I feel like giving up on drivers :(

Why is it I feel drivers are not understanding the regulations and I am fighting a battle of cancer in my eyes and it's not going away, and i feel lately there is no dent in it . I have to terminate drivers who don't want to improve on their logs (yes i just ask to IMPROVE). I got a driver today who did not believe me when I was explaing how the 11 & 14 hour rule was and my boss explained it and 2 other drivers and he still thinks we treated him like crap and all I was doing is trying to help him understand the regulations and I was into it to, meaning I wanted him to say oh ok, now I believe you and now I understand. NOpe he left still frustrated and not believing so this means he will be back in a month to be terminated . Why am I sad, because this reflects me as a manager every driver I lose I feel we didn't do our job, however knowing there is some driver who refuse to run legal.

ON the other hand we saved a drivers job today and i worked with them and they understood and listened to the regulations and me trying to help them. They saw the other driver reactions and didn't think highly of him either.

Grrrr just venting, how will you drivers ever learn the legal way and the proper way to log. I mean if you are going to log illegal at least dont argue with the one's trying to help you understand the correct way to do it. We are just trying to help you run legal and stay out of prison

 

Get out of my head, that is my goal in life and I can't seem to get the ump to get started . I want my own so I call it "hillbilly" log book . CD (tapes are done with, right?) would be an added benifiet. I believe I can make a great training book for logs, but who would buy it?

I would donate some to TruckersReport ( I mean to Cybergal)..LOL if the sponsored my book (after it's published of course .

To many people are so vague and so technical with their words that it doesn't make sense to everyone. NOt that drivers are stupid but gosh you have how many truckers in this world and they think in 2 pages they can explain how to split break etc. So thanks for suporting my idea and sure If I EVER get it done I will be glad to pay a bill for you (if I make it big) Remember I have 3 kids (well ones almost done, but you know I am a mom and she will never be done)

 

Thanks everyone! To the comment "keep in mind the one's who did listen" is true and I used to focus on that, it's just lately everyone seems to be going crazy with log violaitons/running illegal.

Now for the driver yesterday (which I kept this in mind talking to him and trying to be nice the whole time not losing my cool)
He came in # 4:30 today (30 minutes before I need to leave to get my child) and said I want to say I am sorry I was upset about my load etc.

Well in looking at his logs I noticed wow he is doing his recap incorrectly. He would do a 34 hour restart (right) and say his total hours 3 days ago was 22. Well he would take 22 + the hours he worked today and subtract that from 70. Well he was losing money/miles etc. After a 34 hour he would have a new 70 hours, but he was taking that 22+8 (todays hours) and subtracting that from 70. No WONDER he is complaining and biatchy.

He said he's been doing it that way for ever and I said you are losing money and that's the whole problem there.

Why my previous 2 auditors that talked to him and the one yesterday did not notice this I must say I am ashamed it wasn't discussed before .

So to me again I am frustrated with him going this long and no one noticed he was doing it incorrectly. Even Organ troopers
He was not violating his 70 hour because he was shorting himself hours so he didn't go into violation. It just takes that extra step to look and see how are they doing that re-cap.

GRRRR again I am rambling but I do this to hopefully teach someone something. Never assume just because you have been doing it that way for 10 years and no one has said anything that you have been doing it correctly.

Read my material I offer and make sure you are doing it that way
Not bragging but I do know what I am talking about. I can be wrong sometimes but not on the 11,14 or 70 or logging legal.

Thanks everyone for your support and I will try not to complain again .
But if your log auditors treat you like crap talk to me please .