Some have made the comment about trusting each other and the fellow driver.
That is exactly what the company management does with each driver they hire.
The company trusts each driver to work by the rules set out, and agreed to by us drivers,
to follow company policy.
The driver that dropped the trailer broke 3 rules.
1) Padlock a loaded trailer
2) Don't drop a loaded trailer
3) If you drop a trailer put kingpin lock on it.
Them 3 rules seem pretty easy to follow and they don't take much effort to accomplish.
Question! You are in a parking lot. You see a driver leaving and he has a tire running flat. You try to reach him on radio. You honk horn at him when he drives by. No reaction from driver.
The driver turns out the lot towards an open weight station, You know its open because you just drove by them on your way to this truckstop.
You easily read the company phone number and the truck number on the side of truck.
Do you ignore what you just seen. Or do you give a quick call to the company to let them know their truck is about to get a ticket. Maybe they can reach the driver before he gets to far and get him to fix tire. Before crossing the scale.
Do you call the company or not? I have, not to "snitch" but to help them prevent a ticket and maybe an OOS violation.
When you own equipment and rely on others to "help" protect those assets. Really, where ever that help comes from. As an owner it is welcome.
Depends on the quality of driver if this dropped trailer incident was anything at all. Other than a simple oversight from the driver. Or is it continuing problem. If it is not reported to management they will never know until its too late.
As stated before, an incident like this could put a small company out of business. Then truly how does this affect rest of the employees and owners.
Really the only place "snitches get stitches" I ever see is in the movies. Play grounds of grade school.
Turn the other way and ignore it. This is the attitude the thieves want us to react with. Ohhh none of my business.
That's what you have insurance for. Yep and that insurance company will fight you tooth and nail to pay a claim, if they have any idea there was negligence involved.
There are a lot of variables in this story.
Did the driver report a dropped trailer to the truck stop before he left?
Does he do this often?
Good luck
Give me your opinion
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by runningman0661, Mar 24, 2018.
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