Anyone running in Canada.

Bloodsucking rats! Not enough all the taxes and licences we pay to keep a truck on the road. They built huge inspection stations in Windsor,Sarnia, London ; money making bordels . Shame!

 

From the comments section after the article:

"You are away from home, sleeping in a truck. Your life and health are at risk every day. You have several layers of government agencies and thousands of Lawyers just waiting for you to make a mistake. You can be fined out a weeks pay or more in a heart-beat. You are expected to: Work 100 Hrs Required to Log 70 and actually get paid for 50. What other job does anyone do where they are told that their work time is for "Free"? You are responsible for equipment, travel times, and schedules, but have no say in any of it. I could go on all night! This is a TRADE...We are supposed to be professionals. And we are treated like dirt by all and sundry. Can't find drivers? Look In The Mirror! People are voting with their feet! And going elsewhere!"

This commenter has a good start on a great view of the issue. Add in, pay by the hour, guarantee some sort of time off ( not a reset at a company-convienient location ) and pension and benefits. What makes us, as truck drivers, any different from any other profession? We deserve the same benefits from our employers as any other. I believe that a fellow named Hoffa started something, years ago, with the intent to help drivers.

 

Yeah , Hoffa . Where is he now ? It's funny you guys work 100 hours , log 70 , and get paid for 50 , and are dead set against EOBR's .

 

EOBR's suck...why should anyone need a computer to tell them when they are tired? Do you need one RickG? I think most drivers have alot more common sense then that...

 

I'm not advocating for the Teamsters or any other union, but we have to work together instead of screwing each other. If we band together, perhaps we could make our point.
My question to RickG would be, are you paid by the hour? EOBR's would be ok, if you're paid by the hour.

 

This is the biggest issue of all here. It seems very hard to get everyone to agree on the same thing. There will always be the guy who says "I can shut down for a week, I will be broke" but even when he is running he is one blowout away from bankruptcy...

 

Exactly what I'm talking about!!!

 

MTO's motto 20 years ago was "highway safety through education" today it's "highway safety through enforcement"

its nothing new to me that they have quotas, I had fines for ridiculous things inspected on my truck.

So glad I'm not driving there anymore, feel for you guys that still have to trek out that way.

I made a habit of always bypassing the scales.