Now mileage pay is already a whole another topic that I could yammer on about, but nobody wants to open that can of worms either.
ELDs encourage unsafe driving when uncontrollable delays occur.
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But yeah ELD opened up the world's eyes to what drivers actually go/went through on a daily basis. It forced change for the good.
The days of sitting at a dock for hours on end for free are largely over.
The 2 hour free minimum for a lot of company drivers still pisses me off though. It always has because I could always drop and hook in 1/4 that time. It should start based on being delayed beyond a drop and hook, IMHO. An hour that some do is better but still not good enough.Gearjammin' Penguin, Accidental Trucker and LtlAnonymous Thank this. -
If drivers choose to run a legal book those words were golden and nobody I know of lost their job for using them...RedForeman, ProfessionalNoticer, little cat 500 and 2 others Thank this. -
Ohhh yahhh I memba! Memba starting out in the industry and making $45,000 in 2004, and then seeing that today's drivers are being paid the exact same amount 18 years later?
Ohhh yahhh I memba! Memba per diem, which netted you a little extra in your pocket at the end of the week, but cost you the ability to get a loan and got you way less in social security when you retired, ALL so trucking companies could charge you a 2 cpm "fee" for the "favor" they were doing you???
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Imagine owning a truck and spending time away from the family to make as much as possible and not wanting to sit in a truck stop for nearly 2 days for no good reason.
Imagine opening a response with the word Imagine but having such a slim imagination you cannot imagine why someone might spend more than 70 hours on duty.RedForeman, Badmon, ProfessionalNoticer and 3 others Thank this. -
Can't say I've ever personally been affected though so I tend to forget about it.LtlAnonymous Thanks this. -
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Try this …
Rogel Aguilera-Mederos
if you want to eliminate hos, then eliminate the crap drivers and the carriers who caused the hos to be created in the first place.
until then, learn how to work with the numbers … many thousands of drivers work without any or little issues under these regulations and this technology.
By the way … if you know bad weather is coming and you need extra time, just use adverse conditions HOS regulation.alds, larry2903, Elroythekid and 3 others Thank this. -
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