ATA Survey

Some of those questions were answered at their last lil get together....... They all said yes to more driver compensation HOWEVER it would have to come from higher rates, not their pockets. The yahoo that runs Maverick also said yes but even though he admits he's gotten more than he's paid for in the past ( from drivers ) any salary increase would have to include more driver responsibility.

The owner of Dupre' actually got it right where he said that the way we run drivers and treat them is the same way we did it 30 years ago. Nobody wants these jobs ! We have to change the way we treat our people.

 

OOIDA has often alleged ATA uses smoke and mirrors to skew statistics .
For example , when trying to mandate speed limiters ATA said in 20% of truck accidents where excessive speed is a factor the speed of the truck is over 65 m.p.h. . They need the figures to get percentages . Why not give the figures . Excessive speed is a "factor" in only 8% of accidents . Keep in mind an accident has multiple factors . If a driver is going 68 m.p.h. in a 65 zone and falls asleep speed is a factor but really didn't contribute .
But say there are 5,000 accidents a year . 8% would be 400 where excessive speed was a factor . Only 80 would have speed as a factor but not a cause . So mandate speed limiters because of a factor in 80 accidents out of 5,000 .
BUT what about the 80% of trucks with excessive speed under 65 m.p.h. ? Guess whose trucks they are . While NHTSA was requesting comments on the speed limiter petition ATA Chairman Pat Quinn found his U.S. Xpress being audited . They were fined for document falsification and given a poor Safety Management rating .
FMCSA had gotten complaints about most USX trucks speeding through 55 m.p.h. zones . If logs show averaging 58 m.p.h. through a 55 m.p.h. state the auditor doesn't determine the driver was speeding . He says the lied on the drive time because it didn't take long enough to drive through that state .
The $7,000 fine was inadequate for a megacarrier but the humiliation of Pat Quinn and exposure of his hypocrisy was priceless .

 

the opposite could have happened to break the tie, you could have backed off a bit and let the idiot have the lead

 

Or if you had slowed down. Your own stubborness is to blame. You can't blame the stupidity of the four wheeler. It's a given they're all mostly stupid, aggressive or both. You're supposed to be the professional but aggressive driving ain't very professional.