TMC publicly shaming its drivers.

I guess myself and guys with many more years of safe driving experience have been doing it wrong then...

 

As long as they are listing all screw ups and not cherry picking I don’t see anything wrong with it.
It’s not being posted on the web,YouTube etc.
It has at least one driver thinking about it. Maybe that will be one less claim.

 

We agree to disagree then.

 

i am undecided.

on the one hand, "outting" a driver by truck number and name is not the best way to handle problems. blurred truck numbers and deleting drivers names are the best way to handle this

on the second hand, by doing this public "shamming" may indeed embarrass the driver to do better.

the down side to the "second hand way", is truck abandonment or other "get even schemes" towards the company, maybe even the office staff... on a more personal level.

not cool TMC, not cool at all.

 

Scale on premises; get reworked. Not a big can of worms, just a statute in the little green book we all have.

 

The driver.

I have gone the opposite direction in order to get to a scale in order to avoid running across a weigh station with an unkown weight. If a driver gets popped between the shipper and the closest certified scale, then the company should pay. All else is the driver's responsibility.

There are times and circumstances that do necessitate public disciplining - child or adult. Peer pressure can exert tremendous influence over people's behavior - the loss of status is more effective than any other punishment, to a point. I have no problem with a parent spanking their child, I do have a problem with a parent beating their child. All things need to be taken in context and done in moderation.

A point you seem to be overlooking is that this is an attempt to create a conversation about safety. Talking about the circumstances and decisions that led up to the incident and better ways to handle it are important. By using real world scenarios it takes the discussion from academic boogy man to reality. When you hear about a guy YOU know who screwed up you start thinking "if it can happen to them it can happen to me". When the shear volume of accidents is made plain to see, it forces a person to take stock.