Comments By Butta

Glad that no one was injured.

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Cooperate with safety to the best of your ability.

Difficult to guess what they will do.

OK thanks

Hey Butta, welcome to the forum!

Dang boy, you sure know how to make a grand entrance!

When talking to your safety people be real careful about not laying the blame on the company's training, or pressure from your trainer, unless you can provide a recording of him giving you bad advice.

This is the time to own your responsibility and lay out the argument that you are a total newbie who has never driven a tractor trailer in the snow and ice before, and you are sorry but just didn't know how to handle the situation properly. Try to explain the lesson you learned, which was to shut down and take a break during really bad weather.

Chances are that they are going to have some questions for the trainer.

Which company are you training with?

Last winter we had a couple of rookies in here with Prime who both jack knifed their rigs on the same day, and same icy section of road. They both kept their jobs.

I drive with Western express thanks for the advice

I'm a rookie driver out with my trainer I jackknife in bad weather crossing over a bridge in Connecticut no one was hurt and no other vehicles were involved in the accident the load is ok minor damage to the trailer the truck is totalled I'm scared **** less wondering if I'm gonna get fired this is my first job