FedEx Freight | Hit & Run In Memphis.....Still Looking For Driver!

Without knowing the circumstances perhaps he wasn't even aware he had an accident. I was rear-ended once and didn't feel a thing. Surely it must be something along those lines. How could anyone think they could get away with something like that? With cameras everywhere he's in big time trouble unless he has an excuse. Hopefully the guard will pull through and the police can get to the bottom of it.
 
Sad that this happened and thoughts to everyone involved. At our barn the guard takes the bills from you, looks to see if the lead has a seal and checks the unit #(without ever going between the trailers), then to the rear to check both the seal and unit#, then returns the bills after we hand back the sign out clipboard. This method seems pretty effective to prevent any accidents especially if you set your brakes as well although it isn't required at our place. Seems like everywhere you go it's a different system. Hopefully the guard has a speedy recovery.
 
Sad that this happened and thoughts to everyone involved. At our barn the guard takes the bills from you, looks to see if the lead has a seal and checks the unit #(without ever going between the trailers), then to the rear to check both the seal and unit#, then returns the bills after we hand back the sign out clipboard. This method seems pretty effective to prevent any accidents especially if you set your brakes as well although it isn't required at our place. Seems like everywhere you go it's a different system. Hopefully the guard has a speedy recovery.
 
I hope the guard recovers .....

I see your gate procedures changing to the way they are at ground.

You pull up to the gate either shut it off or get out of the truck. The guard will chock the steer tire. ...take all the information then check the seals. Then remove the chock and they walk immediately back to the guard house. ..
you start your truck and go.

I know that sounds weird but they do return to the guard house. Not sure if it's the way they were trained or not but it does get them out of harms way.
 
Early stages of this investigation classified the accident as a hit-and-run, but further investigation revealed that to be inaccurate.
Story updated and best wishes to all involved.
 
Use to have a guard like that when I did LTL..I would wait till he was visible in the passenger side mirror and gives the thumbs up. If he was taking too long, I would get out.

Or a simple solution would just be to put RFID tags on the trailers and a reader at the gate like OD does.

Hope the guard pulls through. Thoughts are with the driver as well.
 
Use to have a guard like that when I did LTL..I would wait till he was visible in the passenger side mirror and gives the thumbs up. If he was taking too long, I would get out.

Or a simple solution would just be to put RFID tags on the trailers and a reader at the gate like OD does.

Hope the guard pulls through. Thoughts are with the driver as well.

They do have RFID tags on everything already, the guards just double check trailer numbers and seals.
 
From what I have heard there are 2 guards down there checking each truck. One checks the lead and one checks the rear seal. Apparently the one who checked the rear seal said he was good to go, but the guard that checked the lead's seal was still in between the trailers when he took off. If this is true, I think it is much safer having 1 guard doing it.
 
This may be bringing or have brought a change in the way the guard(s) check you out at Charlotte (CLT). Noticed Friday morning (end of Thursday HUB) that the guard didn't go in between the set. He walked to the back and then just waved me on. Was thinking he must be getting pretty familiar with me but then read the news presented to us here.

What would be great is if it was a UNIFORM procedure for all gates that use a guard to send you on. I go to Charlotte (CLT), Greensboro (GBO), Atlanta (ATL), and Knoxville (KNX) and all have different ways of doing it and then also different guards have different ways of doing it. One night in ATL the guard may want you to pull forward and then stop when they are at the back of each trailer, another night and another guard may make you shut off your truck, set the brakes and hold 'til they come back to you with bills. Some centers take your bills and no cover sheet, others take just the cover sheet. Some centers like CLT you sign out at the dispatch desk and then at GBO you sign out at the guard shack while the guard is doing his/her hot lap. KNX doesn't even have a guard so out into the world you go, on your own as a big boy/girl. I'm all for shut off the truck, set the brakes, hand the BILLS to the guard and then wait. If there are two or more guards circling....then make sure YOU have a head count.

If there is a backup of trucks at the gate in CLT (affectionately known as the Prison Break) and more than one guard is working, I've seen guard number two walk the lengths of two or more sets to speed things up. Thing is that at CLT when trucks are snaked at the gate, you lose the line of sight and have no idea if the second guard is still with you or has moved on back or is walking back to the shack.

Surprised this type of accident isn't a daily occurrence.

Talked to and calmed down a CLT city driver the other night in the fuel lane when he told me a story of what just happened to him at a customer's checkout gate. Supposedly the a guard told him to inch up to get out of the path/sensor of the gate so it could close. I understand that another guard approached/stepped between the set from the passenger's side while he was under the direction of the first guard. Luckily the guard in between was wearing his sneakers but went on to tear our driver a new "one" for being inattentive. Poor kid was a mess when he got back to the center.

We all have to put ourselves in every situation we encounter as if we were going to be on the losing end.
 
Every hub I have been to that has a security guard has a clipboard with a signout sheet that is handed to the driver to fill out while the guard is checking trailer #'s and seals. I don't move the truck until the guard comes back to my door to retrieve the clipboard. Hard to run over someone with that type of system.
 
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