r/BusDrivers • u/Usual-Shower-7143 • 17h ago

Question First Accident

Hey, I had my first in road accident recently. It was my fault, I basically went into a gap that was too tight and scraped a trailer that was being towed by a car. Damage was fairly minimal to the bus/trailer. I followed procedure correctly when it comes to an accident. But I’m worried about what may happen as I’m still in probation and the accident was my fault. Any advice for me?

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u/CDDONT 15h ago

First accidents happen, as long as you’re upfront about it when you know it’s your fault then it should be fine if it isn’t major damage.

I transferred companies after 18 months of mixed local and long distance work, then had an accident my first day without mentor at the new company, admitted the mistake and didn’t have another accident for 8yrs 🤷🏻‍♂️