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Schneiders new safety policy is causing me trouble

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Chi Town Steers, Apr 15, 2025.

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Yeah disregard that nonsense. A safety person at Schneider who has never driven a truck in their life doesn’t make up traffic laws. Do what’s safe and legal and use common sense.

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Huh….so was that you on the Jersey turnpike at 4am this morning?
Asking for a friend….

7speed, Apr 16, 2025

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there were mega drivers telling me the company told them to hang in the middle lane 15 yrs ago.

some thing like. 'be the stone in the river and let the traffic flow around you", or some such nonsense

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This must be one of them that’s complying with that new rule… This was on I 10 between Eloy and Tucson.. had to go around Them on the right

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drvrtech77 said: ↑

This must be one of them that’s complying with that new rule… This was on I 10 between Eloy and Tucson.. had to go around Them on the right

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Good lord.. the speed limit is 75 thru there too..

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This must be one of them that’s complying with that new rule… This was on I 10 between Eloy and Tucson.. had to go around Them on the right

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Its all the time now. I think these dopey schools teach that. Dumb #### trainers teach it. And dumb #### company policy recommends it..... what a joke... you see a truck coming, move the f over

Born2win, Apr 17, 2025

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I think Knight takes the cake with their “Passing Side / Suicide” on the trailer. Passed one on the right and he yelled at me on the CB (shocked that a Knight driver would use a CB) He said “Can’t you read those signs on my trailer? You’re not supposed to pass on the right!” I said “You’re not supposed to be camping out in the middle lane, but here we are.”

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Its all the time now. I think these dopey schools teach that. Dumb #### trainers teach it. And dumb #### company policy recommends it..... what a joke... you see a truck coming, move the f over
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It's probably an accountant. Stating sni has more accidents in the right lane than any other. So let's go middle lane.

77fib77, Apr 17, 2025

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After seeing the screen shot, I believe this is a reuse of an old video. Either way it's part of Schneider's "Guide to Changing Lanes", which you can find in your Highway to Success book, page 212.

It's not 'policy', per se. It's more of a best practice. The section starts with "It is impossible to address every situation a driver will need to decide about changing lanes. However, through the application of a "Safety First and Always" mindset and the following guiding principles, drivers will be able to make correct lane change choices."

If any Safety Critter starts giving you the business about running in lane 2, quote the above. Followed by "I'm the driver making the safest, most legal choices I can in the situations I'm facing. A s Captain of My Ship, I am heeding point 1 which says "it's better to adjust speed than make extra lane changes". If you'd like to penalize me in any form or manner, please put it in writing and give me a copy". They will never do that. But this will also never become a sticking point, because no Safety Critter is going to make it an issue.

More largely, the idea is to avoid unnecessary lane changes. IE, you make a safe change from lane 1 to lane 2 to allow heavy merge traffic. Once traffic clears, it may not make sense to move back to lane 1 right away if there is another merge point coming up. Say you're traveling south/east bound on I-94 just south of the WI border. You move over at Grand Avenue to allow traffic to merge. In a mile you have the exit for IL 21 (no on ramp), then in a half mile the exit and entrance for IL 120. I'm probably not going to try and move back until I'm past Highway 120. Depending on how heavy traffic is, not until past Buckley Road. The reasoning is by the time I move back into lane 1, I'm likely to need to hop back out, and hopping back and forth is going to screw up traffic for everyone and increase your chances of being involved in an incident.

Or you're reading the signs for a major interchange and you notice traffic starting to stack up in lane 1. Then it's a good idea to move to lane 2 until you're past the interchange.

It does not mean running in lane 2 from Oshkosh to Green Bay. In the first two scenarios, it is likely that you'll be able to keep pace with traffic. Running I-41 in WI, you won't be.

My rule of thumb - if you're keeping up with traffic, run where you want to run. The moment traffic starts to out pace you - get to the right hand lane.
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Well I took this advice and used it yesterday and guess what? Didn’t get honked at once. Caused zero accidents. Drove safely, was patient, and courteous. Used the middle lane sparingly. Even passed a couple trucks using the middle lane. You better believe whenever I pass a truck I’m yelling out YOU JUST GOT PASSED UP BY SCHNEIDER! Doing my full 65 MPH over here! And by the way I don’t think I’ve ever been honked at before except my very first day driving OTR with my trainer and I didn’t even really deserve that one.

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7speed said: ↑

I think Knight takes the cake with their “Passing Side / Suicide” on the trailer. Passed one on the right and he yelled at me on the CB (shocked that a Knight driver would use a CB) He said “Can’t you read those signs on my trailer? You’re not supposed to pass on the right!” I said “You’re not supposed to be camping out in the middle lane, but here we are.”
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Sounds like he’s been driving for a total of about 14 minutes.

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