No, you cannot hold them responsible for this. At they end of the day, so to speak, you chose to come in: you chose to put your job ahead of your safety. You could have chosen to stay home/off the road and take the consequences. Having voluntarily chosen to drive then, you, and not your employer, are responsible for what happens. The law does not let you  make another responsible for your actions simply because they told you to do something.You may be terminated for not coming in unless you have a written employment contract protecting your job: without a written contract, you are an "employee at will" and an employee at will may be terminated at any time, for any reason--even unfair ones.