Curious Question

For some time I have seen numerous drivers from several of the largest carriers wearing their safety vests while driving down the road as well as sitting in the truck while stopped and/or parked for a break.

Question is why??

I can see it while outside the truck for visibility, but while alone inside doesn’t make much sense from my perspective.

Maybe they are just lazy, or have many stops, and leave it on during their shift? Would be a PITA taking it off n on all day lol.....I hated those, only used it when I HAD to, otherwise, it was on the back of my seat (we rarely needed it) Target and most big box dist. centers required em, soon as I was done, it came off.

I rode with a driver trainer a while back who liked to wear his safety vest when he wore a dark colored shirt in the truck. His truck had black seat belts. So he wanted his seat belt to contrast with the vest so that DOT and Police officers can more easily see he is wearing his seat belt while rolling through weigh stations, etc.

Maybe they are just lazy, or have many stops, and leave it on during their shift? Would be a PITA taking it off n on all day lol

All of the above for me, Stevo. I leave mine on all day. When I go home for the weekend and walk from the truck to my home I have it on. When I walk from my home to my truck to start my week I have it on.

I also wear a spare key on a lanyard around my neck all day. The fewer things I have to remember to leave my truck with the better. I tend to be extremely absent-minded😉

Studies have shown that the habitual safety vest wearer is also likely to wear a mask while driving alone. Lol

For some time I have seen numerous drivers from several of the largest carriers wearing their safety vests while driving down the road as well as sitting in the truck while stopped and/or parked for a break.

Question is why??

I can see it while outside the truck for visibility, but while alone inside doesn’t make much sense from my perspective.

Idk I hate wearing one lol so I take it off in between stops but most of our drivers leave them on all day.

Mine always gets hung up on other clothes, and or twisted when putting it on, so if I know it's required, I'll leave it on.

However, I just bought a high vis yellow Carhartt hoodie.... So my reasoning may be unsound.

I rode with a driver trainer a while back who liked to wear his safety vest when he wore a dark colored shirt in the truck. His truck had black seat belts. So he wanted his seat belt to contrast with the vest so that DOT and Police officers can more easily see he is wearing his seat belt while rolling through weigh stations, etc.

I think RJ makes a valid point in regards to weigh stations. Somewhere recently i was told that the scale houses have cameras that show the drivers approaching the scale house. One thing they look for is the seatbelt, but also looking to see if the driver looks nervous. Having a safety vest on can’t hurt in this scenario. Others have pointed out that having a clean dashboard is a good sign to exhibit.

And I have noticed that safety color tee shirts are becoming more and more common on drivers. At many customers, a safety tee is an acceptable for a vest. Except maybe at night where they want the reflective part of the vest.

I will in-vest-agate further as time permits.

My batch of t-shirts for the week are all hi vis yellow. But I am still required to put on the vest at most "woke" fortune 500 company facilities. Even though the tee-shirt provides excellent visibility their management gets off on compliance and enforces the asinine policy of "no vest, no service".

It makes sense to have some form of hi vis on all the time when outside the truck IMO.