Prime Drivers

Most companies that are not self insured AND are training are just giving people experience AFTER they get their CDL. A few who do provide CDL training have very LOW compensation packages. In other words, those companies are the ones paying $0.21 per mile to new drivers. They can't afford to pay the insurance AND pay what Prime pays, which is $0.37/mile starting and a $0.05 boost if they take a lightweight truck.

Canada REQUIRES all CMV's to be limited to 65 MPH

Prime DOES provide fuel incentives that are pretty much a penny per tenth of a MPG over 7.5 or something (not sure exactly). Drive 2400 miles in a week and get just one tenth over the standard is a $24 raise. Get 5 tenths over and all of a sudden you are talking about over $100 raise! not bad for a weeks work. Many drivers push 3000 miles when they can.

 

Yeah, that's pretty obvious...

I'm very glad that my standards don't include anything like that comment.

 

And I'm glad mine don't include a prejudice against drivers for expressing a desire to run the maximum legal speed limit.

 

As long as you can handle it rookie. How often does your trailer encroach on the other lane, and can you manage not to fishtail across the fog line when changing lanes? BTW, I do the maximum legal speed limit when I need to...