Swift has driver arrested.

I know a guy who got a DUI for riding a bicycle drunk...
This ding dong ran right into a sheriff car...
The sad part was that he lost his Class B CDL...
And even sadder he didn't even have a car 'cause it was stolen 2 days prior to this...

 

From the penthouse to the
outhouse?
When it rains
it pours.
And a bad time to be on a bicycle,
after pouring one too many.

 

good for swift that is the law and these are the drivers who kill ppl. cant follow the rules u should be a truck driver

 

LOL i just had to point this out to you

 

Easy. Alcohol test as soon as he had hours. He wold have failed obviously unless he was really lucky or on his 34.

 

Wow. 17 pages on this topic in 8 days, no activity for 4 months, and then it is dredged back up, all over a "no brain-er".

This driver should not have been in the sleeper consuming that quantity of beer. I'm not a tea totaling tight wad, nor do I condone drinking in the truck. However I can see a driver having one beer, before going to sleep.

I'm betting that the driver whom is the subject of this topic, was called in by a Swift "safety contractor". Otherwise, Swift Corporate would never have called out the police, not on an "unconfirmed" alligation. Companies don't do it, due to liability issues.

Yes, the employer does have liability, if they call out the police on an "unconfirmed" alligation, and the police find that the "complaint" was an invalid one. If an unidentified caller had called this in, I would bet that "Swift" management's first reaction, would be to get which-ever safety contractor was working that particular area, out there to confirm the allegation. Once confirmed, they would then call out the Police, to get the driver out of the truck.

It's hard to believe that a driver was dumb enough to drink that quantity of beer, with the curtains open for the world to see.

I worked in the safety department of a major "private fleet" company in the 80's, for 7 years. The scenario I described, was exactly how the company handled "alligations" against drivers, whether it was booze or drugs. Before the police were involved, we confirmed the facts. This kept us from being sued by those drivers, for falsely accusing them of anything. I do not see Swift or any other major carrier, acting any differently today.

 

I have to agree with you on this Gorgeous George, I had a guy come in and he had drank so much the night before you could still smell the strong odor of alcohol coming from him, had to send him home in a cab so he would not be drinking and driving on his way home to sleep of the rest of his partying. THEN when he came back to work the next day we had a talk!!!

When someone reports this information to a company it has to check it out or they could be in the deepest pile they have seen.

Policy is policy for a reason not just because it screws with people.

 

Howdy Gorgeous G.
Welcome to the forums.

YuP!
You're correct, --- 17 pages, then quiet until a week ago.
But that's not uncommon 'round here.
Whereas this subject may have been hashed over and hashed out
in 8 days four months ago by those who responded,
I think it's a subject that wouldn't hurt anyone who hasn't read it yet
to review.

I think, many times, new readers may not invest the time to read the
entire thread when the threads are long,
and instead, jump in at the top.
I'm glad someone did bump it though.
Otherwise you might not have responded with your excellent post.

Thanx.

.~~~ *2009* ~~~.
*(Just tryin' to get a head-start on writin' the new year's name, in numbers.)

 

I received a 12 month suspension before just for being in my truck and having beer in my system. They were doing random inspections early in the morning and got busted. I could understand if I was driving but just being parked get a BAC .04 on my record. We live in these trucks while other jobs people get to go home, so we don't deserve a beer when we are parked? Mine was on a Saturday morning and had all weekend to drive about 400 miles. I had no plans on driving until much later and the 1st time I had any beers in two weeks. To claim he doesn't have common sense is unfair and you will probably say the same about me but maybe you lack common sense. To tell someone that lives in a rig nonstop they are stupid for having a few beers, not driving or planning to, is unfair. We are human and just because we already sacrifice everything to be out on the road doesn't mean we are no longer human.

 

How long should an officer assume a driver is gonna STAY parked?

What we "deserve" is not the question.

How would an officer know that?

Lookin' back on it all now,
Would it possibly have been better if you had waited
ANOTHER two weeks ---- or until you got home?

What do you think?

MayBE!

Well, ..... actually, ----
They're not so much tellin' us what to do, ----
More like ORDERING what we can & can't do.
By law.
As for how "stupid" it was for you to have done what'cha did, .......
only YoU know that answer.
The rest will have to guess.
I reckon.

Work to have the laws changed.
And good luck.
As it stands right now, the law IS the law.
And you broke the law.
And got caught.

Truckin' isn't forced upon anyone.
NopE!
Y'all have to make a choice.
If y'all pick truckin' ----
Be aware, there are rules and regulations that MUST be followed.
or y'all have broken the/some law(s).

Question might be ----
WhY put'cher career at risk,
just for a beer?

You may 'deserve" it.
But'cha take the chance of gittin'
what'cha "deserve" for DOIN' it, ----
In the eyes of the LaW.

Russian Roulette, ........ anyone?