Driver rant.... shippers/receivers and driver identification

Not only they take your ID and copy it but sometimes also hold it for the duration of your stay there.
What really makes me mad is when I ask them, in my turn, for a legible signature on the BOL they often take it as an affront.
I was delivering lately at the Supervalue in Green Bay, WI and they did copy my CDL there but when they handed me my BOL the signature was a joke...a chicken claw signature. I was refused by the Capstone lumper to find out the first name and last name of the reciever, then it escalated until the "important" recieving manager told me "We don't disclose names of our employees to mad truckers (implying me?) so that they don't hunt them down". LOL I thought f...this! and I gave up my efforts.

 

In many cases its not the driver's decision to do business with the shipper and/or receiver. It is also typically not the shipping clerk's policy to copy a CDL. The driver and the person signing that BOL are participants but not the policy makers.

Thursday I had a driver tell me he was required by a fertilizer plant we hauled an Ag machine from to provide his license so they could copy it for their records, company policy. It was the first I have heard of that.

 

Company policy, I always like that line of reasoning. If you want to cause a bit of trouble very politely ask (demand) to see their 'privacy policy' for the records they keep of your information, copy of your license, etc. Ask who has access to it, is it kept secured at all times, etc. See how they respond to that very reasonable request as you just want to be sure YOUR information is kept secure.

 

If after 20-30 drivers refuse to provide their CDL for copying, the loads are still sitting on the dock for weeks, would they change their policy?
Or, if the receiver had to shut down because the driver's delivering that JIT load refused to provide their CDL for copying, would they change their policy?

 

This is another one of those areas that drivers could have control of if they would just stick together. There are so many things to be said NO to instead of just following the rest of the flock.

 

Just say, “No.”
“No!!”
“No!!!!”

 

I was picking up axles for Chevy trucks. Been going for months. Went in on a Saturday for my normal pickup, and the fill in guard asked for my license. I refused as it was very sketchy. Weekend, different guard than normal, never needed it before. Made an issue of it and the security supervisor was called. Well, they never got my CDL and I got to pick up my load. I guess the plant didn't want to be blamed for the line shutting down if the load was too late.
Two weeks later the company was taking pictures for company ID cards. Not saying I'm the cause a 1,000 driver company started to use ID cards, but the first 4 years working there no word. 2 weeks after the ID incident, everyone gets company ID's.

 

I always wanted to get a fake ID as Charles Manson just to see if they were paying attention...

I don't think they do.

You know you can always sign bills as Ronald McDonald..

 

They have every right to know who is entering their property and documenting it. Also they have the legal right to ask you just like you have the legal right to refuse and then be escorted off the property.