You do have the right NOT to drive in harsh weather!

I didn't know that driver's abilities or circumstances. Why he would ask me is what confused me. I don't know anything about him. That's why I thought and we know there are those that are just afraid to drive. Not saying I'm any sort of expert, I have made my share of mistakes and was fortunate to not have suffered any consequences. Next winter I will be wiser.

But I can tell you there are a lot of guys that like to screw around and eat and fancy joints and go to gym whenever it suits them and just do whatever. I've talked to them. My attitude is do your pick ups and then go to your fancy steak restaurant and gym. During business hours you are working and we would maybe have appointment times closer together and we would all make more money if we finished earlier and were available for additional work if we wanted it. And if we didn't want it we could go somewhere and have our toenails painted or whatever.

 

again each person is different.
their stamina is different. depending on the rage The exchange.. you might be a super trucker well God bless your good for you there's days when I don't want to do anything at all after 30 years out here and I flat-out tell when I deliver wait till the next day I make $0.55 a mile I don't have to run that hard anymore.
but you have some people that could run right into the ground there's some people that just can't everybody's built differently.
you can say it all the examples you want..if they aren't worried about their paycheck if they're not complaining about their miles that's how they like to do things
just leave them alone.

 

you also know what/where the road under that snow.

 

Last Monday I drove over Donner Pass. I could see snow on the summit as I drove over the mountains, but I decided against chaining up and pushed through to get the job done. Besides, it was about 75 out and I didn't want to work up a sweat.

 

Everyone has to no thier own comfort limits. Then add in predicted weather, and adjust schedule "tentatively" No load is worth the hassle and aggravation (not to mention possible injury) of unsafe driving.
My company says hey if road is bad and you feel unsafe. Shut down and call in, with recipes they will reimburse hotel and meals up to $100 per day. But jack knife and YOUR FIRED.

 

I hear these people say it's all drivers and it is to a point. those chains are rated to go up to a certain speed after that you might as well be driving bald. People driving 60+ on a ramp for 20 mph umm even with best driver if that curve too much for that truck+ trailer it's gonna do what that force of the load wants to do and that's to flip over. We all know what we willing to and what we willing not to do. the smart ones know when to stop find safety.

Dumb ones keep going when there's a dispatcher saying it's okay just get it there. That dispatcher is drinking hot cocoa with flip flops possible in a robe at his or her house. You think come next day they hear you died they gonna admit they told you to drive. If you didn't get on Qualcomm, Peoplenet, Zonar or w/e it never happened.

Drivers your person steering that machine if you can't handle the conditions shut it down a few hours, or 10 idc it ain't worth what might happen. Best case if something happens is: you lose your job, Worst is you kill someone and you survive to lose your CDL permanently, get prison maybe even lose a limb can't walk or lose an arm or the creme del crim your paralyzed.

 

i was lucky at my last employer..either the customer called my boss, or the boss called the customer, and canceled work that night of any major weather, such as high winds (hurricane season) or snows

at any of my past employers, i'd call in and book off.

 

I have always said that more important than my own safety is the safety of other drivers on the road.

 

This, in a nutshell, defines what it means to be a professional driver.

 

Big difference between a state with unusually bad weather and a state having usual bad weather. Places with bad weather regularly usually are used to it and know how to handle it. Some US states don’t even salt their roads here so when there’s snow or ice you’re better off parking cause once that trailer decides to go somewhere else......