Fired for drinking off duty while on the road?

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  1. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    It’s like “Hey Siri” or “Alexa”
    It’s always listening.

    Next time you’re talking on the phone say “wheelbarrow” a couple of times here and there and then you’ll start getting wheelbarrow ads on your computer.
    It’s freaky stuff.
    @x1Heavy should know about this stuff!
     
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  3. Scooter Jones

    Scooter Jones Road Train Member

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    Well, let's see. I'm an OOIDA member. Here's my numbers:

    Fatalities 0
    Injury crashes 0
    Tow away 0
    OOS 0%

    Feel free to post yours, that is if you're an OOIDA member ;-)
     
  4. weirdpuckett

    weirdpuckett Heavy Load Member

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    Swift was at 76 fatalaties......number fudging......now whats very interesting is look at UPS and Fed Ex......5 times the number of power units as Swift has but less fatalaties etc.....lol
     
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  5. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    And next week if a drunk texting 4 wheeler runs across the median and under your tandems and kills all 7 people inside.
    Suddenly the statistics will show you’re a terrible driver.
     
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  6. BiggBossMann

    BiggBossMann Bobtail Member

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    WOW! Long interesting thread read as a potential newbie......Moral of the story.....DO the Right Thing!!
     
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  7. Scooter Jones

    Scooter Jones Road Train Member

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    Don't obfuscate. You tried, in a round about way, to impugn or lump OOIDA members in with Swift & company.

    I ain't buying it. But then again who gives a crap whether I'm buying it or not LOL.

    Still, feel free to post your personal Safer stats (CSA) for the past 2 years. I hardly doubt you had a 15% OOS rate, right?
     
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  8. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    I’ve been put OOS twice for equipment issues over the years.
    No tickets, just had to get it fixed before I could leave
     
  9. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    CONFESSIONS OF AN UNSAFE DRIVER
     
  10. 06driver

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    You think there are not OOIDA members with horrible records?

    Not all sure. Considering Swift employs nearly as as many drivers as real driving OOIDA members (please dont post their ######## membership number it is fake as their mission statement) I would bet of their driving members their numbers are the same or worse than Swift et al.
     
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  11. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Same. Although I did get towed from a shipper about 2 months ago when my stop engine came on. But, I wasn't cited.
     
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