With the new CSA laws.

true in the micro sense,but when you look at the fleet as a whole and look at the companys csa score and they have certain terrible stats like maintenance,log book violations etc..

its the company its the company its the company!

at alot of smaller to medium size companies you are assigned a load and you do it (or else), they try to match your hours to loads,but when it doesnt fit you make it fit, and some do it better than others. but to the extent that the company does that as a polciy,it reflects in their csa score.

if your company wont fix most anything unless youre at terminal, and they dont care,move it or quit...it shows in the csa score! i know youll say just quit,but recruiting standards are very strict w/ how many people are looking for jobs, its likely they dont qualify for a better company, which is why theyre there.

near bankrupt or bankrupt company? its going to show in csa score one way or another!

 

And thats the companys fault YOU drove a POS? Its the companys fault YOU logged illegally or got caught trying to go over. Its the companys fault your dumb enough to work for a company that requires you to drive a POS, and Break the HOS Law's.....


I bet its the companys fault when you get a speeding ticket for 62mph in a 55mph construction zone too huh?




American Trucker

 

Maintenance and log book violations are on both. The driver for not reporting things, or continuing to drive when something is wrong that needs to be taken care of . . . they'll make you get it fixed at the scale house. It's on the company for not getting it fixed if it is reported. The company my hubby drives for is a small one, and anything that needs to get fixed on his truck gets fixed, whether he is at the yard or not. If it's going to fail an inspection, it gets fixed on the spot. If it's not something that will fail an inspection, then they have him take it to one of the places they have accounts with.

If the company doesn't crack down on log book violations, then it's on their heads, but that's still the driver's fault.

Companies do have the opportunity to correct their issues as well, within a certain amount of time. If they don't get them corrected, then they get shut down. The large majority of companies will get their issues corrected since they want to stay in business.

 

lol. thats funny coming from you the hos bit.

what i added in edit is that its likely they dont qualify for a better company,school of hard knocks. im attending that school.

the management,planners, dispatcher and maintenance all play a role in not only YOUR csa score, but in the COMPANY's csa score, not just the driver.

 

funny coming from me?

Your company does not effect your score, period! YOU DO! If your not doing a proper pre-trip/post trip, and REFUSEING to drive a truck/trailer that isnt legal, thats on you. Yea your company should be held responsible for fixing that sheet. And they will be once YOU choose to drive/pull it and get caught and THEN they get the points and a little motivation to fix sheet.

Same with the HOS, if you cant do a run legally or at least make it look legal why take the load? if they say take it or quit....QUIT!


At the end of the day its your responsibility, and you are going to be the one that is going to pay for it if you choose not to be responsible....






American Trucker

 

But you also play a role in the company's CSA score.

 

Said the man living in the plastic bubble.

Before I go any further. Please answer me one question. I haven't followed your "entire" journey with trucking. So I really lack the information to make a good smart ### comment.

The question....

What prompted you to start driving a truck ?

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plastic bubble? You guys really need to be more spacific!

I've always wanted to drive trucks since i was little. I got my CDL right after i turned 18, didnt waste anytime.

If your asking because i was a machanic first, I chose tech school over regular high school because i'd rather be learning something more usefull then Algebra or french. I stopped working on aircraft/cars when i moved south and found out Machanics down here dont get paid much more then minimum wage, and i didnt want to move back north just to make more money as well as spend more to live there.


I'm not in trucking as a last resort, or because i had nothing else to do, or didnt have any other skill/trade/certifactions.





American Trucker

 

there is a large difference between the truck being a pos and it just needing a repair that wont pass inspection and they wont do it until they get you to terminal.

this has happend to me more times than i can remember,some of these defects that werent fixed until terminal include: cracked window, completely bad alternator, multiple bad batteries, ac,heat,blower fan, air compressor, air leak.

not all of those are violations,but if its an expensive repair and you arent at a terminal there are -alot- of companies that will refuse in one way or another to do it until youre at a terminal.

 

Never happen . Money talks . The BFI's will be around forever .