roll away, never shown / told hand brake tightening

[11.19igrad]

They most likely owned up (behaved like an adult) to the fact they botched up by not making sure the handbrake was engaged.
I dout any of them went on an endless "not my fault, it is YOUR fault" tyrade from the time it happened, continuing for weeks after.
In this case, never taking responsibility for the mishap gets you nowhere fast.

no one wants to talk about hitting pedestrians, ok fine. silence says a million words. I did have the parking brake engaged. the truck sat there for 2 minutes. if the house had been closer id been back in the truck 30 seconds sooner. apparently thats all i would have needed. but these other dudes get in mangled accidents but because of some arbitrary contract language specifically only targeting a rollaway as cardinal- they are actually allowing proven dangerous drivers to continue driving. it has nothing to do with safety. being unsafe isnt a cardinal sin, just one particular type of accident. what kind of sense does that make?

 

[Jones]

Therapy has helped a lot of people deal with and move on from traumatic events. Don't be afraid to reach out if you're struggling.

 

[cosmo1]

Did this fool ever admit to being fired?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

no one wants to talk about hitting pedestrians, ok fine. silence says a million words. I did have the parking brake engaged. the truck sat there for 2 minutes. if the house had been closer id been back in the truck 30 seconds sooner. apparently thats all i would have needed. but these other dudes get in mangled accidents but because of some arbitrary contract language specifically only targeting a rollaway as cardinal- they are actually allowing proven dangerous drivers to continue driving. it has nothing to do with safety. being unsafe isnt a cardinal sin, just one particular type of accident. what kind of sense does that make?

Because it can be a very serious accident when an unattended vehicle rolls away. It also show that you are careless and irresponsible.

And if you had the wheels curbed it probably wouldn't have rolled very far

 

[11.19igrad]

Therapy has helped a lot of people deal with and move on from traumatic events. Don't be afraid to reach out if you're struggling.
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[burrheadd]

dude you must be new to this thread. i had been a preloader for 5 months before driving

5 whole months wow!!! your a seasoned vet you should have been shown a little respect

SMGDH!!!

 

[Yeet]

dude you must be new to this thread. i had been a preloader for 5 months before driving

Dude this thread is 40 pages long of you complaining, I don’t have the energy to read through all of it.

 

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He caught me there. This is a real picture of the Lac-Mégantic derailment caused by a Canadian rail contractor who couldn’t be bothered to set an adequate amount of handbrake force (NTSB recommended 25, I used to crank every single one), he left 80 loaded crude oil tankers sitting with only 5 brakes spun.

@rickyb?

 

[rickyb]

@rickyb?

true story

you might ask why in 2013 we are still transporting oil?

 

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true story

you might ask why in 2013 we are still transporting oil?

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Were you the conductor? Tell the truth.

 

[rickyb]

Were you the conductor? Tell the truth.

i was bad at giving car lengths i would always use points of reference

 

[MisplacedRailWorker]

i was bad at giving car lengths i would always use points of reference

Point of reference is just 25, 10, easy, AAAANNNNNNNND that'll do. Stretch em

make sure you get emphasis on the word and, the inflection and tone could mean the difference between 200 ft

 

[rickyb]

Point of reference is just 25, 10, easy, AAAANNNNNNNND that'll do. Stretch em

make sure you get emphasis on the word and, the inflection and tone could mean the difference between 200 ft

emergency emergency plug it

 

[rickyb]

Point of reference is just 25, 10, easy, AAAANNNNNNNND that'll do. Stretch em

make sure you get emphasis on the word and, the inflection and tone could mean the difference between 200 ft

one guy used to go Bahhhahahahck like a lamb

 

[MisplacedRailWorker]

emergency emergency plug it

@11.19igrad is pretty much the only type of person I know that would be so honest over the radio...

 

[rickyb]

@11.19igrad is pretty much the only type of person I know that would be so honest over the radio...

the 2 highlights of my railway career would be doing donuts with a coworker in teh yard and he kicked a rock up and smashed the glass

another one is we have the trucks with the shifter near the wheel, and if your not careful it can end up between R and P and fall back to R. so i got out and was doing air on probation and i noticed the lights changed and the car was rolling backward. so i jumped in and didnt smash it.

 

[clean hairy]

Because it can be a very serious accident when an unattended vehicle rolls away. It also show that you are careless and irresponsible.

And if you had the wheels curbed it probably wouldn't have rolled very far

No one "taught or explained or showed him" curbing wheels!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

No one "taught or explained or showed him" curbing wheels!

Either management failed on training or you're not pay attention.

 

[11.19igrad]

Dude this thread is 40 pages long of you complaining, I don’t have the energy to read through all of it.

if thats all im doing is "complaining" and it bothers you then maybe GO AWAY. Im peeling the layers of BS surrounding a major event in MY LIFE.

 

[Yeet]

if thats all im doing is "complaining" and it bothers you then maybe GO AWAY. Im peeling the layers of BS surrounding a major event in MY LIFE.

Go away? Bitch I actually work for this company.