The New CSA 2010 rules can end your carer !

I knew they had a bad rating but didn't know it was that bad. I went the last 30 years without getting any citations and I'll do it again. When I look at the rating it makes me understand a little better why I got 12 months off. I will get past this and go to work for another company and at the end of the 12 months I will stay with what ever company I'm driving for. I will not go back to Butler. It's just a shame that a driver can have a perfectly clean driving record and lose his job because he gets two citations in one night. This is why I'm saying the CSA will do more harm than the good it was intended for.

 

Great news!!!!! My wife and I just got hired by a company out of Michigan as team drivers. Now that I know the damage CSA can do to you driving career we will be a lot more careful from now on! In 3 years I'll have a clean record again and I'll be sure to keep it that way!

To Capital 48, you are absolutely right. No one is always 100% Every driver on the road at one time or another commits a violation of some kind. No one is perfect!

Just remember drivers with these new rules every time you get a DOT inspection be it in the barn or the road side any and all violations will go on the CSA. It will be a lot harder to keep a clean driving record. Just don't commit the big ones like I did, I'll know better from now on!!

 

Thanks to all for you kind words! Rerun8963, Yes we disclosed all information to this new company (AD Express in Canton Mi) and signed release froms for Dac, Drug Test History, PSP, Driving record, MVR and they have contacted Butler Transport and got our work history from them. Butler is giving us a good reference. I don't know exactly what Butler told them but They would have to be truthful. The fact that we worked there for 6 years with a clean record (until the two citations I just got) says a lot. In three years my PSP will be clean again and I'll make sure we do everything we can to keep it that way.

To Rerun 8963, it is apparent that you are respected and the people here value your opinion. I would like to offer a word of advise. When someone comes on this board and tells their story don't jump on them and accuse them of crying about what happened to them. That makes you look like one of the drivers that gets on the CB and tries to start a argument because they think its funny. I have never been here before I started this thread. I did not expect anyone to pat me on the head and give me milk and cookies. My only intentions was to share my story with all the drivers here so they could see how easy one could loose their job under the new CSA rules. I was not asking for sympathy but I also was not asking to be kicked when I was down. Anyway I thank you for the advise you did give me.