Another doozy from yours truly

It's your decision whether to tell the company your team mate is doing drugs. However, let me remind you that your knowledge of his drug use holds you liable for any actions he may produce.

Such as: If while driving he hits a car and kills the people in it YOU can be charged and found guilty right along side of him. Not to mention held responsible for any financial suits.

You might wish to distance yourself from this druggie.

*please note I am a sober alcohol and drug addict. YES! I am a friend of Bill's and proud to say I'm clean and sober now for 29 years*

 

One thing to consider if you did turn him in for drug use is weather or not you would want to mention that you have witnessed or had knowledge of him using before. They might not take too kindly to the fact that you had information of this sort in the past and made no mention of it, so protect yourself.

 

And another thing to consider is that if you guys get stopped by Johnny Law and searched if they find his dope squirreled away in the truck somewhere the BOTH of you are in trouble. Sure, Mr Walking Turd could get you out of trouble by saying that its his, but do you think for a moment that he will? People who use drugs generally use people, too. I wouldn't put up with it for a second longer.

Your employer has a legal responsibility to provide you with a work environment that is as safe as can be made. Putting you in a truck with a junkie does not satisfy that requirement, but they can't do anything about it unless you stand up and say something. Somebody should take that guy for a long walk in the desert. You know, one of those walks where you have "six beans in the wheel when you leave and five when you come back".

 

you did the right thing. Cover your butt and get him off the road before he kill someone or you.

 

I don't know who ya'll drive for, but our company hands out drug-testing kits to be kept on the truck AT ALL TIMES, for cases such as this.

ANY report, whether it come from ourselves, or another driver, and he MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY, at the nearest TS, pee into this, seal it, and ship it IMMEDIATELY, to be tested for drugs and/or alcohol. (and yes, he has to be "observed" by a LEO, to be certain it is truly his urine...company policy)

Judi Kay

 

Definitely keep copies of your logs for +/-2 days around this incident to prove that you were in the sleeper and not driving. Just tuck them away in your luggage for a few weeks, just in case. Making a notation on your log about the incident wouldn't hurt either.