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The following comes from this FMCSA document: "Both CSMS and DSMS assess an individual entity’s performance by BASIC and Crash Indicators calculated from information collected during on-road safety inspections and state-reported CMV crash records. These data are recorded in the Motor Carrier...

I was tired when I asked about the percentage of the gross. This morning it came to me that the offer is first made at the contracted percentage of the gross. Sweeteners that follow on subsequent offers come out of the carrier's percentage. I remembered loads that Diane and I have done where...

My understanding is different about the completion of a DOT inspection form and CSA points. Are you saying that if a trooper pulls you over and cites you for say a speeding violation of 5 mph over the posted limit but does not complete a DOT inspection form, the violation carries no CSA points...

You answered your own question, did you not? They offer loads first at the lower rate because there are drivers who either understand little or care little about making a profit and will take the low paying loads for any number of reasons (including the lack of patience you so well describe)...

A noteworthy achievement indeed!

The Pollock piece is informative, as many of the CSA articles are. It also lacks what many of the CSA articles lack; namely, reporting on how CSA 2010 has been delayed, amended, delayed more and amended more, with no sign of that cycle abating anytime soon. The industry power brokers have...

Diane and I are not newbies now but were when we left our white-collar professions to become rookie expediters. We did not get into trucking because we had to. We got in because we wanted to. I have been self-employed most of my adult life. Diane was a Minnesota state employee with a salary...

I am certain they have. After all, they are drivers too.

Do you think that people who post complaints here have not already tried talking to our contractor coordinators and driver council members?

Custom rigs are worth every penny you pay for them, if you believe they are worth every penny you pay. They are not worth a cent if you don't care about the safety enhancements, quality of life features and creature comforts custom rigs can provide. Personalizing a truck a bit at a time vs. all...

Understand that I am not angry about these loads. I have learned long ago to decline them without concern. I'm just curious about how it makes sense for our carrier to send them out like this. It seems really strange to me that an immediate pick up, exclusive use load is even considered by our...

We have all seen the complaints here about the large number of low-paying loads being offered out to trucks, with most people claiming they turn them down. I want to step a bit behind the offers and ask, where do they come from and why are they offered? Diane and I are laid over at home today...

I would be interested to hear more about the industry 360 degree turnaround you mentioned. Diane and I have been in the business since 2003. You have been out of it since then. We have seen changes, as I am sure you did when you were in the business. Your prespective would be unique with the gap...

I know nothing of angelfly or the issues angelfly mentions but since Wingnut's name came up and the thread has been allowed to stand, this seems to me as good of a time as any to share something about Wingnut that I have come to understand. Over the last several months I have heard things said...

In the present state of things, it is true what you say. We can have pristine records, sparkling equipment and glowing customer service reports, while the sloppiest slob in the junkiest truck in the fleet gets paid the same and has access to the same load opportunities we do (presuming the same...

The 50,000 number is unchanged from year-ago levels. Story here

As the story pointed out, the reverse stock split was done to keep the company shares from being dropped by a major stock exchange (NASDAQ). A reverse stock split does nothing to increase the value of the stock a shareholder holds. Say a stock is selling for $0.10 a share and you own 1,000...

The call of the road knows no financial bounds. People with money and without have a hard time staying home when the itch to lay down some miles begins.

It's spelled out in the contract that a positive test is grounds for termination. A driver's mistake of not putting one's self out of service, and then getting drunk at say a wedding reception, and then getting called in for a random screening, would leave the driver with little hope beyond the...

The courier was not from the place you mentioned, so the driver in question is not you.