Good Job Martin Transportation Systems MTS

Impeding traffic is an automatic fail offense on cdl driving test. He would have failed.

 

Send a copy of the video to MTS, let them decide.

 

Your not going to change the publics or even my perception of trucking these days.
If your carrier is paying by the mile and has a HOS clock going tic toc in the drivers mind. They pretty much are saying that moving freight is more important then safety. Sure they talk safety, but then they pay by the mile. That promotes safety?
You are going to be faced with this kind of behavior because carriers, shippers and receivers waste driving time under the current increasingly inflexible HOS rules and that breeds bad habits .
The whole system is geared to rush around and beat the buzzer and cram as many miles as you can into the fewest minutes.
And the seats are being filled with desperate drivers deep in debt and doing a job they are not cut out for.

 

Does'nt get better said then this post right here.

 

I don't typically venture out of the flatbed section. I only read this thread because I saw catalina had posted & I thought it might be interesting. After reading, it is no wonder why the open deck and heavy haulers keep getting banned when venturing into the door slammer sections. I am heading back where I belong. Too many well informed and well thought out opinions here for me.

 

Since I do a fair amount of running in industrial parks, I've fallen onto the havit of basically creeping along til I find the driveway I'm looking for. Too many idiots (mostly local daycab drivers, but some regional/OTR guys too) racing out into the street trying to pack 16 hours worth of work into a 12 hour day.

Industry leaders (no matter the industry) are so busy cutting corners on payroll and demanding more productivity out of fewer employees to boost the bottom line creates situations like this.

 

Upon reviewing the video, I find you both at fault. Driver #1 blew the stop sign but you were behind the tree at the time which is why he kept going. You look like you were going above or at the posted speed but you did not slow down at all or move to the left. Smith System Key #1 driver, Aim high in steering......

 

I am not disagreeing with you Mack, but just because the driver is in the right does not justify being an ###. He could have slowed down before it was necessary. It seems all drivers (cars and trucks) think they are VIP's. How many times a day do you turn on your turn signal and the jerk in the next lane speeds up so you cannot move over? The roads are disgusting out there. Excuse me, the driving behavior is disgusting.