Let's be safe. Safety supervisor Q&A

Veterans don't need to be told what to do. They know what they have to do and do it. Companies do not want to waste money on somebody to sit and look at logs all day and making aggravating phone calls to driver. The problem is 80% of the drivers need that help. 80% of the drivers do need their trucks regulated at 68mph, otherwise they'd be doing 80 all day long with steer tires rated at 75mph. You need to remember that companies don't make the rules, but have to enforce them and there's only so much room to bend them. A good safety supervisor could be the difference between being succesful and closing doors. Bad CSA rating leads to audit. More than half the time the audit leads to conditional rating. With conditional rating 60% of brokers stop giving you loads. From the other 40%, 15% are not approved by your factoring so it's a shot in the dark if you gonna get paid or not if you take the load. I'm not even gonna go into handling insurance claims, policies, premiums etc. In short, if you want to build a successful company, you cannot have weak departments. It's all connected. Maintenance, dispatch, safety and drivers all need to be on the same page. As far as my 40k salary, I was actually answering one of the 3 legit questions on the "lets bash the safety, because we hate the FMCSA" thread .

 

The reality is that there aren't many drivers with 20 years of experience that want to take on that job. As far as my 4 years OTR and 4 years in the office, yes, i believe i can answer basic safety questions which is the point of that thread

 

No idea about livestock. That's a whole other animal. Ticket for bypassing weight station is " Failure to obey traffic control device". Same as running a red light. A decent lawyer will turn the ticket into non-moving violation for around $500 which won't be reflected in your record or your company's scores.

 

A good lawyer will be able to tell you right away over the phone if he is able to do that for you or not. If they are not confident, call another one.