Why i finally had to give up on swift transportation.

I left Swift, myself, after a very rewarding two and a half years with them.

I was constantly getting accolades from my driver manager about how good I was as a driver. I'd get all of these long-legged loads, too, as a result of this praise that I had accumulated.

Then, my driver manager got fired. Never found out what for, but after he did, things started happening to me exactly as you described, RedRaven.

I had never been so shocked by a company's abrupt change of attitude in my life. I HAD to leave. What happened to me, a highly praised and loyal driver for the company, was just purely disgusting.

 

your dm can make or break you.

 

this is the prime reason why elogs are coming for everyone... this shows a pattern of reckless endangerment type of driving and it's only a matter of time before your cdl is gone..

 

I agree. Semi -legal ???? It is either legal or it is not. Is it like being semi ( a little bit pregnant). Th
e dispatcher probably said "If you are alive then push the truck to the destination and unload by hand, if you are dead please do not occupy the space behind the steering wheel"

 

the fact is and alot of people don't realize is their are some companies that care more about the driver and his/her family then the #### truck or load, and it is sad that most will never find one,

will dot catch up with them maybe maybe not he didn't say how fast he was going when the wreck happend, but he did keep it up right

as for averaging speed that doesn't work, dot says 65 avg no matter the speed limit but most officers don't know that but you will be hard pressed to avg more than that anyways

 

My friend hardly any company cares about the drivers. If there are any ,it is very few. The cold hard reality is companies can't climb the ladder financially by being good to employees. Look at it from the companies point of view. The old adage "drivers are a dime a dozen" has held true for them for so long it has became an ideology throughout the industry. Most companies got a start in business by "stiffing " drivers out of wages ,and why should they take the time and effort to establish a good relationship when the "dime a dozen " rule applies. Sad but true

 

So.... what will redraven do next ?

 

I don't think that dot says 65mph logging no matter what. If the speed limit is 65 then I wouldn't do that. I've always heard and used the rule of thumb that you should log about 4mph under the speed limit. As for most officers not knowing...what? How to read a log book? That you can log exactly the speed limit? I wouldn't do that if I were you but I'm not so log any way that you feel good doing.

 

That's some great info, seeing how I am going to work for Swift... Thanks for the heads up...