Name My Trucking Company!

[mndriver]

Being in a consortium like ooida or something like that, you are pooled with a bunch of o/o.

My particular pool has over 160 owner operator's. Post accidents have gotten me more times in 5 years.

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Truck washes will fade the paint even more so. Especially if you acid wash it.

My last job heck same company but when I was driving truck before moving into the plant...

They did some goofy wash crap on windshield...

Instead of paying attention they left it out in the sun all day when it was 90 degrees...

Any direct sunshine was like middle of the night and High Beams at ya ...

couldnt barely see ...

They ended up replacing the entire glass because I refused to continue driving it

 

[mndriver]

Not having enrollment in a drug program is one of the only items that will get you shut down on an audit.

Print this manual out. Learn it, love it, live by it. Set up your office by it and the audit will be a breeze.

A Motor Carrier's Guide to Improving Highway Safety

Compare the ETA manual to this from JJ Keller and you'll see they are basically the same.

I'll only charger you $100 for the link BTW.


FMCSA Compliance Manual

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Compare the ETA manual to this from JJ Keller and you'll see they are basically the same.

I'll only charger you $100 for the link BTW.


FMCSA Compliance Manual

I got my credit card # handy

 

[Rigjockey]

I got my credit card # handy

Okay Post the numbers real slow and the expiration date.

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Okay Post the numbers real slow and the expiration date.

I shall do one even better...

Gonna upload and paste my own signature as well...

 

[Rigjockey]

I shall do one even better...

Gonna upload and paste my own signature as well...

Outstanding!

 

[Blood]

382.301
CMCI (OOIDA's drug consortium) is correct. There are exemptions for pre-employment drug test but you must provide documentation.

Obviously, there is no exemption for being in a drug testing program that complies with the regulations.

 

[mndriver]

For it to be considered "valid", the proof they are looking for that you've belonged to one in the past 30 days is a passed result.

I had to show paperwork not only for a drug program, but also a completed test. From either the current or previous group.

Also remember. Some of these requirements now are not from a "driver's" point of view.


You are now looking at it from the view of a motor carrier. And often, things take on an entirely different perspective.

 

[Blood]

For it to be considered "valid", the proof they are looking for that you've belonged to one in the past 30 days is a passed result.

I had to show paperwork not only for a drug program, but also a completed test. From either the current or previous group.

Also remember. Some of these requirements now are not from a "driver's" point of view.


You are now looking at it from the view of a motor carrier. And often, things take on an entirely different perspective.

Yeah,
I didn't have documentation when I had my new entrant audit...
But the auditor was pretty laid-back and let it slide.

He even did vehicle inspection and gave me a cvsa sticker after I repaired a taillight...
But that was 15 years ago.
I wouldn't count on catching many breaks in the current climate.

 

[Mike]

Not having enrollment in a drug program is one of the only items that will get you shut down on an audit.

That has been done

 

[Rodger]

For it to be considered "valid", the proof they are looking for that you've belonged to one in the past 30 days is a passed result.

I had to show paperwork not only for a drug program, but also a completed test. From either the current or previous group.

Also remember. Some of these requirements now are not from a "driver's" point of view.


You are now looking at it from the view of a motor carrier. And often, things take on an entirely different perspective.

It must depend on the officer that you get for your audit. The officer in charge of my audit would not even look at my paperwork from my past employer for my drug testing he said because I started a new company I had to have a pre-employment drug test. He did not fine me but warned me that when he came back the next time, if he did that I had better have a pre-employment drug test.

 

[Mike]

Got the DOT/MC numbers. 3-5 days turned into 2 days. Waiting on the protest period now.

 

[Duck]

Got the DOT/MC numbers. 3-5 days turned into 2 days. Waiting on the protest period now.

Protest period?

 

[Mike]

Protest period?

yep. The filing becomed public record, and there is a 10 day protest period before the authority can go active.

The minute it went public, I immediately began receiving phone calls and emails from solicitors.

 

[Duck]

yep. The filing becomed public record, and there is a 10 day protest period before the authority can go active.

Maybe you shouldn't have mentioned that on here...

The minute it went public, I immediately began receiving phone calls and emails from solicitors.

 

[Getfit Tommy]

So....

no drugs then?

Dangit

 

[Getfit Tommy]

@mndriver

Sometimes you say the coolest shit....

"And often, things take on an entirely different perspective."

 

[mndriver]

@mndriver

Sometimes you say the coolest ****....

"And often, things take on an entirely different perspective."

Something I have to remind myself often. My view frequently isn't as a driver, but as a motor carrier. Totally different perspectives.

 

[ironpony]

The minute it went public, I immediately began receiving phone calls and emails from solicitors.

That won't stop anytime soon.

...the FMCSA requires you to have blivit training per regulation. You may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, yada, yada, yada.



It never ends...