What to do when driver abandons truck

Yep and here is where tie story gets a little screwy, OP claims the driver ditched the truck, Driver abandoned truck in Everett, MA. They posted in another thread last week it was a load of bell peppers and it was in Little Rock Ar, the OP was trying to sell them off in Little Rock Ar.

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...185244-hello-new-here-need-advice-please.html

Now here is my thoughts, the driver ditched the truck in Mass, but the bell peppers was in Little Rock. Where the a/c went out.

 

does anyone really expect a company to pay them when they leave a truck in mass that was from ca
makes no sense to me must be the new entitled world of obama

 

Well that is a good question, but still trying to figure out if the driver ditched in Mass or Ar, OP gave two stories.

Anyone who ditches a truck in Mass needs a cranium, that is a long walk back to the left coast.

 

Well Hope he's not a DAC subscriber . More to this story than just a simple abandonment !

 

Why do folks always make judgements without having both sides of the story? The individual asked for advice based on their side of the story so it's ok to respond to the assertions that have been given, but to trash the driver without knowing the other side of the story?

 

The driver was going from CA to MA. A/C broke in AR that's a long way to go. I have driven trucks with no power steering and no A/C in the middle of summer. Not pleasant!

 

I have mixed feelings on the issue of abandonment as a lot of carriers use that to keep the driver ball and chained to them makes it harder for them to just up and quit under bad employment conditions and company knows this and is why they treat them like crap cause any action you take they can black ball you from ever driving again. however some cases the driver abandons equipment for a trivial matter that could easily be worked out those people should be sevearly penalized but for the carrier using that to get there way. its really a double edge sword cause what are your choices if your unhappy tell them you wanna quit and they fire you on the spot find your own way home screw you out of all your pay i have coming. or abandon the equipment on your own terms then u get hit on abandonment. drivers are held more accountable then carriers there is nothing protecting the driver from being stranded by the carrier not only are you stranded with no money and no ride home but you also have to abandoned your personal stuff on truck cause you cant carry it. i cant tell you how many times i see drivers selling off there personal stuff for pennies of what there worth just to get money to go home on yet carriers are allowed to do this where is there accountability

 

I don't know of any legitimate reason why a driver should abandon his equipment. If he is not happy with the company, then he can inform them that he is quitting and for his dispatcher to route him back to his home terminal. He could also just have the dispatcher route him back to his home terminal and quit once he unloads his truck and turn in his keys. He could also turn in a notice and give the company a couple of weeks to find another driver. There are ways in which to handle things which don't involved abandoning his assigned equipment.

I also don't agree that drivers should be put out of the truck hundreds of miles away from home unless they have been stealing from the company. You never really know the real story that some of these drivers tell. In most cases, I believe that the company should route the driver back to his home terminal and then terminate him. Most carriers will not fire a driver and then put him out of the truck in a strange town. I know it does happen, but it is not the norm with most carriers.

 

but it does happen and my point is a carrier can report abandonment on the drivers dac but there is nothing a driver can do if he gets put out a thousand miles from home carriers should be held accountable for such harsh actions.
also i have seen some really bad carriers treat there drivers so bad they have a hard time finding drivers and they purposely keep them away from the yard so you cant bring truck back and some feel stuck they cant quit but working for them is also intolerable then what else can they do.

even if the driver is stealing from the company it may not be right but what right does the company have to execute him which if in a bad neighborhood if something happened and he loses his life company should be held liable but there not yes i am speaking of a real indecent and carrier was not held accountable i think they should have to start taking responsibility and should be laws regarding where they can leave them at the very least

 

There is absolutely NO excuse that justifies a driver stealing or abandoning his equipment. There is always a way to get the truck back to the company without having to abandon it. And nothing justifies stealing. I don't care how poorly the driver feels he has been treated by his company, it is no excuse to steal. That is only justification for his illegal behavior. If he thinks he is being treated poorly then he should simply quit. I don't know of any driver that I have seen over the years that has been put out in a dangerous neighborhood by his company. The only ones that I recall seeing are usually in a truck stop or a freeway entrance ramp. Most are in the truck stop. I have no doubt that the company could be held accountable if they put the driver out of a truck in an area where he was harmed. Most companies are not going to put a driver out of a truck without justification. The majority of the time the driver will be routed back to a terminal and then told to clean our his truck. I am not saying that it doesn't happen where a company puts out a driver for no apparenly good reason, but it is in the companies bests interest to get their equipment back to a secure area.