[Bill Schwab]

Follow up to the accident:

Ok, so, definitely, training is a must, no matter what course we choose. Yesterday, my wife and I took a day up in Long Beach, saw a speaker named Niurka who used to work with Tony Robbins, both are motivational for sales and management. We leave at 5, and, the driver who got in the wreck calls on the nextel, saying he is scared to drive that truck. So, I sent him home, as I was 2 hours away, and, on this day, if he did not choose to drive, there was nothing for him to do, as he had to run block up to a wall job in San Marcos, then wiork with the crew.
Initially, I was pretty upset. Then, as the day progressed into the night, andf turned dawn, (it is about 5 right now) I calmed down, thought about the whole situation, and decided to retrain and rebuild his confidence. I remember the first boat crash I had. I was 7, got snuffed into a buoy at about 40 mph which was fast for a little kid. I did niot want to get back in the boat, but dad and grandpa worked with me for a while, and within a month I was driving confidently again.

So, time to get this guy back into the truck and coax him along. If he still shows signs of skidishness, I am going to have to let him go, cause if he won't drive what is there to drive, he is worthless to this company.

I think we will get past this, and I am hoping he will be open about it, at this time, I am just considering all that may or may not need be done.

Oh yeah, when I took off that old master cylinder, the weirdest thing...I have never seen this before...The rubber plunger inside that pushes the fluid every time you hit the petal pushed its way around the plunger, and, ripped so that when you hit the brake, all the fluid just sits there and applies no pressure to the calipers.

I saved this, to show my insurance company.