Beware Progressive Transportion- Grand Prairie Texas

I spent 10 months as a company driver with this company. I was recently asked when I came to the yard to take a load out to Denver from Dallas with only 25 hours left of my 70. Owner was forcing me to take the load and said I could do my restart on the road. My restart is my only home time I explained. I also explained I had no problem with doing any of our other loads that we have that would get me back in. He replied I either take this load or it was gonna be considered a refusal and therefore I was not going to have a job any more. I choose to stick to my guns and they had me clean out my truck, in which I did. This company has a high safety rating with DOT, there pay is only 32 cents a mile, only home time they allow is during a 34 hour restart. They "hound" you if your sick and need the time to get well if you don't come into to drive. When them their selves ( office personal ) take time off for being sick. This company as in all companies is under all the laws of DOT, Federal, State, County, City. They have you take the random DOT drug tests as required. And will terminate if one does not pass which is suppose to happen. My point here how is it allowed that owner son which is company planner allowed to work with the laws that everyone is suppose to abide in allowed to be on company time, company property among the scurinty of the DOT and all other laws allowed to be "High" and carry Pot on him self, and selling it to other employees or his friends or "buyers" while at work? This company gave me a bad DAC Report, the report said I refused to be dispatched and therefore I voluntary quit. In which is "NOT" the case, as explained above. Fellow Drivers I urge you to stay away from this company, there is so much more to complain about, but this message is just the start of it. God Bless you All and Happy Trails.!

 

Jumbo as a "Normal" this company always got you in to do your restart un-less driver said they would do restart on the road. As a normal they would let me after going to same location once already during that 70 hour time frame would let me run the remaining hours of service left to other locations and be back to restart at home. How can I company force a driver to do other wise when there policy of going home is only on their 34 hour restart, answer that question?

 

No, I would had to wait till the next reset or whenever they now were suddenly going to dispatch me. I did address this to the owner that next restart am I gonna be forced to take my restart on the road or will I be allowed to go home. His answer was it all depended on dispatch. This company is a company with same freight, same routes, same routinues that all drivers are use too. However now you now either took what they offered you or you paid the price.