Ticket for talking on cell phone - points on MVR?

Carrier faces $11k in civil penalties, driver $2,750, plus the cost of the traffic ticket. If I remember right, first violation does not trigger an audit, but subsequent ones do. Also, two or more violations will cost you your CDL...upon conviction.

The mic issue was brought up in hearings, but the feds said they were excluding it, with no plans to try to ban that.

 

how is a hand held cb mic dangerous, my cb has kept me awake many nights I refuse to go to the blue tooth on my cb as well. I just recently received a ticket in the state of conneticut for talking on my phone, I do not have a blue tooth capatable phone. the cop was cool state ticket only but I still lost m job. it sucks but I feel a phne call either hands free or not does not distract me from doing my job

 

A trucker who's constantly yacking is distracted, whether it's a phone or a CB.

I NEVER talk and drive. NEVER. A professional driver should NEVER wreck. NEVER.

 

Please don't take this wrong I'm merely asking a question. How do we get new drivers trained if we don't talk and drive? If a professional driver should never wreck ever as you say what about lets say an avoidable accident like I seen on 67 several years ago. An airgas truck was on service road engine compartment caught fire and a very unpro in jail driver now abandoned his still moving vehicle crossed thru fence into interstate traffic hit a another truck just about the drives and crap hit fan don't remember exact number involved but do remember 1 died that day. I am telling you it happened so fast none of us seen it coming and no we weren't speeding or following too close matter of fact I was northbound in a blink I had carnage from southbound in my lane. Would you hold yourself to these standards if lets say you miss judged and dropped a set of tandems in a ditch and had to call a tow? Never is a pretty strong word.

 

Guess when you become a professional driver, there is a powerful force field around the truck which keeps other vehicles from striking you and magically keeps the pavement dry and clear from snow.

 

Yep... I'm fairly new and I know better. .. I usually see at least a handful while riding up and down 95. Probably more playing on it than talking on it.

 

Well, in 22yrs I have yet to have a preventable accident. There is a lot of luck involved with that though, so I wouldn't go being too confident just yet Mr Professional.

Martin

 

Martin,

I don't have 22 years like you do but I have over a decade. Being wreck-free is not an accident either. Nor is it luck.

 

In July 2013 there was a pile up in Virginia, six rigs in a downpour. SIX RIGS. A couple of the drivers stated.... they had to veer off road to avoid hitting cars. That amazes me. If they had time to make that decision then they were too close or going too fast. SIX RIGS piled up? Yes, I think it was probably avoidable. And we could swap stories all day. As for Trainee's, I think, Trainers should supervise without long conversation, without distracting them.