Mcr's letter to the world.

Newbies are told the truth over and over here . How many of them listen ?

 

Don't blame the megacarriers for forcing people to run illegal. They don't. I drive for a megacarrier and it is hammered over and over again, "Logit now and log it legal." The ones who lie on logs the most are independent o/o who do it, as was stated, to make money.

 

I agree nobody is "forced" . It's the driver's decision . If carriers audits logs responsibly and prohibit false logs as you say the don't get a SafeStat history like this . This is U.S. Xpress . Note the Safety Management SEA for the first 2 quarters of '07 . The enforcement in 12/06 was for log book falsification . This audit was done shortly after U.S. Xpress cosigned the Speed Limiter Petition .
http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafeStat/SafeStatHistory.asp?ais=&DOT=303024&WhichForm=start

 

The majority of the carriers will claim they want legal running. I know they want legal logs. The dispatch and load planners want to plan the loads at 55 mph and allow 15 minutes for fuel. Anything else is not in the picture.

I think they need to be educated on the real world of the trucking industry.

 

I know where you are going to. I have stood my ground on the running of legal and they have given me short runs and little miles for the week.

 

You made it straight a long time ago . You have no respect for regulations . All you care about is making more money - like that Crete driver that killed 7 kids . It's only a moneyless environment for drives that choose to work for the bottom feeders .

 

Rick, you have stated your opinion on the company, Crete, and their part in the accident. You now work for a good company. I know that there are many firms that do not work the way yours does.

If you look at the Safestats you will see the proof. I recently talked to a company that is relatively small with a good safestat. The safety/recruiter stated they want the logs run legal, but the loads have to be delivered.