Someone's Watching

These legislators and people in charge of these systems are some bright individuals.......

 

We talked about this at our safety meeting last week. DOT is expecting around 150-175,000 drivers to be put off the road almost immediately when this goes into effect.

Looks like big companies will be getting the cheap import drivers they want before long. In the long run, companies may have to pay more to keep safe and legal drivers.

 

why will all those drivers be out of work? because of past violations? i have a spotless CDL. but about 7 months ago, i was parked in the loves ts in buckeye az. and a drunk ran into the back of my trailer. took 5 cops to handcuff him and get him in the cop car. will this affect my safty score?

 

Hey Mods.....Can I change my nick to "Winston Smith"????

 

You didn't get the usual "Driver, you shouldn't have been parked where a drunk can hurt himself"?

 

I was told there was going to be a 2 year lookback on all CDL holders records at the time of implemintation.

 

Thats good to know. I was rear ended at a stop sign by an old guy 5 yrs ago. If they are going back that far, and counting things like that, I would be in trouble.

 

"Another big change: Drivers themselves will now get their own safety fitness rating from the FMCSA. And you will be expected to fix the ones that are deemed unsafe, even if the reason for their bad score is a crash caused by a drunken driver slamming into your truck legally parked for the night in a rest area."

Ok so HOW can someone "fix" something on your safety report?

The article didn't say which states are currently ruing the program.

 

this is one of the very reason i gave up driving too many laws and none of them understand a life as a driver .....