A Chicago-area truck crash that killed four has led to local attention to federal hours-of-service rules, the mandatory electronic logs proposal, and federal efforts to address coercion of drivers to break the law.
Trending on Twitter this week is a compelling news video by a local station that follows up on the horrific truck crash with a story of trucker coercion.
CBS2 in Chicago, in a segment that is relatively un-sensationalized compared to a lot of TV news articles about trucking, talks about the issue of truck drivers being forced to run over hours and with unsafe trucks by unscrupulous trucking companies.
It paints a picture of truck drivers as mostly responsible and conscientious, being pushed by a few bad-apple trucking operations. It focused on one in particular, Illinois-based Brave Lines Inc., talking to two former drivers who said they got fed up with the situation and quit.
I looked up Brave Lines' CSA scores. This 20-truck carrier with a CSA score in the HOS BASIC of 96.80. That means its hours of service compliance is worse than about 97% of the other carriers in its group. Its unsafe driving and vehicle maintenance scores aren't too hot, either. I hope this segment prompts officials to do a full compliance audit on this company. Watch the video on the CBS2 website.
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