Companies That Don’t Use DAC

Back to square one! Better check what they actually put on the DAC once it hits, but they cannot really say that they fired you for running a red light if it's hearsay. They'd be opening themselves up for a lawsuit. Now you will have to wait a little while for the DAC and find another training company. Or do the wise thing and find another career. Go take a medical course or something.

Dang, they fired you for running a red light. If it’s on camera and they saw it likely it’s justified. It’s hard to believe they didn’t give you a warning though. Since they’re investing money into you.

I’ll be frank I have done things in my training phase you’re describing and was never fired. I was however given a warning and stopped doing it.

Back to square one! Better check what they actually put on the DAC once it hits, but they cannot really say that they fired you for running a red light if it's hearsay. They'd be opening themselves up for a lawsuit. Now you will have to wait a little while for the DAC and find another training company. Or do the wise thing and find another career. Go take a medical course or something.

Actually - a company can fire a trainee for any reason whatsoever. Either he blew the light, or he didn't (on dashcam, got a citation, etc) - and it depends on HOW he blew the light - and whether or not he had other things in the course of his training, that led to his dismissal.

Typically, a DAC will only say "safety violations", or "violation of company policy". Neither is "hearsay", and neither is litgatable.

Also - if he JUST GOT FIRED - it's going to take a minute to hit the DAC anyways.

Since we got this as a response form the poster:

Basically I was in training still didn’t completely understand what I was doing and they said that I blew through a red light when that wasn’t the case.

There's still probably a little more to the backstory, than is being disclosed here. Typically, newb trainees are given a little leeway.

But he is STILL GOING TO HAVE TO DISCLOSE his employment with Roehl, that he was terminated (reason for leaving) and Roehl will report (when references ARE CHECKED) that he is NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REHIRE (which is legally/technically all they can say when contacted directly - though we all know they probably say more).

Rick

I know a guy that is a trainer at Roehl, and he had a dash cam installed by the company at least three years ago. He told me all company trucks were getting these installed.

I still am not clear if OP was still in cdl school or had completed and was with a road trainer. Yes they have camera’s but if he was still in cdl school I don’t know if they have them.

Still more to this story I’m sure.

Dang, they fired you for running a red light. If it’s on camera and they saw it likely it’s justified. It’s hard to believe they didn’t give you a warning though. Since they’re investing money into you.

I’ll be frank I have done things in my training phase you’re describing and was never fired. I was however given a warning and stopped doing it.

At FedEx, the trainer has final say on whether you get your spot or not. If they feel you're not safe or not progressing as you should, you're out. You can get all the way through the program and get your CDL. By this point FedEx has invested thousands in you and if they say no, then it's no.

FedEx also takes safety very seriously. You can be with the company 25 years, if you do something to flagrantly unsafe, they'll terminate you without a thought. The trucks camera records excessive speed, following too close and hard stops.. Safety will get an email from the truck telling them to check the footage with time stamps and dates. I thought my trainer was full of it when he told me that and one day, I got pulled in the office with safety to review footage of following too close on I95.

I still am not clear if OP was still in cdl school or had completed and was with a road trainer. Yes they have camera’s but if he was still in cdl school I don’t know if they have them.

Still more to this story I’m sure.

If he was in CDL School - isn't that separate from Rhoel?

Pretty sure PRIVATE SCHOOLS, don't report to DAC. If he was an Rhoel EMPLOYEE, going through finishing training - finito.

Yeah - there's something more to this than meets the (initial) eye..

Rick

I still am not clear if OP was still in cdl school or had completed and was with a road trainer. Yes they have camera’s but if he was still in cdl school I don’t know if they have them.

Still more to this story I’m sure.

I am currently training with Roehl, and they do have cams in the cabs. As for training being separate from Roehl, it definitely isn't here, though it appears that it may possibly be the case at the Conley location (when I was looking into it, I was directed to Georgia Driving Academy).

Personally, I'm not sure OP should be back in the seat of a truck. The phrasing on the initial post is... dodgy. No owning up to anything, trying to bury this under the rug or otherwise not disclose it -- smacks of a dishonest approach to being employed in general.

Can you tell us what really happened then, if they're saying you blew through a red light but you say you didn't? Any advice we're giving isn't going to be really helpful if we don't have the entire story. Example, neither is good BUT coming to a stop just past the stop bar is looked at much different than going 45 mph through a red light.

We're not here to judge you, we've all made mistakes. Where the frustration comes is when someone wants to place the blame on the company rather than analyzing what led the company to make those moves. Companies that hire new drivers expect you to make mistakes. We've been around the industry long enough to know they're not going to get rid of you for no good reason. They've already invested a bit of money in you in hopes you'll become a successful driver and help them continue to grow. For them to decide to cut their losses something must be very wrong. Roehl didn't get as big as they are by just needlessly throwing money away.