Crossing the Border with a tractor full of stuff of an unknown driver
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by PIKARUX, Oct 11, 2019.
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Oh, heck no.
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The first time I crossed was in a truck I was just assigned to me with 500K miles on it. I get pulled into inspection and he asks me "I'm going to take a swab of the the interior for explosives and drug residue. I'm not going to find anything, right?" I said "I don't know. I just got this truck. I don't know what people have been doing in it the last 500,000 miles." Makes you rethink the whole border crossing thing.
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You did the right thing. The company sounds like a complete joke & operation. Its an unfortunate business practice especially for a OTR (Highway) operation. No driver should ever feel forced to drive a Truck that they don't feel comfortable driving and especially when they are crossing a international border crossing. Daily there are Ads online seeking numerous drivers so it comes down to sensible company business practices or else those job ads will keep accumulating.
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You did exactly right except you forgot to flip them the bird on the way out.
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Good job.
File a complaint with every gooberment agency available.
Doesn't look like anyone agrees with the company.Intothesunset Thanks this. -
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Thank you so much for all your replies and help to confirm that I made the right decision.
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This swabbing took me clear back to a policy at th airport where TSA used a pad to dab the outside of carry on bags without unzipping and searching same.
The morning of 9-11 when one of the bags was with a Terrorist believed to be full of razor blades used to cut throats of the crew up front. If the TSA only opened it and found a mess of blades inside of same, they would have had a very interesting morning.JC1971 and Intothesunset Thank this. -
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