TMC Transportation, Inc. - Des Moines, Ia.

No thanks. I'm quite content with being a trucker, and helping others along the way to understanding the industry a bit more.

First of all, I'm not about to debate with YOU, my understanding of how the ISS-D scoring system works. I understand it just fine, and due to my many years involved with research on trucking companies, I equally understand how it can be used as a tool to get a glimpse into what is going on behind the scenes of a company.

I use it in the EXACT way that the FMCSA uses it, in order to decide when a carrier needs to be scrutinized for their lack of attention to safety issues, with a twist or two thrown in because it is statistically proven to be applicable in just about every case.

Your assertions are extremely defensive in nature, and an example of the kind of crap that every truck driver out here deals with all the time. It's always the driver's fault. Isn't it?

And just so you know, whatever record that TMC held previously in it's past is of no consequence. I'm talking present tense. I'm referring to the issues that apply to anyone seeking to sign on with that company today.

The thing that company needs that it doesn't have, are electronic on-board recorders. They keep everyone in line. I've got mine.

Try again. I've never applied to that company for a job, and the reason for that is because that company has never met MY standards as a viable place for me to hang my hat. It takes alot more than a pretty truck and empty promises to arouse my interest.

I think that if you will look back, I haven't repeated one thing offered by someone else. What I have offered is FACTUAL in nature, and the statements can be confirmed quite easily. Any opinion I have offered is verifiable as well. Ask me. I'll prove it.

All you're retorting with is a pathetic attack attempt on my credibility, and I'll put mine up against yours any day of the week.

Again, I remind you that the compliance rating is a joke, and it always has been. Very few motor carriers have had it lowered, even while they are under the gun and have serious issues on the table. It takes three failed compliance reviews to even begin to have it lowered to "conditional".

You're using the Jerry Moyes defense. He quoted that same line in an article, when Swift was under fire for safety issues. I laughed until it hurt when I read it.

The ISS-D score tells the REAL story, and each category of deficiency is broken down to allow one to see what the problem is. Logs are now a secondary concern, because the out-of-service stats for 395.1 issues at TMC have fallen in line to just under the average. So they aren't being caught like they were, but the other problems remain that keep that ISS-D score high.

But let's move on to address your other claim:

On 5/08/06, TMC settled with the FMCSA enforcement action taken on 49 counts for falsification of logs found in an audit. The fine paid came to $20,090.00.

Just a little over a week ago, TMC was audited again. On March 7, 2006, another count of log falsification was discovered. That doesn't sound like "passed with flying colors" to me.

Now...the drivers who filled out those logs wrote every entry in them. You can fault them for that. The reasons that the drivers falsified those logs could be many, including all of the scenarios discussed in this thread, BUT the company should have caught each and every one of those logs before a field agent found them. He used the same documentation to find them that TMC should have used to catch them.

Okay...but I think that TMC needs to hire a few more people or replace the ones they have, because while they may have been forced to start taking things a little more seriously, the FMCSA is going to be a thorn in their side for a while longer.

No...I think you would. The company I work for has EOBR's in every truck and an ISS-D score of 21. The FMCSA knows that the company I work for takes safety issues seriously. They'll pass on Wiseway, so that they can devote a little more time to working with TMC on their issues, as it should be.

Who's holding a hatchet? I'm offering facts on TMC that people need to know, in order to make an informed decision when they are choosing whether or not TMC is an option that they want to consider.

I'm still in the dark as to what your goal is, but whatever it may include, you're attempting it on dishonest terms, and that is something that people need to be aware of as well.

 

I challenge anyone to disprove a thing I have written.

While I could post my credentials to satisfy your curiosity, it isn't really part of the issue at hand, is it? And you're words are typical. If you can't attack the message, then go after the messenger.

Sir, you're asking to play in my playground. You don't get to make the rules.

Well..we wouldn't want that, now would we?

I look forward to any attempt on your part to debunk a thing I have offered in regard to TMC.