Trainer Left Trainee at a truck stop?
#41
12-13-2006, 03:27 PM
Typically, when a trainer & trainee part ways out on the road, the DAC report usually comes back as "left truck with team partner", though most of the time, it just says "quit/dismissed from orientation". Both of those are extremely minor and I've never seen a trainee get hit with an abandonment.
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#42
12-13-2006, 03:56 PM
Originally Posted by motman68
1st of all i quit because i came into this to learn something not to learn how to cheat on my logs this guy during the first week drove under my log book because he was out of time .I think that wether i was a trainee or not that its his job to train me to be safe not to log illegally i was told be him that while he was driving under my log book that if he was to have an accident that i would have to say i was driving.2nd i dont think that anyone should be left more then 1500 miles from home no matter what happened like someone said in an earlier post i'm not saying who this company is because i dont want to scare any of the newbies off .3rd i hurt my back to the point that either sitting ,standing or walking was uncomfartable i couldnt even stand up straight i was never asked by my trainer if i was ok .4th i'm not a scumbag if i wanted to do something about this whole situation i bet i'm sure the higher ups in this company would like to know how this guy runs for more then HOS rules say you can run let me just say that he drove for more then 20 straight hours with taking a break.I'm not gonna turn this guy in eventually his ways of running are going to catch up to him .I'm moving on to better things right now i'll be making the same amount of money i would have made running long haul doing the local thing
#43
12-13-2006, 05:39 PM
[quote]i hurt my back to the point that either sitting ,standing or walking was uncomfartable i couldnt even stand up straight i was never asked by my trainer if i was ok
When this happens NEVER NEVER quit. When you quit = no unemployment. Also if you were hurt on the job, IE you hurt your back you would be entitled to workman's comp, also if you were not trained properly on the way to lift or move items or given the proper safety equipment they are open for a VERY big law suit, NEVER NEVER QUIT!!!!!!
#44
12-13-2006, 05:54 PM
Originally Posted by devildice
You already mentioned that it was TMC either in a different post on here or perhaps it was another forum.....can't remember
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#45
12-13-2006, 11:37 PM
Even if a Trainiee would think this job is not for him/her the trainer or company should get him back to his/her home state..... Why dont the DOT care about it........ Would they assist these people if they called 911 and told them they were left off some where and needed help?????
#46
12-14-2006, 12:42 AM
I'm not going to vouch for the veracity of these claims, but I have heard two different trainers state that they dropped off students at the closest truck stop: One did so because his student failed to follow directions and tried to downshift on a steep decline in the rockies, resulting in a rather long ride downhill in neutral because he couldn't recover the gear. The other case was rather infamous; the trainer's student, a female, had asked for a bathroom break. They were somewhere, on a bridge in heavy traffic I think, where the next bathroom was twenty minutes away. The student then went into the back and took a dump in his wastebasket.
She did, however, offer to wash it out. He let her keep it as a parting gift.
#47
12-14-2006, 01:40 AM
Don't be so quick to dismiss what the trainee said may have said about what happened - I also quit a training company on no notice at all - only after a long series of events and being fed up with all that there was no excuse for from a professional trainer, including the trainer that got mad at me and started telling me how he would like to SHOOT trainees that............enough was enough, be understanding if you are old school & you can't remember exactly how & when YOU got your training, you may not know what it's really like out today
#48
12-14-2006, 02:24 AM
Originally Posted by kc0iv
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I shouldn't get in the middle of this but I will anyway. If a student who is assigned to a truck leave the truck while in training it is abandonment as far as the student is concerned. As such it would be fair and proper to report such action to future employers as abandonment while in training. However, the student is NOT the assigned driver. That honor is the trainer's and the trainer only. The trainer is the responsible party. The only exception to this would be in the case of a team operation. In that case both drivers are responsible. Which is not the case here. In the discussion as such if a trainer dumps a student it would not be an abandonment and should not reported as such. This is one of many problems DAC has with their reporting system. The same can be said with many companies. If it is determined the student no longer meets the requirement(s) for training the reason for a student failed to complete his/her training should be included in any discussion. But it is not abandonment. ken_o really your example is apples and oranges. It doesn't apply in this discussion. kc0iv If you have been abandoned by your trainer some where. Call your company demand arrangements be made. If you have some cash fax such request also. If they wont help you out which I doubt. or you quit voluntarily And are sht up a crk with no money here are some options. (a) Ask drivers for rides or $ explain your situation. (B) find a church near buy explain your situation. (c) get a card board sign write "abandoned by trainer need ride home". (D) Call a lawyer maybe he will even front the bus ticket (E) If no one helps call every agency in the book starting with the dot. (F).one thumb and a sign. Not necessarily in that order. There's really no excuse for a carrier to not provide a bus ticket at the very least they can deduct it from your final check.
#49
12-14-2006, 02:48 AM
This is a scam. I personally haven't been approached by an abandoned trainie, but I have heard "my brother died and I need to get to so and so", I'm out of gas and my mom is sick....and so on. If you are going to help people, you need to be VERY careful. When I would be approached, I'l tell them I have no money. Usually it works and they go away.
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#50
12-14-2006, 05:35 AM
I have been approached by an individual who said his car broke down and he had no money to feed his family. I suggested that he bring his family in and I would be happy to feed them. No one else showed up at the table.
/Steve
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