Are EOBR's creating a "new" new breed

did you tell him your trk dont have a shower in it..and if his sac stunk like your sac he'd be in the shower too..

 

Not in the rules here to allow the words said.

 

I hope the receiver has a railyard on their site . I wouldn't pull an overloaded container out of a railyard for anybody .

 

Just put it as a joke in the unmoderated jokes and link us to it

 

I do not go there.

Besides, you probably can figure it out.

 

well come on man if you gotta take a shower you gotta take a shower, you signed up to DRIVE a truck not live like an animal..

 

While I agree with what your saying... I still think E-logs will "coerce" drivers into pushing harder to meet certain deadlines... It could be, not doing a proper pre-trip... to not stopping when a break would be great, to refresh the driver.

For example: I'm used to loading myself, and am not used to being at the mercy of someone else to load me. Hauling chemical is a different story, Drivers are at the total mercy of the chemical loaders... When the loaders loaded me light, they expected me to pull back in and let them top me off... and they were going though a shift change at the time too... Doing so, would have made me late for the chemical drop... What I did was not expected... Why? because I didn't care. I told them I'm leaving with what I had..(the foreman looked at me like a deer in a set of headlights... LOL). I the driver had them because I had a weight ticket, Blank BOL's, and the ability to do math... AND I simple didn't care. It wasn't my problem the union sheep couldn't do their job... They will have to explain it to the customer. Not my problem. So, I took what I had, made the drop. Interestingly next time I loaded there I was out of there in record time. Obviously heads rolled about it. LOL!

My point? Most drivers don't have the gall to do something like this, or explain to the boss what happened... I do, and did.

 

Now now, no need to let actual facts or experiences get in the way of a good elog debate.

 

I'm sorry your wrong...it's just not the northeast... It's everywhere from north to south to east & west...it's an epidemic as far as I'm concerned...too many inconciderant people anymore

 

Now assuming the Load Planners actually look at the trucks available hours....yep, that would be a first!!!! Doesn't happen with me. They can see but they don't look.

I have had ELogs almost my entire driving career. If taught right, they can be a very useful and time saving tool. (push a button and go. I personally can't draw a straight line to save my life!) Just like paper logs though, the driver HAS to know how to run his truck. If you don't understand trip planning and your hours, you need to either get off the truck or have someone who knows how teach you how to better manage your time. In this job, TIME IS MONEY, the better you use it, the more you can make.

As for ELogs making drivers lazy....nah....they were and probably always be lazy.