Let's agree to disagree. You and I will not see eye to eye on this.
BTW, a hazmat isn't required to drive for Swift and the likes.
they are like many other carriers, they "prefer" that a driver has it...
sooooo let me ask you this...
they got a hazmat load, and you're in that area, and NO other driver is with-in say 5 hours of getting to that hazmat load.
the load is what any company will deem.."hot and has to go now"..
only as a driver, one failed to obtain the hazmat endorsement....
what now....they lose a load all because some schmuck failed to get the endorsement when he could have done it in the very beginning..??
now, how pissed off will the company be..??
pissed off enough to make that driver sit for hours, if not DAYS, and he loses on a week's pay check..??
if one desires to "become" a "professional truck driver", then one must do all that is possible to secure his/her place at the top of the food chain....
other wise, move over for us more professional thinking and doing drivers.
or better yet, get a job at the post office, and let a real trucking company take over the loads that those drivers have no real desire to handle for the sake of being professionals.