DRD Motorsports Inc. - Mt Clemens, Mi.

I Have, I sued him thru the Michigan DLEG (Department of Labor and Economic Growth; Wage and Hour Division) and won. He didn't like the State's Determination and appealed three times....still lost. The original complaint was filed by me in June 2005, and finally settled March 14 this year.

He owed me more than $4000 in wages. He bounced (then cancelled) an $1801.50 check initially, (which violated TWO laws ~sadly, the County Prosicutor in my County felt it was a civil matter, not a criminal one) How long would it take for a Prosecuting Attorney to file charges on you or I if we purchased something and first BOUNCED the check, then issued a STOP Payment, and KEPT the merchandise? He then refused to pay my last two weeks ($2200). At the hearing referencing the last monies owed; HE stated that he did not get the signed proof of deliveries (a LIE) and didn't even know what those loads paid (what trucker doesnt keep records of what the loads pay? I even did that as an employee) and offered MINIMUM wage, stating that truckdrivers average $5.15 per hour!
Would YOU work for minimum wage at ANY job?
That is indicitive of how he views truckdrivers, particularly his employees.

I did offer my opinion as well as documented facts, but if you notice; he didn't argue or address any of my accusations, not even one. Instead he resorted to ad-hominym attacks and inane arguments about Flying J, which he knows nothing about. I answered EVERY one of his accusations with FACTS, ie HE SAYS: that I only averaged 37 miles per hour and must have been a BAD DRIVER. I ANSWERED with the FACT that the DATA in DriversDailyLog proved that I drove an average of 51.83MPH for 26 days, as well as the statement that I have never been involved in ANY "at fault" accident in a CMV (I WAS backed into twice at truckstops and T-boned a guy that ran a stop-sign) and have NO major moving violations in 20 years. I don't know many people that can claim that.
THOSE are irrefutable and verifiable facts, for which he has no intellegible argument.

There aren't any current issues surrounding this dispute (RE: DRD Motorsports). They were settled March 14, 2006. However, if he continues to attack me with ad-hominyms and assaults on my personal integrity and ability to perform my job, I will continue to answer. I would not expect any less from you.

I will promise you that my replies will always be calm and well thought out and based in irrefutable facts, and I will not resort to the inane name-calling that David Derderian is well known for.
He has been threatning to "sue" me for 14 months now. He hasn't done it yet, and he is more likely to continue to threaten me than to put his money where his mouth is.

 

I take it from your post to DRD that he must have voiced some type of threat of legal action. I wouldn't pay much attention to it. It is my understanding that Legally YOU (the Truckersreport) has no liability as to the posts of your participants.
I wouldnt pay much attention because he is always threatning when he doesn't get his way. It is probably a good thing you aren't discussing the matter over the phone, given his reputation for yelling and vulgar language. Don't take MY word for it, One of the other members already did the research. DRD Motorsports insurance information - Google Search
Check out the link to U-Ship (1st or 2nd link) and pay particular attention to the comments from the customer "bharris" who says: "...bow to the demands...at the convenience of a disrepectful and screaming owner..... If you are willing to take abuse from a crazed owner ...Both my shipping marina and receiving marina have banned them from any further activity at their boatyards."

Only 1 out of 4 comments were positive. A whopping 25% positive rating..WOW!

"disrespectful and screaming, crazed owner"??
INDEED!
That is exactly how I describe him.
That is how he portrays himself.

 

NOPE, no where in any statement do I say he fired me in Santa Rosa NM, or anywhere else BUT in New York. I think you should at least re-read my original statements, or at least what you copied and pasted (just to "prove" I am wrong)

Again WRONG. He fired me in Newberg NY and instructed me to drive the truck BACK to my house, unload my belongings and then DRIVE it to the other side of the state (Mt Clemens, MI). (I DO have a recording of this conversation Thank God to NEXTEL Direct Connect phones!) After I took my belongings out I called him and told him where it was, refusing to drive it further until he had it repaired, which was my right to do. I even suggested I could drop it of at the local Freightliner Dealer (where I had been doing business for over 10 years). That was on Sunday June 26. His answer was to have some cop (and I am not even sure it was, I mean it is hard to see a "badge" over the phone now, isn't it?) call me on Monday morning.

Well, after all, Swift, and JB Hunt are just trying to "run a business". Same goes for all those others who WARN about other BAD (or DANGEROUS)BUSINESSES; they need to get on with their lives too, right?

It is a good thing you AREN'T the "Judge", it wouldn't be long before your cases were turned over on appeal because of your bias.

There aren't ANY

in my statements, but only in your comprehension
It isn't I that is losing this debate. Sorry.

 

I am not "recounting it", as much as I am (still) sticking up for myself, and as long as people who have no real knowldge of (either) continue to make silly accusations, I retain the right and duty to respond. There are MANY good verifyable facts on BOTH websites. With DRD, I provided scanned photocopies of his criminal actions that affected me directly. As to Flying J, if anything I said on that website was false, how long do you think it would be before they would sue me and shut down the site? (That site has been UP since 1998) They already tried that and the Jury did NOT find any truth in their accusation that I was posting FALSE statements on my website.
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He has no credibility,

1. as of July 2006, according to SAFER Web - Company Snapshot DRD MOTORSPORTS INC, he only has TWO trucks. That is ALL he has(even when I worked for him). I KNOW this is NEW information, because last year SAFERSYS had listed 1 accident and 1 tow.
2. just look at the links I have supplied of statements from his own customers. (RE: DRD Motorsports insurance information - Google Search Check out the link referenced as U-SHIP and look at the "DRD Profile") Don't they mirror pretty much what I have said about him? He was struggling when I worked for him, he is struggling now.
3. Biggest problem? He has no cash-flow. He doesn't pay his bills. He has NO credit cards, or at least he had a real hard time paying for fuel in the 4 or 5 weeks I worked for him. His "fuel" cards were continously being "declined" while I was trying to purchase fuel. And he would treat the poor hapless fuel clerks the same way he treats everyone else.

I have been in contact with some of his former employees, two of them contacted me, and they ALL say their experience was similar to mine.

So you would agree then, that all the OTHER drivers that complain about Companies illegal and dangerous practices lack.

as well, right? Or is it just because I don't immediately pee all over myself when someone says I am wrong? Instead of attacking the messenger, why don't you try to break the message down and refute that, instead of ad hominym attacks, if you are able? Turbo certainly cant do that, I am sure you will fail as well.