Knight drivers, be veeerrrry careful when in the DFW area!

Happens everyday all around the country.
Broad daylight, people around, nobody gets involved any more.
PS, not sure of you status, ie compnay driver, l/o, o/o, but basically if you not a O/O that is the companies truck, they are liable for the freight, so one would think that if they have a safe place to secure the truck and trailer, and they dictate that is what they wish to do, well that is there policy, basically don't have much choice to deal with it or move on elsewhere. If you are a O/O, guess you leave the trailer where they say, do as you like.
I know where I work, we can't bobtail into town, trucks stay on the yard. But they do have a shuttle service to tot drivers around.

 

That's basically it...it's their sandbox and their rules. If they want you to park at the yard only, then taht's their choice to protect their equipment and freight.
Same as the yard in Forest Park.
To be honest, it surprises me that crime isn't worse than it is with the economy being what it is.

 

http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2009/dec/18/keep-trucking/
From a article in the Texas Tribune Dec 18 2009.
"Texas has the worst rates of cargo and heavy equipment theft ' thieves rolling away with anything from semi-trailer trucks full of electronics to a backhoe on a flatbed ' in the country. It also has the worst track record of recovering stolen heavy equipment. At 16 percent, its rate of recovery falls five percentage points below the national average."

 

I agree, You drive a company truck you play by there rules. But that doesn't make the rule any less stupid. And this one is. I've driven every where and parked in every city and never had any problems. Like most things in trucking it only takes a little bit of brains.

 

so, does that mean that they'll WANT me to deadhead all the way from north fort worth rather than park at the congested pilot off of i-35w?

 

Whatcha hauling driver ?????????







Be careful, you never know who's asking !!!!

Tell 'em Nunya !!!!!

 

These do not have to be inside with the driver.

Criminal types know where the things are shipped from. They are bright enough to read the company name and may even get the trailer number.

Not hard to track.

 

They did the same thing with the state of Georgia several years ago---truck stops were off limits as well as the rest areas for parking. There are cases like in Dalton, when waiting a day or so for a load, that one has to park at the Pilot. Cant park in the street (which are off limits to all Knight trucks, even if a legal industrial parking area!). And as all drivers know, you cant always drive right into the customers facility and wait (some places wont let you in til there is room even if 1/2 hr b4 appmt time), and so ALL Knight drivers will have to violate the "No Street Parking' rule much of the time! The ONLY problem is if your rig gets hit (even if the offender is written up by a cop and HAS insurance), then the Knight driver will still get fired for violating that totally stupid rule, which all divers must violate at one time or another (and all other co. truckers do on a regular basis) in delivering freight.....

And so within the whole state of GA as well as DFW area, how do drivers not leave their trucks to: use restrooms, scale loads, buy food even if eating inside their truck, etc.

Knight, who is often totally unrealistic, couldnt care less....