Just gonna add my 2cents (per mile) . . . I agree with RedGator (spent a year in Shreveport once), GuyJax & Brett. What the trainer did was not all that extreme (though kind of foolish given today's technology) and certain analogous to having more than one log book. Running "hard" in this case wasn't necessarily the same as running dangerous, was it? I can't say for sure but that is my instinct . . . I have a rule I have followed all of my working life: unless something someone else does is directly dangerous to others - not necessarily to themselves - I would never jeopardize another persons employment. I have been fired twice in the last five years and both times because someone took it upon themselves to carry tails. Both times it was bogus tails but I'm not sure either of those people knew it was bogus information - which would make them the worst kind of liars, almost evil - but they felt it was their place to pass on "information" and it resulted in my unemployment. They had no idea of my situation, who was depending on me for sustenance, or what the ripple effect might be - and they didn't care. I never want to be that person. Like I said, unless I was damned sure another person was a serious threat to someone else's well being, like GuyJax says, it's gonna work itself out usually. Luckily I never have seen the situation where I had to act.
Stephen E. Birch
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Just gonna add my 2cents (per mile) . . . I agree with RedGator (spent a year in Shreveport once), GuyJax & Brett. What the trainer did was not all that extreme (though kind of foolish given today's technology) and certain analogous to having more than one log book. Running "hard" in this case wasn't necessarily the same as running dangerous, was it? I can't say for sure but that is my instinct . . . I have a rule I have followed all of my working life: unless something someone else does is directly dangerous to others - not necessarily to themselves - I would never jeopardize another persons employment. I have been fired twice in the last five years and both times because someone took it upon themselves to carry tails. Both times it was bogus tails but I'm not sure either of those people knew it was bogus information - which would make them the worst kind of liars, almost evil - but they felt it was their place to pass on "information" and it resulted in my unemployment. They had no idea of my situation, who was depending on me for sustenance, or what the ripple effect might be - and they didn't care. I never want to be that person. Like I said, unless I was damned sure another person was a serious threat to someone else's well being, like GuyJax says, it's gonna work itself out usually. Luckily I never have seen the situation where I had to act.
Stephen E. Birch
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.