Just some of the stupid things I see

Depends on how you treat the DOT.

We were talking about it and they asked if I knew I had a flat, and said not when I last stopped which was 5 hours ago.

It was no big deal and we joked about other things.

 

I had a retread that blew a while ago. The tread was good when I checked it during the VI. I hate retreads.

 

We've had drivers cited and put out of service following a wreck....for "defects" which were caused by the wreck. Stupid things, too...like getting rear ended and it knocks a brake chamber off.

Sometimes you just can't win...and the points awarded to drivers in these BS situations hurt them. Yeah, they fade away over the course of 3 years...but for that time, the driver has this black mark following him around which means MORE difficulty changing employers, the potential for LESS pay (because a driver with CSA points is not as valuable under this system as a driver with a clean score)...and sometimes through no fault of their own.

I think it would be interesting to see a driver who was involved in a wreck through no fault of their own and placed out of service following the results of the post-wreck inspection due to the damage on the vehicle from the collision.....if that driver would hire a lawyer to sue the driver who caused the wreck for his anticipated losses due to the CSA points assigned to him and the affect those points have on his livelihood.....what kind of monetary value a court might assign each point.

 

You've completely missed the point. But I'm not gonna waste my time spelling it out for you.

As for the hazmat tanker stopping on that bridge or any for that matter, the tire guy might have to wait for the police and gov't officials to leave before he can get to change the tire......

 

Thanked that post by accident, but oh, well.

I didn't miss the point. For the most part, I gather the fact some drivers expect DOT to be lineant. This isn't the case all of the time.

Under a Hazmat load, you have to pull over for a blown tire. This is a requirement. It is also a requirement that you log periodic tire checks. If you need to call authorities, then call authorities. What are you doing driving a hazmat truck through a city center anyway? You should have on the bypass.

 

i do beleive it also states that you be some 15 FEET from the roadway does it not?




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Actually no that wasn't the point.

Do you think hazmat trucks sit on the edge of town and wish it off their trailers and walla they're empty?

You can un Thank a post.

 

Yes, but if you're on a freeway with nothing around this isn't possible. You should never be in this position pulling hazmat anyway. That's extreemly poor trip planning.

 

Here's an idea. Before you go spouting off about regulations you know nothing about maybe you should at least check them. Here they are for you.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=397.17

Oh imagine that. Your not required to log periodic checks just required to do them. Also the truck may be driven to the nearest safe place to have repairs made ie... the SCALEHOUSE! Hopefully you don't actually have a hazmat endorsement and endanger those of us around you that actually know what we are doing.

 

Hazmat with a blown tire: Get it to the nearest safe place (scale?) For repair.

Roadway: Never, ever, ever stop at the fog line, ON A BRIDGE, in a tunnel or in a travel lane UNLESS it is because of a traffic backup.

Periodic Checks. I can't believe some of these steering wheel holder schools are still teaching this and yes, I know what Texas' HazMat endorsement test says. HOWEVER! The Little White Book (formerly Little Red Book) also known as the HazMat Bible, and contains all regulations for the transport of Hazardous Materials in Reportable Quantities states:

Tires will be checked each time the driver stops.

Why? Well, 9-11. All a prospective terrorist had to do was wait behind a placarded vehicle for two hours or less (usually less) for the driver to stop within that two hours/100 miles to perform the previously mandated tire check and he could score himself 45,000 pounds of battery acid, propane bottles, nitrogen pellets....or whatever other ethyl-methyl-bad-stuff he might need.



Been haulin the s*** for nearly five years. Gotta keep up on those pesky regulations.