My new experience with Gordon Trucking, post-buyout

If you're honestly doing 9 over in a construction zone, you deserve whatever the hell you get, former LEO or not (perhaps especially if you fall into that category).

 

I do agree... it was an honest error on my part since I had just entered the zone and was slowing down from 65 to the posted 45.. wasn't an attempt to fly through the zone. The trooper was set up at the beginning of the zone and there wasn't much traffic so I suspect he never had any intention of writing a ticket when he stopped me no matter who was driving since he could clearly see I was slowing down.

In all honesty while I was a trooper I gave far more verbal warnings for speeding and other violations than I did tickets. I found this to be a much more effective way of getting peoples attention and built a positive image of law enforcement as well. If I had someone who had never had a traffic conviction before I would cut them some slack for minor speeding offenses. I must also add that we had a policy of never writing a ticket for less than 10 mph over the posted speed limit.

In the course of ones driving career you are going to have those "oh crap" moments and slip up. The fact that I am now 57 years old and have made a living requiring me to be behind the wheel of a vehicle of some sort most of my life and have done so without ever getting a ticket or being involved in an accident that was my fault speaks volumes to my safe driving habits. That being said "nobody" is perfect and sometimes good people deserve a break...

 

Speculative estimate from reading between the lines: he caused some property damage in a parking lot and was unable to find property owner but reported the incident to company. Unfortunately, he did not report the incident to the police. The state of Michigan sees it either as a hit & run or as a refused drug test.

 

He obviously had contact with the Police Dept..... He just needs to come clean n tell the truth.... He f'ed up..... We're safer with him off the road

"Back in the beginning of February, I got a ticket from a Deputy Sheriff in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, near Green River. I paid the bail within a week, told the Safety department about it, as required, and put it out of my mind."

 

Good luck DD sorry to hear all of this, hope things work out for you.

 

Oh, truth, schmuth. Chin up, Denali. You owe NO ONE here. You've shared this bad, bad news. I'm sure this has been, and is, a gut wrencher for you. Very, very sorry to hear of this misfortune.

On the other hand, the Universe has its own way of shattering what we thought was important in order to push us into what really is. You're now part of that 99% who enter GTI orientation and 6 months later have already left with damaged pocketbook or damaged CDL, sometimes both, despite that you've more skills than most who went into orientation before you or since, trucking and otherwise.

My bet is that this has more to do with a QC that goes off as soon as you stop, so you can't even pee in peace but that GTI wants an update, a PP (how appropriate!) or some other nonsense--micromanaged, as chowick says, so that as soon as you turn your key on in the morning the QC squawks at you, jockeying down the road at 62 turtle-miles per hour with a group of Swifties trying to pass you at 62-1/2 mph, passed by more trucks than you could imagine and having to brake going downhill... 'earning' a day off for every 7 out like you're a prisoner on release... pushed every day to use up all of your 11 and all of your 14, 'playing the game' so that a big chunk of your 10 goes to fueling, paperwork and other job functions so that you can use up ALL of your drive time, on-duty time...

What's left? Dispatching, yard hostling, shipping and receiving, load brokering--if you want to utilize your trucking knowledge--who knows? I hope you let your story continue here.

Note to nowonderdog: What I would like to say to you would get me in further trouble with the mods. Read my mind... please, read my mind.