I'd bet he was shown the door for taking the truck home, not for shutting it down, other drivers have been terminated for it, One was let go at our place a few years ago even though he was pulling empties would park the truck at a truck stop at the enroute suburb he lived in and go home.
Wasn’t that Ernest T. Bass? Billo’s cousin.
Before tracking technology I knew a driver who would straight faced deny stuff like that and tell them to prove it ,he always won ,,,,, until company spy bought a round at the lunch joint and driver fell for it
Exactly,Both times I ran out of hours I knew several hours before I would not have the time..I called ahead several times to give my terminal a heads up and what exit I would meet them at..Never ran out completely..Always had a couple minutes to spare when I logged out and someone was there waiting on me.Never had to wait..Again,called communication..
Good old Rex! My skin crawled when it was his week and I had to call in to central. Rex wasn't a very nice person to deal with. It was much better when Gary was working. Night and day difference between the two. I miss hearing Gary say "buh bye" in that southern accent when you got off the phone. When the call ended with Rex you didn't know it was over then all of a sudden you'd hear the dial tone.
Rex was a real friendly bastard I take it?
Rex could be a prickly guy to deal with, but he was competent and had your back when you needed him to have it. Gary is still on the Northwest board alternate weeks.
I never had a single positive experience with Rex.
And they all are totally different when you meet them in person
As a friendly as a rattlesnake
Well having never met him I can't speak to that but I know I'm the same person on the phone or in person.
They never did..Drivers will get wrote up
Absolutely correct! Just remember that if you elect to use a questionable DOT rule to do them a favor, you are assuming all the risk in the event that you are involved in an accident after you should have parked, even if it wasn't your fault. The attorneys will successfully argue you shouldn't have been there for their client to hit you if you had been following the law. And a provably absurd adverse weather excuse will quickly be thrown out of court, and quite possibly prejudice the jury against you. And the dispatcher that said go for it won't know your name... Adverse weather means weather conditions encountered enroute that were unknown to you before departure. PERIOD! FULL STOP! It does not mean traffic delays, enroute terminal delays, breakdowns, etc. You can't leave in a snowstorm and use that extra hour of driving. If you chose to do stupid things you will eventually win stupid prizes, and the financial ruin you face will destroy you AND your family. The law isn't your enemy, it is there to protect you from criminal and civil litigation and the horrific personal costs involved in the event of an accident, and as a professional driver you need to always remember that.
