Redracer3136
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Has nothing to do with safety. As I stated, if one is not “properly rested” then take another 24 to get properly rested and return tomorrow night to try again...simple. Using the “not properly rested” argument because someone doesn’t want to work nights is a cop out IMO and perhaps they need to seek other employment. In LTL, if you’re at the bottom of your job class board, nights is certainly a possibility and it’s a definite for road so it’s the driver’s responsibility to get rested.We see now, in vivid print, why safety is NOT the highest concern for many. Exactly why safety often takes a back seat, from a cultural standpoint. Well stated, but wrong none the less.
Be well rested and ready at all times, day or night. The better rested you are for one scenario, the less rested you'll be for the other. Great expectations. Again, anyone will likely be good for the trip out, but the return flight might kill you. Or worse, someone else.
And the icing on the cake? When someone does voice their concern, on this or any other unsafe practice, they are told to "suck it up buttercup". The typical response, ridicule and shame. No wonder most don't say a word.
The FMCSA recommends a 10-15 min “power nap” when fatigue is present and I’ve never known our company to ever reprimand any driver for stopping to take a nap(s). Sorry, it’s not a safety issue when there are steps in place to prevent it from becoming a safety issue.
No, the cake is the issue, the icing is when someone is asked to do something the rest of us has already done and they want to complain and look for sympathy from us because they simply don’t want to do it. We didn’t want to do it either but we sucked it up and got the job done...SAFELY...perhaps buttercup should do the same or take a bid next time.