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<blockquote data-quote="Rack em" data-source="post: 2437674" data-attributes="member: 60861"><p>Just hearing the stories I've heard from people about how shady this company is with charging people with accidents, I am content with an unavoidable even though I did NOT hit the stupid dog. My center manager told me a story about a driver who was charged with an accident that ups knows 100% he didn't do, but he was still charged because ups wrote a check to protect their image! </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have done mostly rural routes all this year and have never before NI1'd stops in the country before because of dogs. But this stop, the dogs are very bad and I just learned yesterday that the people had just moved in their 3 weeks ago which is why I had never seen these dogs before. You can talk to the regular driver and he will tell you how bad they are. That is why they are a permanent will call now. I decided I couldn't safely turn around at their house or risk getting bit by the dog(s) so I reversed enough to where they stopped chasing the truck and got turned around and got out of the situation. </p><p></p><p>As for slowing down and paying extra attention... I stated what happened in the original post. I was going 5mph max but probably slower than that because the one dog was running at the tires but I also had to keep an eye on the other dog. At anytime I couldn't see one of the dogs I stopped completely, got out of my seat to shoo the dog away, then tried to go forward again. I did everything I could and there is nothing I could have done differently in this situation! Keep in mind you have had your route for a while so you have dealt with the dogs on your route multiple times and know how they act when they see you. I am a cover driver and don't know how the dogs at each stop are going to act. If there is a stop where dogs act like this I am not going to put my career at risk. If the dogs are going to run at the tires then I'm NI1'ing the packages unless I can safely leave them elsewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rack em, post: 2437674, member: 60861"] Just hearing the stories I've heard from people about how shady this company is with charging people with accidents, I am content with an unavoidable even though I did NOT hit the stupid dog. My center manager told me a story about a driver who was charged with an accident that ups knows 100% he didn't do, but he was still charged because ups wrote a check to protect their image! I have done mostly rural routes all this year and have never before NI1'd stops in the country before because of dogs. But this stop, the dogs are very bad and I just learned yesterday that the people had just moved in their 3 weeks ago which is why I had never seen these dogs before. You can talk to the regular driver and he will tell you how bad they are. That is why they are a permanent will call now. I decided I couldn't safely turn around at their house or risk getting bit by the dog(s) so I reversed enough to where they stopped chasing the truck and got turned around and got out of the situation. As for slowing down and paying extra attention... I stated what happened in the original post. I was going 5mph max but probably slower than that because the one dog was running at the tires but I also had to keep an eye on the other dog. At anytime I couldn't see one of the dogs I stopped completely, got out of my seat to shoo the dog away, then tried to go forward again. I did everything I could and there is nothing I could have done differently in this situation! Keep in mind you have had your route for a while so you have dealt with the dogs on your route multiple times and know how they act when they see you. I am a cover driver and don't know how the dogs at each stop are going to act. If there is a stop where dogs act like this I am not going to put my career at risk. If the dogs are going to run at the tires then I'm NI1'ing the packages unless I can safely leave them elsewhere. [/QUOTE]
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