toll paid by driver?

No it's not true as far as I know. Practical miles is just a different way to figure paid miles on your paycheck (home movers guide mi. ,pc miler mi.)it doesn't have anything to do with tolls. Unless your an owner operator the company has to pay the tolls either by ezpass or by reimbursing your money to you. You are not responsible to pay for anything that is required to operate their truck to deliver their load to their customer.

 

Giantmonkey --

If you do have to pay the toll out of your pocket---some companies don't use EZPass at all, and others have it only for certain toll roads---just be sure to NOT lose the receipt.

Include it with the other stuff in the trip packet, and you'll be fine.

 

some companies will forbid you to use toll roads unless they give prior permission to use them. many companies want to spare the expense of toll roads. now, if you use a toll road, and your company specifically tells you not to, or that you need prior permission, make sure you write down the time, day and whom you spoke to. you could be "written up" for going against company policy. they may deduct money from your pay check if after you have been warned you continue to break policy.

plan you route out properly. check with a trucker road atlas to verify toll locations. if you need to use a shorter route (toll) then get permission if that was required.

 

Why should drivers have to pay ANY expense out of their pocket for driving a company truck? These company's should provide a payment charge card for things the company truck needs to deliver on time. Why should the driver have to tie up his money for the company's benefit?. At least I think the company should treat the drivers advance payment as a loan to the company and pay 14% interest to the driver upon repayment.

 

Because drivers canNOT be trusted.........

 

if you hold onto the receipts, you will be reimbursed, but most certainly you will NOT get any interest on top of that.....!!!! but as I SAID, if you NEED permission to run a certain toll road, you had better get it, otherwise the company CAN REFUSE to reimburse you......so at that point, it DOES become driver out of pocket expenses.

 

2 reasons, one already mentioned..driver honesty.


The other, they make money when you lose the receipt.

50 trucks making the same run daily Monday through Friday. $10 toll one way

ONE percent average receipt loss. Translates to about $12,000.00 +/- in savings per year.


That's a LOT of free fuel.

 

Yep, they make you pay for your own scales and re-weighs too. Truck washes are a 100 bucks out of pocket. Sometimes repairs out in BFE can be out of pocket. Sometimes even lumpers only take cash. Just think you get reimbursed though. You should see what comes out of pocket as an owner operator!

 

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