Al Jazeera story about one trucker...

1 inspection in the past 2 years, driving 65,000 miles/year.


Violations:

393.207(c) Leaf spring assembly defective/missing
393.47(a) Inadequate brakes for safe stopping
393.47(e) Clamp/Roto-Chamber type brake(s) out of adjustment
393.48(a) Inoperative/defective brakes
393.51 No or defective brake warning device
393.75(c) Tire — other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch
393.78 Windshield wipers inoperative/defective
393.83(g) Exhaust leak under truck cab and/or sleeper
393.9 Inoperative required lamps
396.3A1BL Brake system pressure loss
396.5(b) Oil and/or grease leak
396.5B-HWSLIW Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel

395.3A2-PROP Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle)
395.3A3-PROP Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit in a 14 hour period. (Property Carrying Vehicle)
395.8 Driver's record of duty status (general/form and manner)
395.8(f)(1) Driver's record of duty status not current

 

So much for him being safe. lol

 

i do agree he brought up some valid points but seriously at least flow around someone who aint a super trucker from the 70's. I can help but think that this was all really just a setup because we all know that is not a true rep for the industry at ALL. Plus how the heck do you expect to pay bills traveling only 65k a year?

 

If his truck is any indication then if someone were to dig up the property around his trailer in the woods then I'm sure they'd find missing girls from the last 30 years.

 

That truck scares me. I'm going to have nightmares.

 

I agree with both of you, again I support OO's but its guys like this that really are what many in the world think of truckers and I hate it. I am in shape, young, clean cut ( most days ), shower at least once a day ( most days ), and I have an it background. We all come from different walks and although the video brought up some solid points it shows a man who really isnt a good rep for our industry. I feel for the guy in a way but the other side of me says man clean yourself up!

A good OO can make tons of money if one his only family is a dog, two if he lives in a paid off trailer, three has decent equiptment and can repair it himself, and finally if your out as much as he claims with paid off equiptment then he should be rolling in the money.

 

I'm sure his parents taught him better.

 

Im all for someone to do as they please just make it clear this aint every truckers way.

 

He's the kind of character they love to write stories about. Unbiased reporting my ###.

 

Well, when they mentioned the number of truck-car accidents, at least they didn't leave out the part where most of those accidents were caused by the 4-wheeler. Most other news rags pretty much put the blame on the truckers and leave out that part (but most of you already knew that). So, I guess I'll have to give Al-Jazeera credit for that; our "own" news media is too busy committing industry-wide character assassinations on freight jockeys to even think about being objective.