Just Curious, what happens to drivers if they are placed out of service?

It's one thing to try to run legal but using common sense goes a long way too. If you are out of hours find a reasonable place to park for crying out loud. Not in downtown rush hour, lol.

 

when i got placed out of sevice for log book not being caught up on the day company gave me a warning but i do know of 1 driver that got fired when he was put oos for falsified logs

 

The last outfit that I worked for the policy was pretty simple. If you got put out of service on your way home you got a warning. I you got shut down but could still make on time p/u or delivery you got a suspension. If you blew the p/u or delivery you got axed. It didn't matter if it was for equipment because their stand was that it should have been caught on a pre-trip inspection.

 

We don't have any offficial policy on the matter. i'm sure if it happened frequently you probably wouldn't be working for the company for very long.

 

Doesn't happen very often at our company. The last 2 that I know of were pretty nit picky ( both were intermittent tail light issues, only 1 light ) and were both in MN I believe. It depends what its for,

1st offense: Meeting with safety MGR
2nd: Written warning
3rd: Pack your bags

As I said though they are considerate of the reasoning behind such as the 2 stated above would not result in step 2 or 3. Falsifying logs on the other hand is anything up to termination for 1st offense.

 

Thats really cool of the OP to come on here and see some of the different views from the drivers perspective. Im prettry sure that not a lot of cops would take time out of theire day to do something like this.

 

I know if I ran a trucking company, mechanics as well as drivers would be held liable for OOS from an equipment failure.

If it was something nitpicky (like a taillight that shook loose), I don't think I'd punish anyone for it. But if it was something serious that should've been caught on an annual inspection, the mechanic that did the inspection would have to explain to me why he didn't catch it.

 

Their handbook requires that we do our job, and we'll get paid
Nothing else.
If we had a mechanical issue, they sent a mechanic to fix the problem. I don't recall any of our drivers being shutdown for logbook problems.

 

That's why I have respect for you and other LEOs who use a little sense...