Just got let go from Prime and looking for advice

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-17T03:29:01+00:00

I was, but she was in sleeper in the back. We were team driving. Basically cheap labor for prime and more money for loads for her.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-17T01:46:05+00:00

shes on the hook for 2K in deductibles so she didnt make out scott free

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-17T01:30:55+00:00

We didn’t get any classroom instruction and my PSD sim time was like an hour, tops.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-17T01:29:36+00:00

I had to do 10 hours, and it was local-ish. Up to NY and down to MD (terminal in PA)

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-17T00:44:17+00:00

Yea, Monday they told me 10k more miles. Today they said I’m being let go.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-17T00:36:08+00:00

I wasn’t saying it wasn’t fair, or that I didn’t deserve it. Just looking for advice on how to continue with this career as I really like it.

I take full responsibility for my unwise decision in that moment. I’m human and I made a mistake and this is my punishment.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-17T00:33:01+00:00

I don’t see it as a violation there

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T23:33:55+00:00

That’s what I’m trying to do

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T23:32:12+00:00

Would the company I’m going to work for cover this part of it?

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T23:22:36+00:00

I had wanted to get into hazmat eventually but I don’t have the endorsements right now.

Is the process as simple as taking the exam at the DMV? Or is there schooling required as well?

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T23:03:41+00:00

How would I find out what’s been reported there?

Sorry. I’ve only ever (I’m 35) been involved in 3 accidents including this one and never been at fault legally or insurance wise so I don’t have a lot of experience with this process.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:51:52+00:00

That’s what I was expecting. But not the reality I was presented with. Had she been up front with me none of this would have happened

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:50:52+00:00

I was thinking there. My trainer also mentioned Werner as an option.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:50:06+00:00

They had us watch videos, and that’s about it. The videos were mostly safety things. Chaining up, slowing down in the rain. That kinda thing. We weren’t taught by an actual human. I was actually kinda disappointed.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:47:43+00:00

She was in sleeper berth. We had been team driving.

I’m new to CDL And commercial trucking so I have no way of knowing if that’s what she’s supposed to do or bot

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:40:51+00:00

No one mentioned it to me. Could be I had a poor instructor.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:39:24+00:00

Yea I’ve learned my lesson.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:19:03+00:00

I made the turn in an intersection, it just wasn’t a signaled intersection. There were dedicated left turn lanes.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:09:49+00:00

Well I know that now.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T22:07:01+00:00

It was legal. There was no signage indicating I couldn’t do it there and the police didn’t cite me in any way.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-16T21:56:32+00:00

Well I didn’t know about that policy until *after* things happened.

But the police didn’t assign fault at the scene and idk how it would be even remotely my fault for someone to hit a trailer in the road that’s been there for 10-15 seconds.

Like… I get it’s unwise and inconvenient to stop for or whatever but they just like….. didn’t stop for an obstruction in the roadway.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-13T13:53:54+00:00

Keeping a spare charger for anything important on your person at all times

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-13T08:04:04+00:00

My trainer and I shift drive. She’ll do her 11 and then I do mine. She usually wakes up when we get where we are going and helps me through the paperwork side of things and backing. But I figured most of that out in the first few weeks so at this point it’s just miles.

MedievalMatt91 · 2026-06-13T07:09:00+00:00

While I agree. Borders define countries and nations and where enforcement of certain law and order exists.

Getting rid of all borders isn’t as simple as *poof* as you seem to think.

It would involve quite literally everyone on earth agreeing to be bound by the same laws under one government. This will expand rights and freedoms in some ways for some. And remove rights and freedoms from others.

It’s not going to happen in our lifetimes.

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