https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/...otects-commercial-truck-and-bus-drivers-being
Thoughts about this? I wonder what kind of law enforcement they are talking about. A slap in the wrist? Or jail time?
FMCSA final rule, driver coercion (get your dispatcher arrested)
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So now we'll get extended delivery windows and a lot more sitting just so they can be sure we aren't being pressured into running illegal?
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Elog mandate soon to follow...
This publication was only meant to soften drivers up by making them feel they're empowered now, especially when it comes to shippers and receivers pooping all over us at times.
We all know it's a crock. What are we supposed to do? Call the police on shippers/receivers who don't load/unload us within a "reasonable" period of time?
The reality for me is that I haven't had a dm EVER try and coerce me to run illegally or unsafely in the 7 years I've been trucking. Because had they ever tried to do so, I would of told them to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Now, getting stuck at shippers/receivers for long periods of time where it severely affected my 14 hour clock and ability to run productively, many, many times.Last edited: Nov 27, 2015
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This ruling is meaningless and has no teeth to it, whatsoever.
Like I said, keep your eyes open for the next "ruling". That's one that will really count. -
"In formulating this Rule, the agency heard from commercial drivers who reported being pressured to violate federal safety regulations with implicit or explicit threats of job termination, denial of subsequent trips or loads, reduced pay, forfeiture of favorable work hours or transportation jobs, or other direct retaliations. - "
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Im also keeping an eye out for the Western express and Werner class action lawsuits. Not paying for certain on duty work? No detention or layover pay? Oh hell naw. Ill see what the good old DC players will do about this. I dont know about you, but I dont work for free =pWhite_Knuckle_Newbie Thanks this. -
Just another meaningless "law" that will only hurt us somehow. It will never be enforced
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I tend to agree with Scooter, in that this law is effectively unenforceable. If you live in Georgia, drive a truck tagged in Tennessee, with a dispatcher sitting in Kentucky, while picking up at a shipper in Florida, who are you gonna call to start arresting everyone when it takes too long to load your freight going to Virginia? Nothing is going to change unless shippers have a financial incentive to care about the drivers HOS. Sounds good in theory though.
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I still have the text, and all the phone call times are locked into the log on the phone.White_Knuckle_Newbie Thanks this.
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