Clandestine Saftey Monitors

Oh yeah, all the major carriers contract with them to get reports on OTR drivers. I know both Stevens and Gordon/Heartland use them.

 

Not at your house but oh yeah....been going on for years. There are contract companies that do this....sometimes for the carrier and sometimes for the insurance co. with carrier knowledge.

Previous carriers would tell us "they are in the area" blah blah......and we called them the oil police at the crude terminal.

But I'm surprised at your guy.......he's a better carrier than the usual Trimac or Schneider type....has better equipment and better hands......I never think twice about loading next to one of your guys......not like I do a Schneider or a Slay......and he needs this ? You have a rash of oh sheets lately?

Dunno man.....but not a biggie......so and so is hiring right down the street.

JMO

 

Markel Safety Services have been around since the 50's. They are supposed to observe you for at least 3 miles in traffic before filling out a report. They are not supposed to hinder your driving. They are also supposed to display a sign on their doors as to who they work for.
Now, i did have one cut me off as he tried to exit off I-44 just west of Springfield, MO. I jotted down the phone number off his sign and called in on him. I also sent a QC message to our safety dept. advising them of his actions.
I was told a couple of weeks later that he had been fired. He had submitted a report stating i had tried to run him off the road, except he said it was over by Joplin, at the time he cut me off. I never went as far as Joplin. I had picked up a load at the caves in Springfield at went back east. My QC confirmed my story and hung him.
There are several companies that do this and 99.9% of the time they are honest. They are just observing your driving habits. Drive like you are supposed to and you will have no problems.

 

Sidnal, Inc. out of Clearwater, FL. is the spinoff Markel. Bob Landis runs it......did we all catch that, Landis spelled backwards is.....

http://www.sidnal.net/

 

Darling's Keyline Freight used Markel in the 1970's. If our logs matched the Markel report and we were within the speed limit, we got points toward free uniform jackets, shirts, and caps. During a layoff while driving for Refrigerated, I left my Keyline jacket hanging on a nail in some warehouse down south. I still miss it.

 

If they cut me off, and I ### end them it's my fault. Wonder what they'd put on the report then??

 

I hadn't heard anything like that before now. Do you know where the driver was when he was monitored?