First time I ever had to call the cops on another trucker

I only logged 15 min for the load/unload never had a problem while I was there. 15 min to fuel 15 min for pre-trip

 

Anybody in here know if a unsafe driving ticket over 2 yrs old will hinder me from getting hired by companies. Conway truckload said no till 2009??????????

 

Some companies will allow you two, so I would try a local first..

 

hey dd what do u mean by some companies will allow me two......thanx

 

2009 isn't that far away...

Unsafe driving tickets are about the worst ones you can get. If you were "unsafe" in a car, then the insurance companies will assume that you'll also be unsafe in a truck.

You're going to have to wait this out, unless you have experience already, in which case you may be able to swing a job with an O/O.

 

I drive for a local concrete company, they allow two moving violations, in a yr. As long as it wasn't over 25 ove the posted limit...

 

May better never get audited . Anything under 8 hours on line 2 or 10 hours on line 1 does not stop the 14 hour clock . I have put unloading on line 2 or on line 1 when I am told to leave the truck and go to the break room while it is unloaded . That doesn't extend my day . It does keep the hours on duty for the day reduced toward the 70 in 8 days .

 

Your math is flawed from the start . Show driving 600 miles in 10 hours at 60 miles an hour and a DOT auditor will cite you for a violation of either speeding or falsifying logs . That's what happened to U.S. Xpress in December '06 . Look at their safestat history .
Secondly , it depends on how your truck is geared and where the sweet spot is . My truck gives the best fuel mileage betwen 1400-1500 rpm . That's 63-68 m.p.h. .
Many carriers have rates that are $.85 a mile higher than Schneider's rates . That's why they can run faster and have trucks geared to run that way .

 

Uhmmm.... the <sigh> at the end was to indicate that the post was made in humor after AS's long post about not messing with another persons truck.

Geeze...someone needs some vacation time!