NEW ANTI COERSION LAW

This new regulation that came into effect in January of this year, is one of those that I call a fart in the wind.

The problem is that it has no teeth, the fact that a carrier or broker may loose their authority down the line, or that
some shipper may be fined down the line doesn't help now.

With no immediate relief, those people that put pressure on drivers to work outside of the regulations will continue to
to do so without really worrying to much about down the line.

Unless the powers to be figure out some way for immediate enforcement of this regulation it will be a big freaking joke.

The ELD mandate that was stalled because of the driver harassment issue will get through because the DOT will say that the new anti coercion regulation will take care the problem.

Perhaps require the state police/DOT to come out for enforcement immediately? I don't know, any thoughts?

I mean serious thoughts, not the call the Marshalls.

 

What everyone seems to missing is that the most common problem occurs at shippers and consignees in that after they hold up a truck and the drivers 14 hours are up, they demand that the driver leave the location, even if the driver tells them that they took so long that they ran him out of hours.

If the driver refuses, the customer in many cases have either called or threaten to call the local police. Drivers have been threatened to be arrested for trespassing if they fail to comply.

Now granted, you are not required to obey an unlawful order from the police, (they have no authority to over ride federal regulations, except in case of potential threat to persons or property) but that is a legal argument that is best not debated on the street, but in a court room.

So there you are stuck between the old rock and hard place once again with no immediate recourse.

This is why I say the current non coercion regulation is not only worthless, but also dangerous in that it leads to false sense of security in that regulators and the public thinks that a problem has been solved.