Why CSA 2010 and E-Logs are a good thing.

I've posted this before but it seems apropos, a friend working for FFE was asked to make a run, he said he didn't have the hours and was told, "you make the run, we'll take care of the hours"...

 

You take everything typed in this forum as gospel ?
But I agree EOBR's aren't any better .

 

If you run legal, there isn't a difference.

You can sugar coat it all you want. There's no excuse to run illegal. There's no excuse to jeopardize the lives of other motorists on the road because you selfishly want to make a couple extra dollars.

 

There will always be drivers willing to run illegal and there will always be companies willing to hire them.
If this economic downturn has shown us anything, it's how easy you can shut down one company and open another.
Besides, the majority of drivers out there are O/O, L/O or run for one of them...one or two person operations. There is just no competent way to monitor them.
The enforcement operation of the DOT is there to raise money. Safety is just a byproduct.
It's easier to elicit money from larger operations than ma and pa companies.
And before someone flames me...I run legal, follow the rules and train my students to be legal.
But what is...IS!

 

For me it is not about making a couple extra dollars. it is about making it back home which during some our runs it would not be possible as you would run out of driving hours about 45-60 minutes from home especially with a governed truck.

 

So just because some don't need a black box or the government telling us when we are tired and need to sleep we are dangerous and running around killing families?? Just because you can screw around in truckstops with your load of toilet paper doesn't mean eveyone can.. Like I said in my previous post do you need your ### wiped too?? Keep burying your head in the sand and following the sheep in the heard, your just another follower doing what everyone else tells you...

 

Yeah well, I get paid to safely haul freight from point A to point B. If that means following what others tell me, then what's the problem? They are the ones paying me. They are the ones who have the powers to suspend my CDL removing my driving privileges. Not you.

Quit being selfish. The EOBR enforcement policies can't be forced on a select few. They have to be forced on everyone. If you run legal, then what's your problem? What are you scared of? You no longer have the choice to lie on your logs. Is that your problem? Then cry me a river.

 

There is a line 5 for a reason, and this is it. But, line 5 can't be used if you're laden. You shouldn't be leaving your truck if it's laden anyway. That's abandonment. If you need to be home more often, get a local job.

 

I can't wait until the rates start reflecting this. It's nice to have paid for equipment and a clean driving record.

 

You're cute.