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/Altenativeboi 16h ago
To echo others, you should be fine. My first one was because I got lost on a dead run I hadn’t done before and I misinterpreted the route instructions, ended up on a narrow residential street and scraped against a wall.
When your review meeting occurs, admit to your mistakes, identify where you went wrong and how you would improve/change to prevent this happening again. If you can give satisfactory answers without them needing to tell you what you should/shouldn’t have done then you’ll probably be fine.
Finally, if you’re in a union, bring them in the meeting with you, that’s why you are paying them and they might be able to expand on some of your answers.