Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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Throwing a move in there can complicate things. I agree with Daniel B, wait until you are settled in and moving on your own. You can get your HazMat later, and each state handles them differently. You will do fine. We would move out of Ca, but the wife has a state job and has less than 7 years to full retirement with benefits, which include fully paid medical. The prize at the end is worth the wait for us.
Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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CA is easy to take care of this. TSA and the State do everything electronically, you don't have to schedule time in a DMV Office to drop off the approval, or wait for TSA to send it. CA DMV actually expect you will not have your clearance when you test, if you look, TSA should not be trying to clear you unless you can present a Commercial License, or a valid Commercial Permit. If you test and have no TSA HME Clearance, the endorsement will be in DMV's System, but will not be valid until DMV receives the electronic clearance from TSA. Just as an FYI, California CLP's do not allow you to transport HAzMat, nor can you drive a tanker trailer with product, it has to be empty, and if it was used for HazMat Transport, the trailer must be purged and cleaned prior to you pulling it down the road.
I am assuming you are going to Prime, and if Prime is paying for your TWIC, and has you apply for your TWIC there, all the better for you, and will make this much easier. Once you get your TWIC Clearance (You can check it online), go to the TSA website and apply for your HME. If you have your TWIC you do not need to visit an office, you just pay the discounted fee when you apply and they will send the clearance electronically to CA for you, you will get a letter in the mail from TSA letting you know it was approved and sent to CA DMV. You can also check the status online.
Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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What are a truck driver's best defense against possible criminal acts against them while on duty?
I shouldn't, but I can't resist.
"Well, if the company has a rule against drivers' packin', I personally will NOT work for them. No way. No how. Not for $100,000/year even. "
You've eliminated 99.9% of potential employers then. Get your own truck and pack an AR if you feel like it.
"It is a sure sign my life means nothing to them. The corporate big-wigs are not going to get gunned down, sexually assaulted or beat to death in their sissy office."
If you comply with their rules, your life is just as valuable as any other employee's lives. You are no more or less special than anyone else. A little edgy, for sure, but not more important. If their office employees were getting killed and assaulted, they would change their location, security procedures, policies or all of the above. If their drivers were sent to notoriously dangerous location they would have equally responsive and responsible solutions for that as well.
"I live in pro-gun Idaho in the Wild Wild American West Where It is Best. I would definitely prefer regional or local since there is no CCW requirement for residents in this state. Ideally, I would like a position where I would not even have to leave state lines in the rig because of the gun permit issue. Driving in Kommie-fornia is absolutely OUT for me."
Sounds like you should be a repo man. Be sure to wear your cowboy hat.
"I thought most American truck drivers were mostly right wing and in favor of gun carry for their personal security anyway."
I would wager you are correct on both points here. At least the drivers that are born in Murica and speak English. Most of this same demographic, I would again wager, also likely strongly believes in personal property rights and that trucking companies, shippers and insurance providers don't want Yosemite Sam on their property or operating their equipment and have the overriding right to tell you to leave your pistol at home or seek other employment.
"And why are there so damn many random murders against truck drivers? Some were just doing their job with no sign of robbery attempt."
The fact is I could DIE or get KILLED!
The States have no say on the Second Amendment. The several States are all bound to the Constitution for the United States of America.
I figured the GOP would much better protect the 2nd A than the Democrats. I know darn well they have been.
The federal GOP lawmakers don't want to dictate to the states on non-Constitutional matters as welfare, food stamps, social services, health care and so forth.
The States have no right to make safe havens for illegal immigrants who are violating federal law also.
The GOP Platform is let the states decide, you should have read up on their platform. The Courts have also said the States can regulate it as long as it exceeds the Federal Requirement. Scalia was the one who stated, the 2nd Amendment does not give an individual the right to carry when and where they want, and is not what the 2nd Amendment was written for. Scalia also believed, just as the GOP does, the States have a right to regulate firearms. While the restriction may prevent ownership in some cases, it does not prohibit ownership.
Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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What are a truck driver's best defense against possible criminal acts against them while on duty?
I shouldn't, but I can't resist.
"Well, if the company has a rule against drivers' packin', I personally will NOT work for them. No way. No how. Not for $100,000/year even. "
You've eliminated 99.9% of potential employers then. Get your own truck and pack an AR if you feel like it.
"It is a sure sign my life means nothing to them. The corporate big-wigs are not going to get gunned down, sexually assaulted or beat to death in their sissy office."
If you comply with their rules, your life is just as valuable as any other employee's lives. You are no more or less special than anyone else. A little edgy, for sure, but not more important. If their office employees were getting killed and assaulted, they would change their location, security procedures, policies or all of the above. If their drivers were sent to notoriously dangerous location they would have equally responsive and responsible solutions for that as well.
"I live in pro-gun Idaho in the Wild Wild American West Where It is Best. I would definitely prefer regional or local since there is no CCW requirement for residents in this state. Ideally, I would like a position where I would not even have to leave state lines in the rig because of the gun permit issue. Driving in Kommie-fornia is absolutely OUT for me."
Sounds like you should be a repo man. Be sure to wear your cowboy hat.
"I thought most American truck drivers were mostly right wing and in favor of gun carry for their personal security anyway."
I would wager you are correct on both points here. At least the drivers that are born in Murica and speak English. Most of this same demographic, I would again wager, also likely strongly believes in personal property rights and that trucking companies, shippers and insurance providers don't want Yosemite Sam on their property or operating their equipment and have the overriding right to tell you to leave your pistol at home or seek other employment.
"And why are there so damn many random murders against truck drivers? Some were just doing their job with no sign of robbery attempt."
It is a shame when one hears of senseless on the job killings, regardless of occupation. I don't thimk you'll find any statistics that show there are a rash of trucking killings, despite your expert Googling. Truckers are much more likely to be killed by distracted driving, tired driving, aggressive driving or, perhaps in your case, hyperventilating.
The fact is I could DIE or get KILLED!
We could all die at any moment, if you live life being afraid, you will never truly live. Do you need a safe space?
Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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What are a truck driver's best defense against possible criminal acts against them while on duty?
Does the OP know how the 2nd Amendment came to be? For the record, I do own various firearms, so I am not anti-gun at all. I did not vote for Trump, but did not vote for Clinton either. Since you voted for Trump, you must support the idea the states decide what laws they want, or do not want, not the Federal Government, so I have no idea what voting for Trump has to do with carrying a firearm.
Here is a history lesson on the 2nd Amendment. I am not sure why schools no longer teach what the Amendments are, and how they came to be. I am just happy it has evolved and we no longer have slavery.
When our country was founded, the Founding Fathers had a huge problem with debt. We owed money to the British, as well as France. Our Country was so deep in debt we could not pay our military, and what military we had were going AWOL due to no pay, no food, and most had a family to feed. While our military was literally walking off the job, the country was about to default on our debt, and the French had started settling across the water in what is now Quebec City and Montreal, and the British had some outposts there also. Our Founding Fathers were afraid the French and British Armies would join forces, and upon our default on out debt, and lack of any military, would basically invade the country and take it as payment in full for the debt.
The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided if the people owned firearms, just as they did when the British ruled, they could draft them and form an Army to battle the French and the English should they invade. It had nothing to do with defending ourselves against a tyrannical government, it was said during the drafting, but was not the reason it is there.
On another note, from talking with drivers, not all are gun toting conservatives stereotypes, there is a mix and match of folks behind the wheel, from all walks of life.
Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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I am 55, soon to be 56. Them younguns have nothing on me
Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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It should be 1.4 miles, I hate when my keyboard forgets to type lol.
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According to the news this morning it is looking like the trucker may have known about it. Apparently the right lane was ending and the truck driver was flying down the right lane, and then onto the shoulder as the lane was ending and moved into the right lane hitting the car. Right after the accident 2 witnesses said the trucker flipped the bird out the window. The car was lodged under the truck for close to 4 miles, the rear tire on the trailer axle was not turning due to the car being lodged between it and the trailer. Witnesses said cars were honking to get the drivers attention, pointing back and the driver just smiled really big and kept going. It wasn't until one of the witnesses pulled in front of the truck, another one at the side boxing him in that he stopped. A CHP spokesman said they are now investigating it as a possible crime, not an accident.
Posted: 6 years, 11 months ago
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What are a truck driver's best defense against possible criminal acts against them while on duty?
Something I have not seen mentioned yet, if the LEO wants to search it bad enough, all they have to do is call your company and ask them for permission to search the truck. The truck is theirs, and they can give consent.