so apparently, you can cause hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in damage in an accident, but if you were driving- your job is safe. if it rolled because no alarms went off and because the truck stayed put for 2 minutes and you cause $150 damage to a mailbox, you're done. the only fatal accidents ive seen in the press about ups have been drivers who - while operating the truck- hit pedestrians!! not a single one was from a rollaway. if you're driving a ups truck, people assume you see them and will not run them over. but a handful assumed wrong and those drivers who have actually taken a life probably kept their job!! this latest freight crash was speeding in rain and he will probably keep his job! i killed a mailbox, never had even just one rollaway quiz with a sup at a stop or even a pre-trip quiz at the hub and im done. utter bs! accidents should be judged as cardinal offenses over a certain dollar amount and based on training the company has to prove you had specific to the accident. this is just like saying if a white dude steals let him go if a black dude steals he gets locked up! whatever convoluted crap the contract says is missing the point. accidents are horrible and however they occur - the training history needs to be reviewed and then the disciplinary action matches up to the amount of damage inflicted. after an accident there is a mandatory training probation during which if it happens again, thens its over for good. and 3 strikes over $500 in damage you're out end of story.
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