Warning and OOS, should I change jobs?

I usually keep to myself but.......Maybe you should. Just saying. We were all new once. I want to say a lot more......

 

nah

 

excuse me, but i did help him, i told him it was on him (after he said he had 1 year experience) to make sure paperwork is in order, and to do a walk around as often as he can when he stops.

i also told him that some companies (local) may not even check his stats.

after 6 months, one should KNOW what to do, let alone 1 year.

 

And you have been a great student. I've enjoyed teaching you.

 

correct, anything can happen at anytime while driving, like a nail in the tire.

but since many times we pull different trailers, one should check the trailers registration, and DOT inspection found in the covered container either in front of the trailer, or under it usually by the crank handle area.

if you pull the same trailer like i did, then checking and taking note of the important documents is noted and jotted down in your personal note pad.(at least this is what i did)

 

If only I retained more of what you taught me!

 

I would like to thank you for coming here and asking about the violations you received.

I would also like to thank you for enduring the textual tumult that followed. You seem to be making an effort that so many other newer drivers are not.

There isn't a driver on this forum who doesn't appreciate the efforts of any new driver, or a seasoned old hand, to keep learning and keep being safe.

 

Let me just say this before this too gets cancelled. I feel Buddys frustration, as yes, we were"brow beaten", and by golly, we learned a stern lesson from it.Today its unacceptable, and old timers like us are bamboozled, how people get into this profession that shouldn't be, and why our whole system is such a mess, compensating for these sub par drivers. Again, we've passed the point of no return, and drivers like this will be, if not already, the norm. Heck, my 1st boss told me, my brakes were a bit out of adjustment on that last service, are you overdriving the unit? Right in front of all the other drivers,,so you can bet, to avoid that embarrassment again, I watched my braking( or learned to adjust them myself)
Again, the poster may have been upset I mentioned a foreign country, but my point was, trucking differs around the world, with specific demands, and just because they drove a "lorry" on t'other side of the world,, doesn't mean they can handle 80,000 pounds in a Dallas ice storm. Rookies have an almost insurmountable task, rookies from another country, TWICE the anguish, and will think nothing of doing "something else" if trucking fails. THAT is America, my friends. We, never thought that way, and did trucking as a lifetime endeavor, pride mostly and why 75% of "rookies", of all nationalities, fail in the 1st year. With all the craziness that we see here, you can't possibly think we have the same caliber of drivers as say, 30 years ago., and sadly this is why.
Besides, if they can't take a little "textual" gruff, I doubt they'd make it anyway. Surely not from mine and Buddys time.

 

You may not know, but I came from 'the other side of the world' and drove a 'lorry' - and have never had an accident in 20 years here.

Rest assured, I'm now a naturalized citizen, all legal and that good stuff, and have helped a few natural born American drivers achieve their goals along the way. And I call myself an American now, and this is my home. I even done learned some of the local lingo and customs real good like.

@201 - I appreciate you have a lot of experience, and knowledge to pass on, but you kinda raised my eyebrows and stuck your foot in your mouth with the assumption the OP was an immigrant, and 'Bolivia'. It's almost the same as somebody thinking Buddyd157 is a young woman in a bikini based on his avatar picture.

Heck - for all I know , he is.