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Accident!! At driving school!!
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<blockquote data-quote="ol&#039;browneye" data-source="post: 390619" data-attributes="member: 14003"><p>Here's a good one for you!</p><p> </p><p>I was in driving school, 22 years ago. We were in the St. Louis area and there was the old 115 bridge that was barely wide enough for two cars, let alone trucks. There was also a curve in this bridge at one end. Although many drivers took this bridge every morning to get to their routes in St. Charles, it was policy to not take the driving school pkg. car (you know the one, windows and seats all the way back) across this bridge. Well we are in St. Charles and the old POS starts over-heating. The instructor decides we need to get back to the building asap and says we need to go across the bridge. "Whose turn is it to drive?" You guessed it-mine! </p><p> </p><p>Well I made it through the curve like a pro and was cruising right along, no problem. About half way across a van is approaching. The instructor says "You might want to get over a little." I think he means I am too close to the center line so I move ever so slightly to the right. He says again "You better get over!" Again, I move a little to the right. The third time he says it, I move over and smack the mirror on the bridge sides and rub the back wheels against the curb and have to fight a little skid as the truck bounces off the curb. To make the matters worse, some broken glass cut the instructors forehead! </p><p> </p><p>We got back to the hub and he fills out this accident report which I didn't get to read, was pretty much forced to sign (too green to know better) and was told I needed some practice driving larger vehicles and was to report back to preload in the morning. I was devastated. I was working 2 jobs, had a wife and a baby daughter and this was going to be my first real fulltime job!</p><p> </p><p>I walked into preload the next day and the head HR guy walks up and says "They pulled a dirty trick on you yesterday, you shouldn't have gone over the old 115 bridge. See me after work this morning and I will give you your uniforms and you can report to driving tomorrow!" </p><p> </p><p>15 Years later I saw a report with every accident I ever had and that one is listed as "Hit a parked car". Not only did the instructor instruct me wrong, he filed a false accident report! I have been driving almost 22 years and to this day that one is the only "Avoidable" accident on my record. </p><p> </p><p>I would love to use his name in this story but will refrain to protect the guilty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ol'browneye, post: 390619, member: 14003"] Here's a good one for you! I was in driving school, 22 years ago. We were in the St. Louis area and there was the old 115 bridge that was barely wide enough for two cars, let alone trucks. There was also a curve in this bridge at one end. Although many drivers took this bridge every morning to get to their routes in St. Charles, it was policy to not take the driving school pkg. car (you know the one, windows and seats all the way back) across this bridge. Well we are in St. Charles and the old POS starts over-heating. The instructor decides we need to get back to the building asap and says we need to go across the bridge. "Whose turn is it to drive?" You guessed it-mine! Well I made it through the curve like a pro and was cruising right along, no problem. About half way across a van is approaching. The instructor says "You might want to get over a little." I think he means I am too close to the center line so I move ever so slightly to the right. He says again "You better get over!" Again, I move a little to the right. The third time he says it, I move over and smack the mirror on the bridge sides and rub the back wheels against the curb and have to fight a little skid as the truck bounces off the curb. To make the matters worse, some broken glass cut the instructors forehead! We got back to the hub and he fills out this accident report which I didn't get to read, was pretty much forced to sign (too green to know better) and was told I needed some practice driving larger vehicles and was to report back to preload in the morning. I was devastated. I was working 2 jobs, had a wife and a baby daughter and this was going to be my first real fulltime job! I walked into preload the next day and the head HR guy walks up and says "They pulled a dirty trick on you yesterday, you shouldn't have gone over the old 115 bridge. See me after work this morning and I will give you your uniforms and you can report to driving tomorrow!" 15 Years later I saw a report with every accident I ever had and that one is listed as "Hit a parked car". Not only did the instructor instruct me wrong, he filed a false accident report! I have been driving almost 22 years and to this day that one is the only "Avoidable" accident on my record. I would love to use his name in this story but will refrain to protect the guilty. [/QUOTE]
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