I made a Choice to come to Schneider

Roughly 40% of the Green Bay division's 200 odd annual accidents are caused by drivers with more than one year experience.

Ignoring the fuel savings and just focusing on accidents - were I CEO (one day Loftgren will show up and find a pirate flag flying outside the CBC and my name on his door) I would gladly suffer the accidents of new drivers to the DOT reportable accidents caused by excessive speed. Slow maneuvering accidents costs are $500-$2000 per. Rolling a truck with no other vehicles involved you're looking at a costs north of $200,000. Rear end accident $50K minimum. If cutting speed to 60 eliminates one rear end and one rollover accident you've covered the cost of hiring 35 new drivers and paying for their first accident with enough left over to buy some fried cheese curds and a peanut butter burger.

If truck speed where the major driving force in our company's turnover rate I would agree with the math of continuing the revolving door. Rough math shows 20% of my guys who pass SQT don't make the 6 month mark - most quit because they (or their family) can't handle life on the road, they feel jerked around somehow, or they aren't making any money because we didn't train them well enough. The last reason isn't sarcasm - we don't teach new guys how to trip plan effectively and give them enough opportunities to practice in real world situations so they do dumb things which leads to lower service, increased costs, increased accidents, and increased turnover.

As an aside - for some reason I keep trying to type the letter "u" into words which don't contain it.

 

That's what I want to hear.

 

Mind blown If you ever create a company that pays/treats better than Wal-Mart, please give me a call. I enjoy driving for people that are intelligent.

 

Don't know the numbers for SNI but statistically New Drivers have fewer accidents than more experienced drivers. The new drivers are more careful. They tend to drive slower and less aggressive. The more experienced drivers become more complacent and let their guard down and become SUPER TRUCKERS!!!!

 

I second and third that experienced drivers have more accidents. Its over confidence and complacency.

Look at all the "drivers" out there that are unsafe and aggressive while yelling over the radio at the "rookie" who is actually operating their equipment correctly.

 

Funny thing is, supper trucker sounds to much like stupid trucker,

You are right though, it's usually the drivers with 12 months or more that have a higher risk of an accident then the newbs.

 

Well, who would want to work for a company where the pay is so low that the maximum you can make here as a company driver is what other starter companies pay to new drivers with no experience? Once you start talking to other drivers from other companies you realize you were lied to about how Schneider has the best pay in the industry for new drivers and the best cdl training program out there. I would want to run screaming from a company who's hiring practices are bate and switch and lying.

 

Well it must be working seeing how many million miler company drivers there are

 

That is so true. But some people are just as happy to make $26k while some of us wouldn't settle for anything less then $50k. Everyone has there own internal thermostat when it comes to making money. We make to little we freak out, we make to much we freak out, it's when we are in that comfort zone that we think we are worth that we feel safe and comfortable. That's why people are comfortable being a million miler making 34 cpm. I don't judge them because that's what they are comfortable with and only they can make the decision for there life.

 

you do know that .34 is close to the starting rate here , yes?