| Any Road Driver that has been on the
job for a decent length of time has been dispatched an illegal load or
two. Some Road Drivers do it on a weekly basis without concern of their
own welfare. Some Driver's refuse to run an illegal load. If the worst
scenario were to occur and the Road Driver were jailed for a criminal
offense, it's the Driver that is prosecuted, not his employer. It's
happened before and it will happen again. |
| Jim Larsen, a Yellow Transportation
Safety Supervisor recently reported the "MCMIS Carrier Profile for
YRCW Operating Companies". The purpose of the report was to
list out by company under the YRCW umbrella the top five violations of
each company. Yellow Transportation's top violation was listed as overweight loads.
This accounted for 19.96% of Yellow's violations during the period of
11/21/2006 and 11/20/2007. |
| The 19.96% may be a drop in the
bucket, however during the holiday travel and winter weather, more
accidents are subject to occur. One of the first things law
enforcement will do when investigating a fatality is to check for FMCSA
violations. If an incident occurred while you are going down the road with
an over weight load, resulting in harm to a family off to see Grandma, the Road
Driver is subject to being jailed. |
| So with that in mind, when confronted
with a testy dispatcher that refuses to scale a load, have them sign
this document. Here at Road Drivers Weekly News, we assure you
management won't sign the document. Perhaps however, the dispatcher
might think twice and have the load corrected. |
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