Dispatchers ELD rant goes viral after driver sent her a video

Believe me. Nobody understands the problems associated with eLogs any better than I do. Your noted scenario is not unique. I answer to my own personal quest for 100% on time performance. But that aside, I mess up, don't plan right, or screw around, me and my company both are out money.

I've been running on recap hours and ran to within 1 hour or less to my 70 the last 16 days and will for at least the next 3 days ... just to get the job done. Will likely deal with snow and ice between Allentown and SLC but I'm not going to blame a stupid box if I'm an hour late Wednesday morning at the ice cream plant. It's trucking under the current rules.

 

Honestly, I think the HOS rules will be revisited here in the next few months. I have been late for appointments all week. And it is not under my control, it is the HOS along with poor planning on the dispatcher and manufacturer side. That will need to be addressed, and it will be. The HOS too needs to be addressed. Allow me to stop the clock when I am between runs in my sleeper. I see no harm in that, which would allow me to slow down and go back to my normal pace. The SAFE pace.

 

That's a fact.

 

Just start your preplan with your magic 8 ball. Now your psychic. Business as usual.

 

I think this dispatcher needs to either get laid or get a vacation. Three days does not chaos make.

As far as the Arkansas truck parking, i can probably stick 20 trucks here there and everywhere. It might not be totally lawful parking but it will do in a pinch. I do like the idea that truckers have the balls to stay put and not move a inch against the police or computer. Who is gonna get the citation? Huh? Nobody. Who are the police gonna call? Tow. There isnt enough rotators in the whole country to cover all the trucks out of HOS.

I don't mind equally abusing stupid people. But in this case the Police gets a shot from me because they are being willfully stupid telling truckers to break the law and expose themselves and companies to a citation to start off.

I did not see the video due to my browser's blocking software, but I can imagine the situation. Maybe if someone puts a direct link, I can try again.

I am not a steering wheel holder and there are ways to work around the solo driver limitations in delivery if you are running hot customers demanding freight. That's solution is teaming. Put two in a truck and pay them WELL or a salary to both. They will stay a while.

I do alot of planning for a trip and am pretty good at it. She'll be parked tonight after a 8 hour run if necessary, not the full 11.

The customers are just going to have to #####. It will get there when it gets there. So what if they don't get it until tomorrow. I bet you ten to one that it took 3 months to get to the west or east coast by sea from either Europe or Asia. A day or three wont hurt none.

 

Scanned thread ...thanked and ho hum ...going for more beer before Omaha runs dry due to eld's .

 

Parking at any loves in AR is a mess all day long. Or any truck stop in AR on i40 or i30.

 

I love the fact she thinks that her job being a bit harder because she has to actually follow the laws is worse than sexual assault.

 

The news media, nor the average American, have any clue how or why the ELD mandate will make the "cost of living go up."