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claim jumper said:
I think this whole thread is a joke. A couple pics and all of a sudden we're driving for swift? Bitchin bout smoking in a truck, cameras in a truck, headsets while in a truck, team driver crossing fhe country without radio? Sounds like swift to me.
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Just some drivers having a conversation CJ. Can't pat eachother's backs all day long around here.
 
70301 said:
more trucks on the road = more accidents, plain and simple, both o.d. and swift. as far as the dashcams and headsets, i think they're "not allowed" only when something happens. try sending dashcam footage to safety after an incident, they'll view it as a distraction. same with the headsets. i was grilled about being being on the phone (which i was not) when a car spun out and hit my trailer. if i had been, would that be a violation of policy making me distracted and the accident preventable?
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Probably a termination if you were on the phone rather than a preventable! In those monthly safety meeting info sheets I get the jest that they dont want us on phones period while driving.
 
BillyLo said:
You guys notice every time we see a big pile up in the news lately, there's always 1 or 2 OD trucks tangled up in it? I feel we are getting more coverage than Swift the past 2 years.

I know some drivers get caught up in bad situations, but I also wonder if something has to do with all the drivers we've been hiring from school and the docks with our rapid growth also comes to play.
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I think the big thing is there are more and more of us out there on the roads nowadays. More trucks=more chances of getting caught in an accident when a big pileup in the weather occurs. And we don't know if all these accidents are our fault either.
 
BillyLo said:
Probably a termination if you were on the phone rather than a preventable! In those monthly safety meeting info sheets I get the jest that they dont want us on phones period while driving.
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If they don't want us on the phone period they need to put it out in the manual period. Otherwise, I don't have a problem talking on my hands-free device. That's not illegal last I checked.
 
Songremainsthesame said:
If they don't want us on the phone period they need to put it out in the manual period. Otherwise, I don't have a problem talking on my hands-free device. That's not illegal last I checked.
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You're right it's not illegal, but I recall on the monthly safety packets I believe it states they pretty much don't want us on the phone period while the truck is in operation. If you get into a big accident and admit you were on your phone even with your headset on, good luck on surviving corporate review.

A lot of big companies have a policy in place to not be on the phone period whether it's legal or not to cover their rear.
 
70301 said:
Does headset = phone?
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If you're talking to someone on your headset and wreck, good luck on surviving the safety review. I'd just rather not be on the phone period while operating a commercial vehicle. This is a place of business and to earn an income for my family, chatting about what driver did what can come after work.
 
BillyLo said:
If you're talking to someone on your headset and wreck, good luck on surviving the safety review. I'd just rather not be on the phone period while operating a commercial vehicle. This is a place of business and to earn an income for my family, chatting about what driver did what can come after work.
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Then I guess they don't need to know what I'm doing IF I have a major wreck. If I have a major wreck they're probably going to can me anyway... but I'm NOT telling them if I was on the phone or not. And they'll have to subpoena my phone records to find out.
 
Songremainsthesame said:
Then I guess they don't need to know what I'm doing IF I have a major wreck. If I have a major wreck they're probably going to can me anyway... but I'm NOT telling them if I was on the phone or not. And they'll have to subpoena my phone records to find out.
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Well if in ANY accident phone records will definitely have to be produced ... I once heard that at another major LTL carrier drivers had to sign a paper requiring them to produce phone records upon company request ...
 
theman101 said:
Well if in ANY accident phone records will definitely have to be produced ... I once heard that at another major LTL carrier drivers had to sign a paper requiring them to produce phone records upon company request ...
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I seem to recall hearing that somewhere too but not from OD. If subpoenaed they can have whatever they like, but not a moment before.
 
theman101 said:
Well if in ANY accident phone records will definitely have to be produced ... I once heard that at another major LTL carrier drivers had to sign a paper requiring them to produce phone records upon company request ...
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I do not recall a LTL company having that policy. But I did hear Walmart came out with that policy
 
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