My Qualcomm Sucks.

Brett's story does not reflect the entire of the country. The only reason his friend is employing such Aholes is because they are all from New York.

Good drivers are a bit easier to find in other states once you get away from the East and West Coasts.

Brett's story does not reflect the entire of the country. The only reason his friend is employing such Aholes is because they are all from New York.

It's hard to tell sometimes in a forum like this whether you are making an attempt at a joke, or you are really that prejudiced. But since I am from the South and New Yorkers have been known to drive me crazy, I just wanted to interject here that there is a world of difference in the people from the upstate or the rural areas of New York as compared to those folks who actually live and work in the different areas of the Big City. For the most part, I have been extremely impressed with the people of the upstate New York areas that I am frequently going through in my rig.

All trucking companies have the kinds of problems Brett was illustrating, some maybe more so than others. I work for Knight Transportation, which just recently received an award from the ATA for being one of the safest large carriers out there on the road, but we still get messages almost everyday about some bad preventable accident or roll-over that occurred in one of the company's trucks. When you have a lot of people out there on the road all the time, your exposure to the liabilities of the industry makes you very vulnerable.

Brett's story does not reflect the entire of the country. The only reason his friend is employing such Aholes is because they are all from New York.

Good drivers are a bit easier to find in other states once you get away from the East and West Coasts.

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I can tell you exactly where Brett's friend is coming from. Over the years I have owned a couple small companies that got to the stage of having 15 to 20 employees.... Let me tell you the problem isn't just in the trucking industry. After a while you develop a hard shell against whiners, naysayers, and general malcontents. My favorite one is.. "Why do I have to do this?" .. well.. as a man who never asked an employee to do anything I have never done myself my answer became.. "Who do you think did it before I hired you?" Now, see the secretary on your way out.

Many times if a job were difficult, dangerous, or overly dirty... I would just do it myself so I didn't have to listen to anyone whining.

I have a 2015 Freightliner,and currently using the Zonar. There's these things around the truck that you scan with the tablet,then you answer yes everything works or not. The trailers don't have these yet, so I'm doing a unverified inspection

If these doohickies make a lot of drivers quit then i am sure that there will plenty of companies that would not implement them and use that as a selling point to compete for labor, I dont think its anything to worry about.

Also, really interesting story Brett, makes me feel a little less anxious knowing the caliber of people I will be competing against for miles. Perhaps it would be a good subject for a thread, examples of what not to do.

This came across my Qualcomm this morning, which kind of seems to render this Big Brother gadgetry redundant and a bit of a moot point. FMCSA logbook regulation" title="screenshot of FMCSA logbook regulation"/>

Hmmmmmm..........interesting! The companies that make those devices must be throwin up right now....

Sarcasm deserves it's own font.

This came across my Qualcomm this morning, which kind of seems to render this Big Brother gadgetry redundant and a bit of a moot point.

What is going on with the easing of federal regulations I have been hearing about? The suspension of the 34 hour reset rules and now not having to type useless vehicle inspection reports everyday.

Everything government does is always expanding regulation and complications. They never retract any of these things. Something aint right.