Liable

I understand that loads are 24/7. I understand that appointment times are any time during the day and night.

But this is F'ING ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!

All you trucking companies out there.. Yeah, you!

If you say "Home 3 - 5 nights a week, and EVERY WEEKEND OFF!" Why.. why the BLEEP would you think a driver wouldn't get pissed off at you because you've assigned him loads for Saturday and Sunday. Especially when he hasn't been home for more then 5 hours one day that week?????

Not to mention the 34 hour restart rule. It's as if all those pesky laws just don't happen to really apply to you. Let the driver pay the fine. It's not your problem, right? If they don't wanna run it, you'll find a student who will.


And the companies response to that was "Not our problem."

I'm a law abiding citizen, God help you if I wasn't. I'd burn your brand new office building down, smash the windshields out the brand new mustangs the snot nosed bosses kids own, and ... and...

One evening together... that's all I wanted. He took this job so we could have more time together. It was a huge pay cut. Terrible equipment. They made him buy his own CB antenna, and log books. I'd bet a shiny nickel they don't make the office staff buy their own pens and paper. He goes through their bullshit test rides, only to get LESS time at home, less sleep, less money, and a truck a midget couldn't sleep in.

The office staff's response: "Not our problem."

What is your problem?

You just wait til I get my law degree. I'm going Pro-Bono on your asses!!!

Trucking world, I've found my calling. I'll be Desperately Broke Lawyer Girl who comes to the call of all unjustly treated, under represented, truck drivers out there (for free). Or maybe a meal that doesn't consist of Ramon noodles.

What I'd like to see. The office people go through what the truck drivers go through on a weekly basis. Not one, at this company, not one person has EVER been in a truck. Not one. How can you tell someone what they can and can't do when you have no idea what that actually entails? You can't even grasp the scope of the problem at that point, how could you ever hope to come up to a workable solution.

Category Posted: Trucking