't been able to find anything specific to my particular situation. So, I apologize if this topic has been covered at length in other threads and I happened to miss them in my searches.

Long story short - and painfully honest - I'd had a rough night already and was pushing to make my destination when I dozed off and ended up putting my tail pup on its side on the WV turnpike. No injuries, no citations issued, tail pup had to be towed, and I was fired.

I have 14 years experience that doesn't mean a thing now as far as I can tell. I've spoken with several carriers in the last week and no one can hire me, it seems. Does anyone out there have any advice about what I can do to move past this and continue my career? I need to get back to work soon. Money is running out and I'm going crazy just sitting at the house trying to figure it all out.