1099s force drivers to violate HOS.

If a driver is stupid enough to be a 1099 driver with no contract or no balls to do the right thing, then it is on them and only them.

a 1099 driver is one who calls the shots, they can’t be forced to do a thing.

 

You mean something like this company making driver run over HOS. It’s amazing to see how this company is getting around the trucking law and HOS. There are other videos about this company and the accident. Also how the government doesn’t check simple things like addresses of these fake/outlaw companies.

 

I drive a 67 mph truck and average 3700 every 10 days, those 10 days include 2 to 4 days of hometime. 3500 miles a week is very doable, 4000 a week is also doable with good dispatchers... I did 4300 miles in 6.5 days a few weeks ago and still had over 3 hours on my 70.

 

nobody can make a driver do anything. once that truck moves it's on you the driver.

 

Why can't a driver say no to them? I'm confused.

 

It's not just Indeed. They are on Zip Recruiter, Pulse Ten Street, Craigslist, everywhere. Now that you've done 1099, I hope you emphatically tell ever trucker you meet not to try it. Have you completed your taxes yet for that time period? Was it bad if you did? We see a lot of posts about how a 1099 company will can turn out. I don't see many post about how bad it was come tax time.

 

I would be very surprised if these clowns can scare up 2500 miles a week.