ATA could set a new standard for safety with hourly pay

Why don’t the mega fleets at the ATA adopt an hourly pay standard for their drivers? Seem the biggest risk factor for unsafe driving is speeding and rushing. Now with ELD/Elogs we know when a driver is moving and we’d get more honest data regarding loading and unloading and the drivers for all these fleets subsequently would no longer feel the pressure of being under the gun since they’re getting paid for all work activity. Seems like a no-brainer for safety and a much better idea than speed limiters, hair follicle testing, etc combined

 

I get that but they preach safety in all these things they push. If OOIDA could challenge them on the hourly thing maybe they’d shut up, lol

 

i agree but they might be resolved with pressure from these fleets paying hourly wages for drivers to sit hour upon hour in docks

 

that’s kinda the point. Well not watching cat videos, lol. But logging on duty while being loaded and unloaded would eventually put pressure on these shippers receivers.
And really the whole point in to minimize the rushing and chasing miles mentality. That’s where speeding in construction zones, 65 1/2 passing 65, etc comes in

 

The whole point of this conversation isn’t really about hourly pay and it’s merits or disadvantages. It’s that if the ATA wants to push speed limiters, hair testing, and elds, then why wouldnt they wanna do something that would truly have an effect on safety? I just think it’s something that could be used to challenge them in their pursuit of leveling the playing field in the name of “safety”