How do people get truck driving jobs with a dui, but impossible for pizza delivery?

Tommy Monza, it's funny that you mentioned the dumb drivers on I-75. Since moving to central Florida from the north I noticed there are a lot more accidents on the roads here. I literally see at least three accidents a day here. In Chicago I saw that many in one week. I don't know if it's something in the air here or what but these people drive like complete tards.

 

You know I spent a bunch of time and drove thousands of miles all over Italy and Switzerland and a bit in France with my ex Italian Girlfriend .

The only accident I saw in almost a year of driving was a minor motorcycle incident in Crazy Paris traffic.

Everyone there knows the right lane is for traveling and the left is for passing only on their highways. You hang out in the left lane you get a ticket.
If you are passing in the left lane and a Ferrari is in the rear view approaching at 130 headlights flashing you fall back to the right lane.

Great system , traffic flows well, no accidents .
Now driving in downtown Milan Italy or in Paris that is a whole nother trip.

In SW Florida we have yesterday's Mexican mule driving tomato farmer ,driving a 2 ton straight truck loaded with migrant workers pulling a old overloaded trailer with a bobcat.
Throw in a bunch of impatient tourists doing 90 add a bunch of selfish girls texting.
Than for the Cream we have 92 year old half blind Maude driving 50 down I-75.

Perfect recipe for a dump truck rollover with fire and 3 dead 10 injured.

I-75closed for hours.total clusterpuck.

Now in town traffic is where the real fun happens, sirens never stop in this town. 4 car rear Enders are the thing these days. Unfrikin Belevable I tell ya.

Everyday occurrence down here it seems sometimes.

 

People in General are just plain Stupid these days I swear.

 

BTW, did hear about the tanker driver that was killed on I-75 in Sarasota maybe a month ago?

 

No, should I ? I don't watch the news much. I witness all The Stupidity Live everyday.

 

Sorry, let me clarify and thanks for catching it.

The driver had to have their own insurance. The pizza company had liability insurance on the store. The insurance company dictated that we could only hire drivers with good driving records and no DUI's.

 

I highly doubt they provided "auto coverage" for their drivers... He is more than likely talking about a "general liability coverage" policy for the business... Which would be concerned about the quality of drivers bring hired.

I mean honestly... If I am some broke college kid delivering pizzas part time and I get into an accident with you... Who are you going after??? Me or the company with just slightly bigger pockets than me???

 

Ya, what he said...
(Guess I need to read all new messages before replying... lol)

 

Not necessarily true.......they may have their own insurance, but usually at minimum financial responsibility limits.....15/30/5....and without adding the "pizza" company as an Additional Insured (A/I) there is no coverage benefiting the pizza company. The pizza company has a auto policy inclusive of Hired & Non-Owned which covers the pizza company over any other collectible insurance, from the employees policy (back to $ 15.30/5.....how far does that go?) up to their policy limit.....usually $ 1MM to $ 5MM.

But even though we are "excess" over the employees policy and you think they are IC's, we (the insurance company) can and do dictate driver criteria to the pizza companies.....usually through price......you really want that 19 year old with a 2 year old racing ticket......sure pay me $ 7,500 extra to include him.

 

there are laws, called "Tort laws", which can make the pizza place owner liable for one's actions no matter what vehicle is being driven.

so in essence, it's an "insurance thing"....just like in trucking.

A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong[1] that unfairly causes someone else to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act, called a tortfeasor. Although crimes may be torts, the cause of legal action is not necessarily a crime, as the harm may be due to negligence which does not amount to criminal negligence. The victim of the harm can recover their loss as damages in a lawsuit. In order to prevail, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, commonly referred to as the injured party, must show that the actions or lack of action was the legally recognizable cause of the harm. The equivalent of tort in civil law jurisdictions is delict.

Legal injuries are not limited to physical injuries and may include emotional, economic, or reputational injuries as well as violations of privacy, property, or constitutional rights. Torts comprise such varied topics as auto accidents, false imprisonment, defamation, product liability, copyright infringement, and environmental pollution (toxic torts). While many torts are the result of negligence, tort law also recognizes intentional torts, where a person has intentionally acted in a way that harms another, and in a few cases (particularly for product liability in the United States) "strict liability" which allows recovery without the need to demonstrate negligence.

Tort law is different from criminal law in that: (1) torts may result from negligent as well as intentional or criminal actions and (2) tort lawsuits have a lower burden of proof such as preponderance of evidence rather than beyond a reasonable doubt. Sometimes a plaintiff may prevail in a tort case even if the person who allegedly caused harm was acquitted in an earlier criminal trial. For example, O.J. Simpson was acquitted in criminal court of murder but later found liable for