The Difficult Relationship Between Drivers and the Safety Department

Safety departments are most truck drivers worst nightmare 90 percent of the time. Desk jockey know it alls that never want to do back a driver. Any accident is always driver error because there are always a hundred other ways you could of handled it. Car cut you off and you put the truck in the ditch to save a life. They'd tell you that you should of hit them. There are thousands of times this happens. The professional is always at fault in every case. Yes I get that there are a large number of accidents a crossed the country where the professional is at fault, I really do. I go with the belief careless is everywhere around us out on these highways. People in cars constantly make poor choices without any regard for the consequences. Day after day more poor choices, but as drivers we're supposed to think for the millions and millions of people that travel Americas roads. That's impossible so we try to handle the space around our trucks but careless is out there just waiting for you. Good drivers are fired day after day over other's mistakes that forced their hands. In split second scenarios you don't get to second guess.  Being a safety personnel is a tough job, I get it.  Safety personnel don't generally last long. It makes sense because they are asked to make final decision on what they think was the right choice without actually being present at the incident.  And some do not acknowledge that saving a family is more important than saving the truck.  Perhaps driver relations with safety would be better if safety would take the time to listen to the driver, rather than usually expressing an I'm right and you're wrong attitude.