About this episode
TRUCKING COMPANIES CHEATING ELD'S. There are plenty of trucking companies that are erasing driver logs in order to give the drivers fresh hours to run on. When interviewing drivers, we have been told several times that their company will reset their hours so that a load can be delivered and a fresh load can be picked up. Although a carrier may reset the logs and show on their end that driver is compliant. The main company that holds the driver logs has record of everything that goes on. This will prove to be a carriers downfall if a D.O.T. audit takes place on the log company itself. The log companies records will not match up with said carriers, resulting in huge fines. Ed Durr a trucker from New Jersey just became a law maker in the senate Edward Durr a 25 year truck driver, spent less than $200 on his campaign and beat a long standing senator. Durr beat Steve Sweeney the senate president and has become senator-elect. Now that the trucking industry has a voice in the senate, we are in hopes that someone will finally give truck drivers a break. Truck Driver Fired for refusing to run over on hours A Houston trucking company crane masters will have to pay the former driver $24,000 in total for back wages and interest. The surface transportation assistance act was created to protect truck drivers from being bullied into driving tired and over the regulated hours. You can read the full story here. Ruthann's joke of the day How does a cucumber become a pickle? Answer: They go thru a jarring experience! TalkCDL Trucking Podcast To follow us just go to www.talkcdl.com and click on the subscribe button. You can also follow us on our Facebook page. Twitter users can find us here. NCI hiring Purchase Drivers Newer Kenworth T680'sCarter Lumber Hiring Local Class A and Class B drivers east of the MississippiThe truckers secretary JJ Keller can keep any size fleet organized and up to dateHigh Schoolers now have Trucking ClassTrucking Advice An Interview with miss EugeniaTrucking Companies Not To Work For