Too bad friends cannot ride along with you in company truck

Some places I believe allow you take a ride along but you may have to pay for the extra insurance for them. With taking friends on the road some people get around friends and get a little reckless just to show off.

 

You have a good point and I'm sure it would work but with a friend in the truck I can see making good time could be an issue.
In mu country it is an insurance issue.
An example is a driver who with out the knowledge or permission of the company took his wife along with him.
They were involved in an accident and this driver sued the company because his wife was injured.
Many trucks here have signs on the passenger door stating no unauthorized passengers.
It is also in most employment contracts.

When we move cranes less than 500 miles we are often asked to take the crane operator along with his crane.
Is is quite an mission with indemnities and insurance because we need original signatures etc.
Some of the hire company's think we are being difficult.

 

we have enough rookies on the road already.

 

That would probably kill that raise you were asking about in your other post

 

Federal regulations (392.60) require carrier authorization for any non-employee passengers. Even if you own the truck, you have to seek authorization from the motor carrier for any passenger you wish to bring with you. The carrier likely has policies in place to determine who can or cannot ride in the truck, usually requiring some form of relation to the driver because of liability concerns....but each carrier is different, and some are more lenient in their policies than others.

 

I assume most companies have a rider policy you pay on monthly and they issue a rider permission statement to be in the truck also; children (only those who are related I believe) if at a certain age (some state 10 and above during the summer only, etc).

Some places you deliver to like Dow Chemical and some railroad yards, Michelin in AL will not let the rider in, they will have to stay in the offices while the truck is being loaded; this may mean also waiting outside in the heat at railroad yards also.

Yes it would be a help having that other person helping; but I would be careful in case they got hurt. There are a lot of things they can also do like help with the mapping (locating the roads you are to be on, if you have a laminated map the route can be drawn on the map with a washable marker which makes it easier to keep track of where you are going and need to be), writing info down about the load to have on had to enter into the qualcomm when needed. It is great to have a 2nd along when you stop for fuel too, they can run through the food line while you are filling.

 

Swift let me take my wife along. Also have seen kids at terminals this summer who were riding with their parents.

 

Depends on the company. Mine lets you take anyone over 10. However you are limited to 10 days a month you can have a rider with you.

 

I guess you forgot you were a rookie 13 years ago.