I was working for SWIFT and I was still in training with my mentor when I was approaching to a narrowed street I stopped completelly to analize my space and, the only way that I had to get out was to make a U turn really thight because I was not going to drive 2 miles backwards at night time risking my self to heat something.
After I did the U turn, I left with no problem but, I damagged the rear of my tractor with the head of my own trailer when they touched to each other due to my jackniving. (I dammaged the rubber fearings but not the metal).
Obviously I didn't have a ticket or police report because I didn't touch anything outwards.
2 weeks latter,
When I finished my training my surprise was that SWIFT fired me.
They said they were not going to put anything in my record but I had to leave the company because I was terminated due to that incident.
They put that incident in my DAC report like a preventable accident.
It was not so big like it seems, however is hurting me really bad. I already disputed this in DAC (where is in Tulsa, OK.) and SWwift doesn't want to change anything. My career is already over for the rest of my life in spite of my MVD report appears clean.
This incident happened in 06 and since then nobody wants to hire me to drive a commercial vehicle.
Please help me.
-Thanks for your valuable time
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