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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 508154" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Kudos to you for being able to overcome your grief and safely finish the route. I'm a dog lover too.</p><p> </p><p>Try to remember that nothing that UPS does at this point is personal. They are attempting to protect themselves from a lawsuit. They could care less about any stress or grief you might be dealing with. Their lawyers are making the decisions now, and your immediate sup is nothing more than a yes-man who shuffles the paperwork and does what he is told.</p><p> </p><p>As a practical matter, no disciplinary action taken against you for the incident as described would ever be upheld at panel. They are free of course to "charge" you with an accident and withold a safe driving award if they so choose, but thats about it. I doubt they will even do that. In my district, hitting an animal that is running loose on a public right-of-way is automatically deemed to be unavoidable and we are instructed to stay on the road and maintain control of the vehicle even if it means running over the animal.</p><p> </p><p>Hang in there, it sounds like the dog is OK and hopefully this will light a fire under the owners ass to be responsible and keep his dog secured. Your management will of course have their shorts in a knot over it for a few days but that too shall pass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 508154, member: 14668"] Kudos to you for being able to overcome your grief and safely finish the route. I'm a dog lover too. Try to remember that nothing that UPS does at this point is personal. They are attempting to protect themselves from a lawsuit. They could care less about any stress or grief you might be dealing with. Their lawyers are making the decisions now, and your immediate sup is nothing more than a yes-man who shuffles the paperwork and does what he is told. As a practical matter, no disciplinary action taken against you for the incident as described would ever be upheld at panel. They are free of course to "charge" you with an accident and withold a safe driving award if they so choose, but thats about it. I doubt they will even do that. In my district, hitting an animal that is running loose on a public right-of-way is automatically deemed to be unavoidable and we are instructed to stay on the road and maintain control of the vehicle even if it means running over the animal. Hang in there, it sounds like the dog is OK and hopefully this will light a fire under the owners ass to be responsible and keep his dog secured. Your management will of course have their shorts in a knot over it for a few days but that too shall pass. [/QUOTE]
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