Company Called DOT on Me- If I pay citation am I admitting guilt?

How do you know your company called DOT on you? That makes no sense to me. Violations impact a company's safety score and a bad enough safety rating will make it difficult for them to get loads.

 

Right.....I couldn't agree more.

 

Ain’t nobody got time to stop and edit… or pretrip… or make sure it’s good before taking off.

 

OK it happens, but ... why didn't you catch it?

Not important.

So?

OK I have to ask, what is the policy of the company about texting drivers and calling them while they are driving?
This is very important.

What a POS company. You get paid regardless.

Not a good enough excuse.

Lowlife dispatcher?

OK, that seems fair, he put you OOS?

Now I have to ask this, what the hell is this 150 mile crap? You are under a load that crossed state lines, you didn't start and would have ended under that air mile exemption. He was right not to allow you to edit the log. Did he tell you the company called the cops?

OK great, get a copy of all your logs.

I would but then I would also just wouldn't tolerate the disrespect.

SO it disfunctioned, did you report this to the company and go on paper?

OK, what ever.

Is it?

I would file for the lost wages with the state labor department, especially if you have the corrected logs, and I would do so under retailiation for a logging mistake, which is not a crime and didn't cost the company anything.

Going back to the policy issue, if the company has a no text/phone call policy, you can add into your complaint that the dispatcher kept texting and calling in voilation of the company policy and his/her actions to call the cops on you was retailiation for not breaking the policy.

 

He went rouge. Bigger problem than the violation. Anything happens, automatic fault. I am surprised he didn’t get fired.

 

####### working for bigger #########. Literally a 10 second fix, 3 clicks, at least on my log system.

 

The 150 mile rule is only an exception for companies that haul within a 150 mile radius of the company's headquarters. You were on an over 1500 mile trip. It's not 150 miles from wherever you start your day.

 

Never heard if a company that doest pay a w2 driver for a load if their late. This entire story is fishy. What's the company?

 

No way this happened as presented.

 

You are correct, sir.

Mr JobHopper, ‘capable and adaptable’, forgot to do a change of duty status. Happens, no big deal. He decides to be dickish and drive and the elog is screaming violation. Is he violating company policy or federal laws? Dispatch starts blowing up his phone. He knows why. Dispatch starts texting. Which hurts worse, a driver and a phone violation or a driver involved with any incident on the road where fault is automatic because he LEGALLY should not be on the road? Rouge driver. Dispatch makes the correct call and notifies the highway patrol.

And Mr JobHopper is complaining after deciding to break the law.