Driver, stops at night due to fatigue, threatened with termination and loss of pay

I found this on youtube last night, and I gotta say it really gets my blood boiling. My apologies if it has already been posted on here. I would have named the company by name but I didn't want to risk slandering the wrong one by mistake.

I have never been threatened with termination but 7, 8, 10 years ago a few times I had a company make me feel about an inch tall for not driving tired and "making it happen". There comes a time when enough is enough.

I am not trying to start an argument about HOS service rules, or "new breed" vs "old hands." The long and short of it here is the guy in this video flat out tells several people on the phone that he is too tired and unsafe to drive, and is threatened with termination. First they tell him there are no other trucks that can relay, then mysteriously towards the end of the phone call they find a repower after getting nasty with him.

Do desk jockeys honestly not realize that being recorded and tracked goes both ways?

It's sad that this still goes on today, and blows my mind that any company with more than a handful of trucks, worth its weight in bovine fecal matter would risk on time delivery over safety. THE TITLE OF THE VIDEO SAYS IT ALL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5B14ut13IE

 

I've seen first hand how unsafe tour bus drivers can be. Some of them i wouldn't trust with a bicycle. I've ridden with several drivers who have dumped the trash can down the front stairs every time they took a left turn.

 

Done it myself more than once, and it was nice to be home an average of 4 to 5 nights a week where I was working...that was about it.

Overall I put in almost as much time as hauling produce for barely half the same amount of money...

It's almost as bad as, even worse at times, than driving a school bus. Try explaining axle weight limits or HOS rules to some a-hole college basketball coach that wants to get dropped off right at the front door of some bar or Pizza Joint, screw off inside for three hours, and force you to drive tired 500 miles all the way home while they make racket, watch movies, trash the bus, and sleep. They paid for the bus, in their mind they own you.

Outside of some occasional wedding/bachelorette parties or senior trips with big tippers...the pay is terrible and job is even more thankless.