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

I have not always disagreed with you.

You present a position that is quite interesting. You see it from both sides.

 

Do you think the FMCSA would make a driver that should have been fatigued compliant? I am more concerned with the miles he had to drive from PU to delivery....did I get it correct.....2 hrs before he shut down leaving him 160 miles from where they wanted him?

 

Yes they can but you consented to be recorded....and it won't be on you tube either.

 

We have no idea how many times they may have called him during the second 10 and got him up or disturbed him or if he tried to sleep and could not.

It all comes to the point that he was fatigued and needed to sleep.

 

From what I recall he started in Livonia, MI drove to Sawyer, MI and called in stating he was too tired. So roughly 187 miles before he stopped. I can't actually tell where he was going, but they mentioned getting to Oak Creek, WI another 162 miles.

 

It's pretty simple if you are too fatigued to drive you are to get rest. That is in the regulations. It doesn't matter what you were doing for the previous 24 hours.

 

Each phone call should restart his 10.

I agree that they should not force a driver to drive fatigued and they are putting themselves at risk by doing that. That is not my point. My point is, if I have a driver that is not rested after 20 hrs off duty, then;
1) I might wonder what he was doing when he should have been sleeping and
2) I might need to think about that driver's future within my company if he cannot drive for ~260 miles.

 

How did you or I consent?

They did not advise you it was being recorded. But, it can be modified.

 

True but if you are out tomcatting around or making you tube videos all night then you aren't exactly in the best position are you?

 

I've never slept 16 hours in a 21 hour period. He got a full rest in his first 10. Naturally, it's hard to sleep when you just slept

Again we have a case of an armchair truck driver closely examining a YouTube video and looking for the chance to pin something on the driver. How about Abe is not a liar and K & B needs to be called out on this?