Dispatcher tries to force driver to drive tired. *MUST SEE*

Document everything and get a lawyer for wrongful termination. Could own the company if ya really wanted to.

 

I'm hoping this is a wake up call for kb.I agree Matt and I do know of some lawyers in Nebraska that would love to put kb away.

 

If it goes viral they d be stupid to fire him..imo

He d have a lot of big time lawyers looking to represent him.....for a fee....

 

Thats what i was trying to find out, why call them ? why didnt Abe just take the nap and continue ?
It seems like he is a nice guy and trying to do the right thing by the company, so he called - i wonder if that was a mistake.
Pattyj : so did you work for K&B and if you did -did they ever call the cops to wake you up like that ?
Just my opinion, but there seems to be way to much contact with dispatch in general anymore -maybe it was better with the pay phones and once a day check calls LOL

 

[QUOTE="Hang - Man";3876645]Thats what i was trying to find out, why call them ? why didnt Abe just take the nap and continue ?
It seems like he is a nice guy and trying to do the right thing by the company, so he called - i wonder if that was a mistake.
Pattyj : so did you work for K&B and if you did -did they ever call the cops to wake you up like that ?
Just my opinion, but there seems to be way to much contact with dispatch in general anymore -maybe it was better with the pay phones and once a day check calls LOL[/QUOTE]Why call them u ask, because dispatch would have called him while he was napping and if they couldn't get ahold of him they would have sent someone to wake him up.In this case it was the cops.Every single load at kb is a matter of life and death far as they're concerned.I was not an otr driver,I was local but I have heard many times how dispatch talks to the drivers.They belittle them nothng ever gets done to stop it..Far as me getting threatened,no because I did my job no matter what and why kb talked me out of quitting 3 times.But there are some local drivers that dispatch is continually riding their ###.But in this case I would have called it a day and not been as nice to dispatch as Abe was.My dispatchers can be the same way,one in piticular but I took everything he said with a grain of salt..Heck I got my ### chewed out onetime because I called in but didn't call in 2 hrs before I was to come to work,it was an hr before.I had the flu.

 

He pulled over long enough to drink a redbull, then call in for several minutes which had an 'amp up' effect on him when he should have just went back to lie down and relax with his eyes closed.

What happens oftentimes after a 20 minute rest and further driving , you can get a second wind and finish that 150 miles pretty easy. Especially when you get down to the final 60 miles, 48 miles, 22 miles and boom you're there.

 

Good info, That just isn't right that dispatch has that much power over the driver, and especially to call the driver when they see the truck isn't moving.
Not sure i could handle that and i don't know that i would be able to keep a driving job in today's world and i dont think i would have been as calm as Abe if they kept calling me or waking me up --is this the norm now ?

 

Where Abe went wrong was drinking a redbull when he was already tired that just makes you even more sleepy then when you go to bed to don't get a good night sleep.My boyfriend told him next time eat 4 egg salad sandwiches the farts will keep you awake,lol.

 

Frankly, I am ashamed that drivers are willing to be so quick to bust another driver's gonads for doing the right thing by trying to expose the dirty, underhanded tactics employed by almost every motor carrier!!!

 

i talked to my dispatchers friday for mondays load or sat for mondays load,that was it until i went home for the wkend.I told em if you dont hear from me all is good.It worked fine.