Turns out this outfit hasn't registered its trailers in over two years! Can I sue?

Alright, first the title is old. I'm just keeping the thread going 1.) to vent and 2.) to document what's going on.

Second, it's hard to have a "clean" licence when you get a ticket. Might not be a factor, maybe it is.

Find out in a week or so.

 

Update: the company issued new plates.

They may cover the ticket but that's not final.

 

"Not final" means not final.

We were told in the meeting that drivers were responsible for tickets if we didn't pretrip. He then went on to say, "if we know about a problem and tell you to go anyway, we'll pay the ticket"

Which is when a bunch of drivers pointed out that's not legal (telling an employee to knowing do something illegal). Actually I've been sick for days with some stomach bug and considering how much trouble I was in with the company I really didn't feel up to a shouting match. I was really glad some of the other drivers brought up the points I was going to make.

Also management had no idea it was a $2500 ticket. I think they thought I was bellyaching about a few hundred dollars. When they realized I didn't want to be liable for $5k in two consecutive nights they began to soften their stance against me.

So inspite of clearly stating at the meeting that tickets for not pre-tripping were on us, the owner took the ticket from me and said "he'd look into challenging it."

So as of my last post (rolleyes) I don't know if the company is going to pay it, split it, come up with some sort of payroll deduction for it, or dump it back on me.

So, like I said, "we'll see"

One thing's for sure, if you ask an apparently dumb question like "can I sue?" if you didn't do your pre-trip, no matter how many times you recant in the thread people on TTR here will jump on you mercilessly.

So thanks for that.

But incase I'm not clear:

GET OVER THE LAWSUIT PART OF THE POST!!! We're past that point and I'm just updating until this matter is resolved so I can shut this lousy thread down.

(4 years from now some CRE driver might need it)

 

It's deserved. I (explitived) up.

But I'm somewhat disappointed in some of the guys who I've talked with on other subjects dogpiling on me.

Maybe they're only reading the top post? Idunno.

I guess part of my penance is to sit here and take it. (Maybe I'll remember this public drubbing next time I pre-trip?)