INS regs or hiring

it's just to make sure you CAN drive a truck. you are NOT the only person to go through such a bunch of non-sense. the insurance companies CAN DICTATE to the trucking companies as who to hire. the insurance premiums can take a big chunk of change out of any trucking operation. i do not like this either, but what can we do...?? first (i guess) is to NEVER take time off from driving....??? and if one does take time off....?? let it be LESS than 1 month...?????

even "self insured" trucking companies will follow this ruling some what closely. i find it difficult to believe too that a person with years of experience "forgot" anything, other than maybe shifting (double clutching). but once behind the wheel again, it all comes back to everyone. just like "riding a bike" per se........

 

Think about this..... if you were the one putting up the "insurance" money behind a trucking co would you take a chance on anything that walked in with a new CDL and little or no experience?

Both insurance and trucking companies are money-making businesses. They are not there to stroke your ego nor to provide what you think are your "rights". That's your Mommy's job, not theirs. Deal with life or go home and live in Mom's basement.

Yeah, I remember how hard it was starting out/over. But life is neither fair nor easy. Thousands of us have done it/will do it every day. Trying to find someone to blame does nothing but make you sound like a whiney child.

 

before i left for work this morning, i made my comment above. while at work, and just before i left for the day, i asked the other instructor AND our supervisor about this issue. we are ALL in agreement. its to make sure a driver CAN drive a rig after being "absent" from the industry for a while....now what is "a while".....??? we all figured at least 1 year out of the industry....

but some trucking companies say it's 6 months......

i DO KNOW for a fact that the company Rohel (sp?), will NOT TAKE a student, if that student went 90 days with out driving (once he/she graduated), and Rohel WILL MAKE YOU go back to school, NOT FOR a refresher mind you, but the ENTIRE course all over again.,....!!!

so yeah, it DOES SUCK, BIG TIME, but no one can fight it. the only thing someone can do is, hope that a trucking company will take a chance on you IF you have been out of the business X number of months/years...


nobody likes to hear this but, it's the way IT IS......

 

after the accident, the tow bills are cheaper locally than OTR.......(my guess).....

take that guy in the thread where he bought a used truck AS-IS and drove it from texas to arkasas..??? 360 miles (or so), check engine lite on, temp gauge going high...now a cracked block....??

i kinda think that'll be one heck of a tow bill (on him) back to texas....IF he takes the truck back there...??

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...-truck-returning-back-dealer.html#post1656873

 

That one never made much sense to me. Rolling down the interstate is not that big of a deal compared to city driving and backing, which the local drivers have LOTS of practice with!

As far as the insurance companies 'making the hiring policies' the companies follow the insurance company's set policy to keep their insurance rates at a certain level. Does telling someone with 11 years experience, or even two years experience that has been out of the seat for a year or so they have to go back to school and start over seem fair? Not really. My dad has 30+ years under his belt and was told the same thing because he's been out of the seat for 5 years. Figure that one out!

But, the insurance company requires the meeting of certain requirements to maintain certain rates, and the company chooses which rates they want to pay, so they meet the requirements for that rate.

 

I've been driving, and teaching for a while - will be starting on my third CDL in June. Company recruited me to teach after the 90 day probationary period.
Sent to a beginner training class.. and waiting. The 3 days training and to work
are adding up..gonna be a month soon. From what I am reading here, it looks like you're saying you get kicked back to beginner. ####! You sure?