Fired for U-turn

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You do have to admit that is an impressive year. Lol
It should take 500 drivers, driving for 40 years each, to amount to that many things done wrong.

 

I wanna know the company that put up with all the incidents prior to the u turn

 

To U-Turn or not to U-Turn that is the question. You are right, I admit I have U-Turned before. In fact, unfortunately, I have had to do far too many of them. Regretfully most of them were my mistakes in judgment. The key thing is though if you find yourself in a situation don't make the situation worse. Any driver will tell you they have been in bad self-caused situations. The difference between a driver that gets out of them and one that does not, well the ones that deal with it the right way don't dig those holes any deeper. A great example of this was that USA truck driver in that photo. Low bridge situation. stupidly chose to U-Turn. I have had those low bridge situations. I got help and backed out.

 

One of.thousands that pay .38 a mile. Big names make the headlines but more often than not it's the smaller companies. It's a rampant free for all of subpar drivers. Asking for names is funny.

 

Actually they are required to make a good faith effort to get the info from previous carriers and document and even report failures but a previous carrier is not required to supply the information (except drug and alcohol info).

 

Don't gloss over a very important point on these FMCSA required investigations and inquiries. That term (good faith) does NOT give a carrier a license to pencil whip a check. If the FMCSA ever does an audit OR an attorney during the discovery phase of a lawsuit finds chronic abuse of this (good faith) exception there is going to be major trouble. I have seen with my own blue eyes what happens when the FMCSA goes after those driver qualification files for being sloppy or incomplete. It is not at all pretty.

 

No but what mega puts up with all these incidents?

 

I own my own company, and have to confess, I did not realize that there is anything wrong with u-turns?

 

Wasn’t glossing over anything. Just correcting what you stated that they are required to get per the Regs. Clarifying that they are required to try and get with a good faith effort. Using a good faith effort isn’t glossing over anything.

 

I would also point out 391.23 (c) (3)
(3) Prospective employers should report failures of previous employers to respond to an investigation to the FMCSA and use the complaint procedures specified at §386.12 of this subchapter. Keep a copy of the reports in the driver investigation history file as part of documenting a good faith effort to obtain the required information.


The FMCSA is DEAD serious about these qualification files.


Edited to add: I could take the time to post 391.23, but it won't fit on a post. The regulation is very explicit on what a carrier is required to ask for and obtain. This is not an opinion it is the rules as published in title 49 CFR.