Forgot to mention 90%+ of accidents involving trucks are caused by 4 wheelers. They should be teaching how to drive with trucks on tge road during licence class. People just dont get it out here.It's mind blowing what cars do to us out here.
There are some drivers that has no common sense, but 4 Wheeler's cut us off, jumps in front and slams the breaks on a daily basis but no body wants to bring that up only makes us look bad. 4 Wheeler's are the killers on the road
m 18 I agree. My grandparents were truck drivers, and they had idiots pull out in front of them, one vehicle had a toddler loose in the car. Fortunately they didn’t hurt anyone. But yeah, why make the truckers look bad when these four wheelers act like they have no sense?
you did a good job driver. I have been out here over 25 years. Today there are hundreds of ways for us to loose our jobs. We are at the mercy of dispatchers who are sitting right beside the safety department. But neither of them are behind the wheel. Thank you for showing that we alone are in control of the truck.
Can't always blame the truck driver!! More then half the time is the people in the cars not giving enough room or letting trucks pass or they pass the truck to pull in front to only slow down!! *People need to learn how respect the truck drivers* Because I'm sure more then half those "accidents they talked about where preventable.
I’ve been bullied by dispatchers before so I told them that they were recorded and if I were to continue that their way of life would be in jeopardize if I were to continue and crash.. So they backed off.
Go watch Abes channel. He is full of sh!t. The way trucking works is that if you start to get sleepy, dont start a new run. You go to sleep at the same time ever night. So does Gabe not know when that hour is coming? Once you commit to a run, it's yours. Dont start the run if you can't finish it. You need to be the judge of that. Trucking is a business like any other. The dispatcher didn't have time for the bs. It's like when you sign a contract. You dont just sign it then quit, otherwise it will be held against you. Simple and plain
“ You go to sleep at the same time ever night.” DUMBASS the dispatcher ordered Abe to sleep in the middle of the DAY. Not night. Pay attention to the dsmn video .
It's happen all the time they would be in the left lane and cut off trucks right to the exit.. here is a good example pass Saturday night a car stops in the road on a 75mph speed limit and I changed Lane 2 time and he slammed on the brakes for me to hit him. How about that??
so true Abe got his 15 minutes of fame thats all he wanted and then commends ABC for the botch job they did unbelievable, not once did he mention he repowered the load after having 20 hours off and then claiming he was fatigued lmfao he should of slept instead of playing on his phone, but he wouldnt say that because then all these people on here commending him and saying how wrong it was for them to be mad at him probably wouldnt be doing so!! I can understand why the company was mad the dude had 20 hours off and says he cant drive 400 miles cause he is fatigued which is ridiculous and now they have to pay another drive to come deliver the load on top of having to pay the original driver and Abe too and now they are going to loose money on the load because they one have to pay three drivers for that single load and two the load is going to be late!! This is 100% Abe's fault he should of slept in that 20 hours he had off and if he was to tired which he had no reason to be but if he was then he should have told them he couldnt take the load instead he did the opposite and then wants to make the rest of us safe drivers that know how to manage are time now be painted with a broad brush and be made out to look like a bunch of unsafe unprofessional and dangerous drivers, all i can say is shame on him!! If he really wanted to do this for the drivers then he would have said the real problems like over regulation that causes us to run and race to beat the clock and us being underpaid and that we are making half of what the drivers made three decades ago cause are pay hasnt kept up with inflation and costs of living, and that 90% of semi vs car accidents are caused by the car not the semi!!
@dcigs #1 fan stfu. All you know is what you see on TV. Your common sense is the same level as a squirrel crossing the street. Go find out the true story of abes debauchery. Just say if someone called out of work and then the manager called you and asked if you could cover the shift and you agree. Who is now responsible for that shift? I'll wait...
So, what's going I be done about it? I was fired after 16 years due to a few late deliveries. I was just too tired to drive. Of course they found. Different reason to make it look good. Not one ticket on my MVR and no write ups.....ever.
If you're talking about now, probably nothing. In America, we always have the balance of money. To make a change, you need to build a body count. And that body count is the only thing that gets anyone to do anything. In Europe and Asia, it's all about, efficiency, reliability and safety, but, here in America, despite us being the richest and most powerful country in the world, we're all about that $$$$$.
As a former over the road driver he is correct. Some of these companies do relentlessly pressure their drivers to get the load delivered at any cost. And dispatchers also fail to understand the human body clock. Drivers stay up all day waiting to get unloaded or reloaded and then are supposed to drive all night (especially if you have a Fed X or an Amazon or an automotive parts load) I believe Amazon doesn't care who gets killed, they only care about their load getting there.
This makes me beyond angry. A tired trucker falling asleep at the wheel is why my mother is no longer alive, but he is... on top of that he never had any legal consequences for killing my mother. That was 26 years ago, are people really that blind on this topic to think that this is not a "normal" behavior for truckers? I would have been satisfied if my mothers killer had been charged for her death, but I guess it's too late now. I just pray that other family do not have to go through loosing someone because of a person/company's greed & negligence.
I don't think the trucker alone is responsible for your mother's death. Disasters don't just happen. They're a chain of critical events. If any link didn't happen, your mom would still be alive. I think the reason your mother died is something much bigger: And it has to do with politics and profitability. In the early years, America was the leader of infrastructure. However, during the 1950's and 60's, we fell behind the times. Deregulation was also a crucial factor. With no government support, companies will do anything to save a dime. That trucker might've been wrong to step into that truck. Absolutely. But he was probably under pressure to get paid to provide for his family. Truckers are paid by the mile. If they don't run, they don't get paid. With the minimum wage of $7.50 an hour, truckers need every penny if they want to afford food and clothes. In other countries, such as Europe and Asia, this is hardly a problem, as safety is a top priority, and the minimum wage is higher. So, the combination of pressure from the company, low wages and fatigue, that accident happened. The way the government looks at your mothers death is just another person. The way I look at it is your mother was another victim of a society where money is put ahead of safety. I'm sorry for your loss, and I think it's time that the government spent more money on safety. Are we going to spend money now, or spend lives later?
@@AutismTakesOn he fell asleep. Period. Save all that for someone else. My comment is from 6 years ago. I'm not interested in reliving it during this time, so please respect that.
@@OrangeCat614 I do respect that. What I don't respect is anyone blaming ONE person for an accident. NEVER is only ONE person responsible for accident. I do, however, respect that you don't want to relive that moment, and the fact that you are angry that your mother got killed. I just wanted to emphasize the fact that, while it's easy to blame just one person for a deadly accident, it's NEVER just one person at fault. I know you're upset, but please understand that pointing blame at one person is not going to help. I'm more interested in preventing these types of accidents from happening again, so your mother would not have died for nothing, but died to prevent multiple others from suffering a similar fate. I'm sorry that I made you uncomfortable, I just need you to understand that.
@@OrangeCat614 Okay... But how do you know he wasn't forced to work extra hours? How do you know he wasn't trying to make more money for his family? You're focusing on only WHAT happened. You're forgetting the two other parts: WHY it happened, and What can be done to prevent a reoccurrence. That driver wouldn't have worked himself to sleep for no good reason. I know, and the video has stated clearly, that truck drivers are being pressured to keep to time. So what if that truck driver was put into jail? What would that solve? It wouldn't solve the problem of truck drivers working under pressure from their superiors. If that truck driver could've taken a nap without putting anyone in danger, I believe he would have.
So, if the authorities are so God damned concerned about "safety', then why are fines not being written to DISPATCHERS ????? That's right, start ticketing the dispatcher(s). Make them EQUALLY accountable via $ 500- $ 600 "safety violations" !!!!
This guy just got off of a 20 hours break he played video games instead of sleeping then says he is fatigued and cant deliver the load that is what happened you can watch his video and see that he just wanted his 15 minutes of fame and im sorry but if you cant do a 400 mile run after having 20 hours off then you shouldnt be a truck driver period most guys run 700 to 800 miles a day with a 10 hours break in between days that is the norm! This is not a representation of truckers and is really a disgrace to the hard working safe truckers out there, the real problem is the over regulation that makes us have to race the clock daily to be able to make enough money to feed are families and pay the bills that is why truckers have to speed and have to run tired sometimes is because of over regulation and if we dont are families dont eat that week cause we have no paycheck so please do research before you agree with crap like this that is fake and not a true representation of whats truly going on!!
I am Abe Attallah, and I would like to thank ABC news and 20/20 for doing this story! Hopefully exposing this type of treatment in the mainstream media is the first step into changing the industry.
Is it true that you had just come off of a 10 hour break when you decided that you couldn't make the load because of fatigue. .....I am asking because some of your fellow drivers have made comments about this and I wanted to hear it from you
RunHard GetPaid why did you call your company? why was that load repowered? why couldn't you take a 20 minute nap and continue on your 7 hour run? how many weeks have you been driving? let me guess, you thought trucking was going to be a nice easy job? did you actually believe the recruiting poster? the problem in trucking isn't the companies anymore, it's you green horn first generation crybabies that can't even drive 8 hours without getting sleepy. I think it's hilarious that you have your channel named run hard get paid. it should be run hardly then cry about it.
For those that don't realize yes the trucking industry has some bad drivers but don't forget about the average car driver too can be at fault I have seen both police as well as citizens use there cell phones with out hands free devices as well as cut us truck drivers off within inches of our front bumpers then slam on the breaks expecting us to stop on a dime when in reality it takes us over three foot ball fields in wet weather and two foot ball fields in dry going highway speed think about that one car drivers or better yet at traffic lights when you see that space in between my truck don't cut in front of the trucks it just might save your life that space is the stopping space for that truck to safely stop remember semi trucks haul loads up to 80,000 pounds legally and that takes distance to stop safely with out people cutting off truck drivers
That Abe Attallah has always been a sorry excuse for a truck driver. I've seen his videos before. One instance comes to mind when he drove for K&B out of Iowa. He recorded what I considered to be an elongated conversation with his dispatcher. He told the dispatcher he was too tired to complete the trip on time. Yes, the dispatcher attempted to push him on going. He gave more time than I would have to that dispatcher. Just tell them no, hang up, and go to bed.
K&B did the same thing to me. Had me split breaking all week. By the end I was exhausted. Called them and told them I couldn't stay awake and the same dispatchers bitched me out. I quit right after that and went to a company that was not forced dispatch. They want to control where you stop, how long you stop for, and when. If you aren't up when they think you should be up even if its 0300 in the am, they will have other drivers bang on ur door. They even called the cops one time and said they hadn't heard from me in hrs to do a wellness check. Must had only been asleep a few hrs. Then I was told in bad weather if I needed to chain up over a mountain to get the ld there on time that I better do it. Worst company there is!!!
I work for KB and I’ll say they’re usually fair. The most they do is have me take an 8 hr break if it’s tight but I’ve never been told I couldn’t take a cat nap if time permitted.
No company cares about ur safety trucking is like the dope game it all revolves around a dollar ...Electronics logs are not the solution it doesnt know when ur tired sick etc.
Ok drivers wages are not enough for the sacrifices we make. Secondly, it should me mandatory for all drivers to do the smiths system, whether they drive a truck or car, if safety is what we really want . They should be adequate pay for drivers who drive a truck. It’s not an easy job. Finally, they are too much regulations killing the small owner operators and not enough compensation. Jamaica 🇯🇲
Abe just to let you know once again...I have had similar 10hrs. Breaks back to back and still throws my sleep off. Even to being a few times in driving tired. Just stick to your guns and tell the A hole "NO!" its your CYA score as well as your life or the one you may kill. Its better driving drunk than tired. Never do either. Get the rest you need and FTW. (Freak the world). Lights out goin horizonal. Im out.
You're allowing this guy to b a lazy piece of sh!t. Fact is, he was responsible for that run. If he didn't sleep well, he shouldn't have taken the run. That's how you stick to your guns. Don't do the job if you haven't the common sense to deal with it
@@792bnz Yeah, but first, you might not feel tired, and second, they might threaten you if you don't do the run, whether you're fit to drive or not. In America, we always have the balance of money. We live in a society that's reliant on tombstone technology. What you do is you build a body count. And when enough bodies pile up, then, and only then, do people spend the money to fix the problem. In Europe and Asia, it's all about efficiency, reliability, and safety, but here in America, despite being the richest and most powerful country in the world, we're all about the $$$.
I have been driving for eight years. No load is worth my life or the lives of other. I have told my dispatch to go f themselves on many occasions for being too fatigued to drive. I have been threatened several times by dispatch but don't let their threats force you to do anything if you are a driver.
I was coming home from work this truck driver fell sleep hit the back left corner panel on my car i started skidding towards a wall on the highway i stop inches from tbe wall.. The guy ask me not to report this that he fell a sleep he said he will pay me for the damage for the car so i took the cash i didn't want the guy to get fired from his job.
Part of the problem is that some drivers get paid by the mile. When you get paid by the mile you need to go as far as you can as fast as possible to make money as a company driver. I did that for a little over a year and that was enough. I get paid by the hour now and easily make more than double each week. Getting paid by the hour I don't have to kill myself to make stops(w/out milking it) Safely. For the most part truck drivers are more safe than "four wheelers", and cause fewer accidents. Many of us drive hundreds of miles a day without incident.
If they put time limits on truck drivers they should do the same thing with owner operator cars half the time it is the Cars full of the crash cutting the truck off hitting their brakes etc etc
IT STILL SHOCKING TO ME.! THAT ALL THIS FOCUS ON THE DRIVERS...! When I know the Company that put $$$ Money in the Pockets of the NATIONAL TRUCKING ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS TO CHANGE THE HOURS OF SERVICE. & CALL IT SAFETY..! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. the Freight Co. Owner in a meeting before this was passed said that he could haul the Same Amount of Freight with 1/3 of his peaple. If this passed. & Fired all of the DOCK Workers soon as it Did...! They then made the Road Drives & City Drivers Do the Dock Work. ! You can't run a man out of hours now. How do you say OK we have a Safety Problem & our Drivers can drive 10 hrs & they are falling asleep & killing ppl. SO HOW WE GOING TO MAKE IT SAFER!!! LET THEM DRIVE 11 HRS. WHAT.... REALLY... ! & THET HAD 40 WEEKEND ! CUT THAT TO 34 HRS..!!! WHY CAN'T ANYONE SEE THIS....! I was Trucker 31 yrs 1980 to 2011 ! WAKE UP & LOOK AT THIS... ! NOT DRIVERS FAULT. CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO STOP & SLEEP EITHER. WHEN WE GET SLEEPY WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO...!!!
Kmb is one of those that I have heard from different drivers that have work for them that they will put time on your clock to get the load there whether you're tired or not they don't care about the driver they care about making money
Its about time a real problem gets brought up not this stupid ass botch job for Abe's 15 minutes of fame!! Dude has 20 hours off and then says im to fatigued to drive 400 miles lmfao dude shouldnt be driving if he cant drive 400 miles after having 20 hours off and then he drags all of us safe professional drivers who know how to sleep and manage are time and not play video games when we know we have a load to do through the mud!! This was 100% Abe's fault no doubt about it and i would be pissed to if a driver who had 20 hours off and drives for two hours then calls and says im to fatigued to keep going like wtf its not the companies job to baby sit you and make sure you sleep when you are on a break and now they have to pay the original driver before the repower and have to pay abe and the other driver who took it after abe couldnt and its going to be late so the company is loosing money!! If he cant be smart enough o sleep then tell the company you cant take it dont tell them i got this and then call two hours later and say i cant make it and now they have to scramble and waste money to send another driver out to get it from you and deliver it!!! He should of been fired!
Also know one talked about the shippers and receivers. They don't care. Are you late you pay a fine and with some companys even if your urly you pay a fine. DOT set one time they are going to do something about it but never did. Same we show up a the receiver ore shipper and tell them I have 4 hours left. You bump the dock 3 hours later. After another 3 hours your loaded. They tell you get of the property but the law ses no parking on the street and I am out of hours. They say we don't care. We will call the cops and even they will say move.
I drove truck in the eighties , and I basically didn't sleep much for two years . two logs , and lots of coffee , and off into the darkness u go . I was making more money than guys make now , crazy this industry is horrible , and I would recommend anyone not drive a truck , unless it's local .
Since you seem to be behind times, there already IS a law! We have to take a 10 hour break, after 11 hours of driving. We have to take at least a 30 minute break within 8 hours, after we start our 10 hour driving period! The trucking industry is the most regulated!!!!! The 10 hour break is supposed to be used for sleeping!!! Do you want to dictate that spy cameras be used next, to make sure the drivers are sleeping?
1shawnee100 Firstly, not a truck driver. A professor. Secondly, thanks for educating me on truck driving, didn't know. Just like I don't expect you to know or have read any thing that has words on a page.
It would take too long to explain logbook rules, but in addition to the hours previously mentioned, there is a 14 hour on duty clock that starts when a driver starts his shift. For example, if a driver has to wait 7 hours to unload & reload, then that cuts 4 hours off of the 11 he can drive before he has to take the 10 hour break. Plus he cannot drive more than 70 hours in 8 days. Not all, but most bigger companies are on electronic logs, which prevents a driver from cheating. A company or dispatcher CANNOT force a driver to go over his available time! It's not unusual to wait 4 or 5 hours or longer, to load or unload. your right, I wouldn't claim to know everything in your field of expertise.
Does anyone know the results of the accident with the Wal Mart truck? Were there any lawsuits filed or any arrests? If so, what was the result of those lawsuits? Any update would be appreciated.
ABC news only covers half of the story. Other drives causes 90% of the crashes. It takes over 300 ft to stop a fully loaded truck and the 4 wheelers dont care.
4:33. PEOPLE NEED TO GET OFF PHONES. QUIT CUTTING IN FRONT OF ANY VEHICLE, BREAK CHECKING ITS FUCKING RETARDED UNLESS U WANNA DIE. ELD AND BROKERS ARE ALSO INSTIGATING THE PROBLEM SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT HAVE ANY BUSINESS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF CAR
been driving 11 years 5 have been with mega carriers and private fleets the other 6 were with my own rig if I don’t feel safe driving because I’m fatigued I send the dispatch or broker a txt with the time I stopped and my location and my phone is off until my 10 hours are up
My first truck driving job, Had the the same vp that k&b transportation has had for 25 years Direct Transit This Sioux City-area based trucking company was cruising along registering good growth rates each year until it had grown to a carrier that generated about $140 million in 1995. It was then that DTI agreed to be purchased by Schneider, who later backed out of the deal after not being able to come to final closing terms in December of 1996. Swift Transportation then stepped in and agreed to purchase DTI, but a list of issues including foreclosure, bankruptcy, and tax evasion charges brought all deals to a halt. Charles G. Peterson, who was in the process of selling DTI, pleaded guilty to income tax evasion, admitting to pocketing excess money from truck and trailer leases. The plea agreement was on one of the three counts of tax evasion he was charged with in April 1997. Mr. Peterson's plea said between 1989 and 1990 he diverted at least $750,000 from the leases, evading taxes of between $200,000 and $350,000 Mike Ratkiewicz Executive Vice President Direct Transit, Inc. Jan 1986 - Jan 1997 11 yrs 1 mo Manage Federal Safety Compliance missions, construction of facilities, terminal acquisition, HR hiring function for all departments, legal, driver recruiting, Insurance claims, maintenance management. Startup operation in 1986, with 60 power and 110 trailers, grown to 1500 power and 4800 trailers in five years, with 10 locations of which operated coast to coast in both refrigerated and later dry vans. Fastest growing privately held truckload carrier in the nation for years 1991 and 1992. Executive Vice President K&B Transportation, Inc.Jan 1997 - Present 23 yrs 10 mos. South Sioux City, NE 68776 Directly oversee Safety & Compliance, Driver Recruiting, Personnel, HR Hiring, legal matters, Federal Compliance, Insurance & Risk Management, interface with daily operations. fleet asset utilization, cost of risk, CSA compliance, assist in maintenance management, interface with CFO on matters of cost control. Sorry I won't work for another company with the same management style.
It's terrible when someone is injured ,but OTR is a horrible lifestyle/Not a Job!! Regulate truckers more ,and when the food and everything else runs out were get to see what a Slow Motion Apocalypse looks like!!
+lambchopxoxo Often times it is a four wheelers fault. I get cut off, or have four wheelers trying to race down a ramp to get ahead of me all the time, hell, today alone, in va, i had 2 cars within 20 miles merge infront of me going 45 mph, in a 65 mph zone, and i had to press my brakes and drop down to 45 because of them, and no, i couldnt move over because when i put my signal on, the dumb ass 4 wheelers started speeding up to not get stuck behind me. So, yes, car drivers do contribute a GREAT deal to making trucks "dangerous" on the road. Car drivers dont realize that when we are close to 80,000 lbs, and its raining very hard out like it was today for me, it created a big hazard when they put me in a situation where i have to press my brakes hard to slow down, and no, i was not speeding
Thank you i have been commenting to everyone's posts that were praising him about this cause he just wanted his 15 minutes of fame and didnt tell the whole story cause if he did these people wouldnt be so supportive i dont think!!!
Good video, yet...There are an average of 53 million trucks on USA roads at any given time! So your numbers aren't really that high! You mentioned that with accidents between trucks and cars, the truck's driver usually walks away without or just minor injury! Factor this in, "It's usually the car driver's fault! As a truck driver with over 25 yrs experience(I Don't know it all), I'm really disturbed that the "Industry" allows (know it all) new drivers behind the wheel of trucks w/out adequate, complete training! Schools are part of this prob by misinforming new folks that their school will provide the "Training!" Nope! Schools only provide "Instruction" for the Student to aquire their CDL! Training is supposed to begin with student being trained by an experienced ( preferably 15 yrs or more) driver!(while out on, over the road) This training usually involves getting 50K miles/and or 240 hrs like US Xpress Required! Nobody tells you this, you're supposed to figure this out on your own but...The goal is not only to aquire the skills through training but to get rid of the "Four-Wheeler"(driver of a car, me 1st) Mentallity! In favor of the $Buck, the Industry doesn't require this now! They just want bodies as steering wheel holders! Small, mom&pop companies and worse, big companies with their school mills like SWIFTD(d for dude), Western Express, CRST, etc..are making this issue much worse. At best, new drivers now get 6000 mi or 100hrs to pass training. Seen Company Testors pass people even after having a booboo during test! Sadly, most new drivers don't make it past a year! Most of these folks don't have a clue what they're getting into after getting "BS'd" by Recruiter regarding the BIG $'s they're going to he making! Here's some #'s: 0-1 yrExp =Newbie. Over 1yr-under 15yrs= Teenager. Over 15 yrs Experience = Adult! Yes the "Fatigue" issue is a problem! Apparently these folks were too dumb to recognize this and pull over and take a nap! Worse, personal greed, or Corporate Greed pressured driver to keep going! Too dumb! ATA only cares about the companies and they are comprised of Company Executives. They say 2/3, I say 3/4. But remember, investigations are biased towards trucks! If DOT (respectfully in persuant of they're job, that they do quite well!), finds a prob with driver's logs, condition of driver fatigued or (like they smoked a joint last month or had a beer last night) ; and/or a mechanical issue like brakes, or a overweight issue, now it's all of a sudden the drive's fault! In my opinion it should be! Please don't take Offense to what I'm about to say because it's a Tragic Situation all the way around, and I'm not in any way, shape, or form condoning Walmart driver's actions or lack of! But Walmart driver's life is destroyed (he has to live with this the rest of his life) and he, 8yrs(?) Experience. I feel for McNair's kids! I really hope they find forgiveness in their hearts for this guy! I've found a usefull tool in getting to a Safespot near the end of my shift:a couple of King Size Reese's peanut butter "White Chocolate" cups really work. They not only give you the sugar boost but also a protein boost! Again, not shaming the newbies, I'm shaming the Industry for allowing this prob that keeps getting worse and worse as time goes on! Thanks for vid!
So glad I never went to that piece of shit K@B, I remember four years ago I was considering driving for them, they were promising that drivers will make $250 a day on any miles with a load, seems to good to be true.
@@brockmiddleton1991 you are a lie what happened he took his 10-hour break only drove 20 minutes and then they told him to stop and take another 10-hour break now I don't know about you but once I'm up I'm up I'm not a machine I just can't go back to sleep
@@brockmiddleton1991 you really don't get how this works. After you get a full night's sleep it's very difficult to go back to sleep again after being up for only an hour or two. Imagine you got off work at 9:00 PM. You know you're expected to work again at 7:00 AM so you don't waste much time getting to bed. You get up and ready and you go to work at 7:00, but at 7:30 you're told to clock out and come back at 5:30 pm that same day. Are you going to be able to get enough rest by 5:30 PM to safely drive a big rig 400 miles in the dark?
Drivers are under pressure to deliver their loads in a certain amount of time. There's little danger to them in thier big rigs unless the rig overturns. They'll run right over a small car of they hit it from brhind. They are forced to drive too many hours a day and exceed speed limits ot make their deliveries because retlaiers and other businesses need their supplies in a certain time frame. This must be changed! I personally beleive that these rigs carrying fifty tons or more of cargo should never under any ciurcumstance be traveling more then fifty miles per hour. Forty five would be better. Listen to those dispatchers! They sit in a small office for ehight hours and answer phones for a living! They dont know squat! They're boss man yes men! Nothing more! These big rigs are not just a danger to the public, they also account for most of the wear and tear on our highways. Much of the merchandise going over one thousand miles should be sent by rail to a location within fifty miles of it's final destination. Then packed into a truck and sent the rest of the way. This would revitalize the rail buisness and take many big rigs off of our highways. In fact most of the trucks doing short trips like that would not need to hold fifty tones. They could mostly be five tone trucks. This would allive driver fatigue and highway dmage. We'd have safer highways to drive on. And travelrs would be able to use the rail system instead of jets! Personally I've alwys wanted to ride a train for few days. You can see the country as you travel. It does cost a bit more now because you need a sleeper car for long journeys, but hey! It's still working in Europe! Rail comapnies could cut costs of travelers by installng sleeping pdos in the sleeper cars. They could be like those Japanese hotles where you sleep in alittle pod like large coffin. They could stack them two high all along the lseeper cars side and perhps even put two rows of them if the sleeper car is wide enough. You don't really need a room to sleep. just a safe place to close your eyes. In the Navy that's how sailors live. They all have small bunk wih cutrain on the side for prvacy and they watch TV in the cmomon room. They go to the library to read. If I could surviv seven months living like that a traveler can survive week if he has to. In the past railroads had several specialty cars in their trains. There was a dinning care and a lounge car for smoking. They also had suites for sleeping. Before modern highways and big rigs those railroad compainies made money with passenger tickets. There's no reason they can't do that again if the ogvernment provides the right incentincves by making laws that limit the distance big rigs can travel on our roads or limiting the tonnage They can carry. These days we have road trains! Rigs pulling two or three trailers behind them. You can't tell me that's safe! If a company needs to move that much cargo across the country they should hire a railroad! Roadways are for cars and other vehicles not for trains!
Boy another blow for trucks again . This is making California hatred bias against trucks looking good.. and by the way a speeding cars make trucks rocks too. I guess in a four wheeler world all of those accident the car's doing is blaming it on the trucks. Let's face it compared the truck and cars accident rate for car's is about 90℅ and Trucks is about 10℅ of accidents per a year. This is facts
Well start punishing the trucking companies. They will fire you for being late and give ya really small widows that dont take in account traffic or any else. Most i 've seen push you to break laws to up there profits. I refused .
+A08041988 I also say that if there is room, sleep in the trailer whenever possible. Either way, if I was tired and in a bad mood, it would take a lot to hold myself back from cussing out that dispatcher big time.
+A08041988 One more thing..locomotive engineers (train operators) often have alarms in cabs and if not activated (the operator falls asleep, is ill, etc), the emergency brakes are automatically applied. What if this sort of technology is deployed into the trucking industry? Now unfortunately, there is not an exclusive right of way for truckers, unlike trains operators. Therefore, a big rig suddenly going into emergency brake mode would cause a hazard for other motorists and possible pedestrians. Any ideas?
I am very glad to see ABC's 20/20 document this. to force a driver to drive while fatigued is jeopardizing the driver's life and others around him. Do the right thing: Park the rig. inform dispatch, if they care or not. I want no innocent blood on my conscience.
This guy just got off of a 20 hours break he played video games instead of sleeping then says he is fatigued and cant deliver the load that is what happened you can watch his video and see that he just wanted his 15 minutes of fame and im sorry but if you cant do a 400 mile run after having 20 hours off then you shouldnt be a truck driver period most guys run 700 to 800 miles a day with a 10 hours break in between days that is the norm! This is not a representation of truckers and is really a disgrace to the hard working safe truckers out there, the real problem is the over regulation that makes us have to race the clock daily to be able to make enough money to feed are families and pay the bills that is why truckers have to speed and have to run tired sometimes is because of over regulation and if we dont are families dont eat that week cause we have no paycheck so please do research before you agree with crap like this that is fake and not a true representation of whats truly going on!!
That really takes the cake, spying and following truckers from the air. They need to get a life, there's no sense in going to such extremes. Leave the truckers alone and let them make a clean living. Go after the real crooks, that would be time well spent.
I am Abe Attallah, and I would like to thank ABC news and 20/20 for doing this story! Hopefully exposing this type of treatment in the mainstream media is the first step into changing the industry.
Forgot to mention 90%+ of accidents involving trucks are caused by 4 wheelers. They should be teaching how to drive with trucks on tge road during licence class. People just dont get it out here.It's mind blowing what cars do to us out here.
DudeNoobem that's a fact
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Would love to know how many car wrecks a day compared to trucks
There are some drivers that has no common sense, but 4 Wheeler's cut us off, jumps in front and slams the breaks on a daily basis but no body wants to bring that up only makes us look bad. 4 Wheeler's are the killers on the road
m 18 I agree. My grandparents were truck drivers, and they had idiots pull out in front of them, one vehicle had a toddler loose in the car. Fortunately they didn’t hurt anyone. But yeah, why make the truckers look bad when these four wheelers act like they have no sense?
you did a good job driver. I have been out here over 25 years. Today there are hundreds of ways for us to loose our jobs. We are at the mercy of dispatchers who are sitting right beside the safety department. But neither of them are behind the wheel. Thank you for showing that we alone are in control of the truck.
Can't always blame the truck driver!! More then half the time is the people in the cars not giving enough room or letting trucks pass or they pass the truck to pull in front to only slow down!! *People need to learn how respect the truck drivers* Because I'm sure more then half those "accidents they talked about where preventable.
I’ve been bullied by dispatchers before so I told them that they were recorded and if I were to continue that their way of life would be in jeopardize if I were to continue and crash.. So they backed off.
The man on the phone sounds just like my boss. Too many Americans take too much crap for no reason
It's the same in the British haulage industry
Go watch Abes channel. He is full of sh!t. The way trucking works is that if you start to get sleepy, dont start a new run. You go to sleep at the same time ever night. So does Gabe not know when that hour is coming? Once you commit to a run, it's yours. Dont start the run if you can't finish it. You need to be the judge of that. Trucking is a business like any other. The dispatcher didn't have time for the bs. It's like when you sign a contract. You dont just sign it then quit, otherwise it will be held against you. Simple and plain
Dolce, can I cuss at your boss?
“ You go to sleep at the same time ever night.” DUMBASS the dispatcher ordered Abe to sleep in the middle of the DAY. Not night. Pay attention to the dsmn video
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Absolutely everything you just said is inaccurate.
Where are the videos of cars cutting off trucks? On my channel.
It's happen all the time they would be in the left lane and cut off trucks right to the exit.. here is a good example pass Saturday night a car stops in the road on a 75mph speed limit and I changed Lane 2 time and he slammed on the brakes for me to hit him. How about that??
Thank you my son is a owner operator they do it to him all the time where are the cops to get them
One sided report, spend a day in a truck and tell the truth !!
ABC Typically reporting half the story
so true Abe got his 15 minutes of fame thats all he wanted and then commends ABC for the botch job they did unbelievable, not once did he mention he repowered the load after having 20 hours off and then claiming he was fatigued lmfao he should of slept instead of playing on his phone, but he wouldnt say that because then all these people on here commending him and saying how wrong it was for them to be mad at him probably wouldnt be doing so!! I can understand why the company was mad the dude had 20 hours off and says he cant drive 400 miles cause he is fatigued which is ridiculous and now they have to pay another drive to come deliver the load on top of having to pay the original driver and Abe too and now they are going to loose money on the load because they one have to pay three drivers for that single load and two the load is going to be late!! This is 100% Abe's fault he should of slept in that 20 hours he had off and if he was to tired which he had no reason to be but if he was then he should have told them he couldnt take the load instead he did the opposite and then wants to make the rest of us safe drivers that know how to manage are time now be painted with a broad brush and be made out to look like a bunch of unsafe unprofessional and dangerous drivers, all i can say is shame on him!! If he really wanted to do this for the drivers then he would have said the real problems like over regulation that causes us to run and race to beat the clock and us being underpaid and that we are making half of what the drivers made three decades ago cause are pay hasnt kept up with inflation and costs of living, and that 90% of semi vs car accidents are caused by the car not the semi!!
@dcigs #1 fan stfu. All you know is what you see on TV. Your common sense is the same level as a squirrel crossing the street. Go find out the true story of abes debauchery.
Just say if someone called out of work and then the manager called you and asked if you could cover the shift and you agree. Who is now responsible for that shift? I'll wait...
So, what's going I be done about it? I was fired after 16 years due to a few late deliveries. I was just too tired to drive. Of course they found. Different reason to make it look good. Not one ticket on my MVR and no write ups.....ever.
If you're talking about now, probably nothing. In America, we always have the balance of money. To make a change, you need to build a body count. And that body count is the only thing that gets anyone to do anything. In Europe and Asia, it's all about, efficiency, reliability and safety, but, here in America, despite us being the richest and most powerful country in the world, we're all about that $$$$$.
I hardly think India or Russia or China (the dominant countries in Asia) care about safety. They place little value on human life
As a former over the road driver he is correct. Some of these companies do relentlessly pressure their drivers to get the load delivered at any cost. And dispatchers also fail to understand the human body clock. Drivers stay up all day waiting to get unloaded or reloaded and then are supposed to drive all night (especially if you have a Fed X or an Amazon or an automotive parts load) I believe Amazon doesn't care who gets killed, they only care about their load getting there.
Thanks Abe, directly or indirectly you’ve help me be able to get good sleep and drive safe as a truck driver! #RunHardGetPaid ‼️
I was at fault for falling asleep in a $5,000,000 truck, and hitting another $5,000,000 truck.
This makes me beyond angry. A tired trucker falling asleep at the wheel is why my mother is no longer alive, but he is... on top of that he never had any legal consequences for killing my mother. That was 26 years ago, are people really that blind on this topic to think that this is not a "normal" behavior for truckers? I would have been satisfied if my mothers killer had been charged for her death, but I guess it's too late now. I just pray that other family do not have to go through loosing someone because of a person/company's greed & negligence.
I don't think the trucker alone is responsible for your mother's death. Disasters don't just happen. They're a chain of critical events. If any link didn't happen, your mom would still be alive. I think the reason your mother died is something much bigger: And it has to do with politics and profitability. In the early years, America was the leader of infrastructure. However, during the 1950's and 60's, we fell behind the times. Deregulation was also a crucial factor. With no government support, companies will do anything to save a dime. That trucker might've been wrong to step into that truck. Absolutely. But he was probably under pressure to get paid to provide for his family. Truckers are paid by the mile. If they don't run, they don't get paid. With the minimum wage of $7.50 an hour, truckers need every penny if they want to afford food and clothes. In other countries, such as Europe and Asia, this is hardly a problem, as safety is a top priority, and the minimum wage is higher. So, the combination of pressure from the company, low wages and fatigue, that accident happened. The way the government looks at your mothers death is just another person. The way I look at it is your mother was another victim of a society where money is put ahead of safety. I'm sorry for your loss, and I think it's time that the government spent more money on safety. Are we going to spend money now, or spend lives later?
@@AutismTakesOn he fell asleep. Period. Save all that for someone else. My comment is from 6 years ago. I'm not interested in reliving it during this time, so please respect that.
@@OrangeCat614 I do respect that. What I don't respect is anyone blaming ONE person for an accident. NEVER is only ONE person responsible for accident. I do, however, respect that you don't want to relive that moment, and the fact that you are angry that your mother got killed. I just wanted to emphasize the fact that, while it's easy to blame just one person for a deadly accident, it's NEVER just one person at fault. I know you're upset, but please understand that pointing blame at one person is not going to help. I'm more interested in preventing these types of accidents from happening again, so your mother would not have died for nothing, but died to prevent multiple others from suffering a similar fate. I'm sorry that I made you uncomfortable, I just need you to understand that.
@@AutismTakesOn the driver of the truck fell asleep...
@@OrangeCat614 Okay... But how do you know he wasn't forced to work extra hours? How do you know he wasn't trying to make more money for his family? You're focusing on only WHAT happened. You're forgetting the two other parts: WHY it happened, and What can be done to prevent a reoccurrence. That driver wouldn't have worked himself to sleep for no good reason. I know, and the video has stated clearly, that truck drivers are being pressured to keep to time. So what if that truck driver was put into jail? What would that solve? It wouldn't solve the problem of truck drivers working under pressure from their superiors. If that truck driver could've taken a nap without putting anyone in danger, I believe he would have.
So, if the authorities are so God damned concerned about "safety', then why are fines not being written to DISPATCHERS ????? That's right, start ticketing the dispatcher(s). Make them EQUALLY accountable via $ 500- $ 600 "safety violations" !!!!
This guy just got off of a 20 hours break he played video games instead of sleeping then says he is fatigued and cant deliver the load that is what happened you can watch his video and see that he just wanted his 15 minutes of fame and im sorry but if you cant do a 400 mile run after having 20 hours off then you shouldnt be a truck driver period most guys run 700 to 800 miles a day with a 10 hours break in between days that is the norm! This is not a representation of truckers and is really a disgrace to the hard working safe truckers out there, the real problem is the over regulation that makes us have to race the clock daily to be able to make enough money to feed are families and pay the bills that is why truckers have to speed and have to run tired sometimes is because of over regulation and if we dont are families dont eat that week cause we have no paycheck so please do research before you agree with crap like this that is fake and not a true representation of whats truly going on!!
I am Abe Attallah, and I would like to thank ABC news and 20/20 for doing this story! Hopefully exposing this type of treatment in the mainstream media is the first step into changing the industry.
Is it true that you had just come off of a 10 hour break when you decided that you couldn't make the load because of fatigue. .....I am asking because some of your fellow drivers have made comments about this and I wanted to hear it from you
RunHard GetPaid why did you call your company? why was that load repowered? why couldn't you take a 20 minute nap and continue on your 7 hour run? how many weeks have you been driving? let me guess, you thought trucking was going to be a nice easy job? did you actually believe the recruiting poster?
the problem in trucking isn't the companies anymore, it's you green horn first generation crybabies that can't even drive 8 hours without getting sleepy.
I think it's hilarious that you have your channel named run hard get paid. it should be run hardly then cry about it.
what $45k a year?
Kaufman Entertainment That's an OTR salary, I'm over double that.
mechanic for what, commercial planes? even then you're not living to your potential.
For those that don't realize yes the trucking industry has some bad drivers but don't forget about the average car driver too can be at fault I have seen both police as well as citizens use there cell phones with out hands free devices as well as cut us truck drivers off within inches of our front bumpers then slam on the breaks expecting us to stop on a dime when in reality it takes us over three foot ball fields in wet weather and two foot ball fields in dry going highway speed think about that one car drivers or better yet at traffic lights when you see that space in between my truck don't cut in front of the trucks it just might save your life that space is the stopping space for that truck to safely stop remember semi trucks haul loads up to 80,000 pounds legally and that takes distance to stop safely with out people cutting off truck drivers
That Abe Attallah has always been a sorry excuse for a truck driver. I've seen his videos before. One instance comes to mind when he drove for K&B out of Iowa. He recorded what I considered to be an elongated conversation with his dispatcher. He told the dispatcher he was too tired to complete the trip on time. Yes, the dispatcher attempted to push him on going. He gave more time than I would have to that dispatcher. Just tell them no, hang up, and go to bed.
K&B did the same thing to me. Had me split breaking all week. By the end I was exhausted. Called them and told them I couldn't stay awake and the same dispatchers bitched me out. I quit right after that and went to a company that was not forced dispatch. They want to control where you stop, how long you stop for, and when. If you aren't up when they think you should be up even if its 0300 in the am, they will have other drivers bang on ur door. They even called the cops one time and said they hadn't heard from me in hrs to do a wellness check. Must had only been asleep a few hrs. Then I was told in bad weather if I needed to chain up over a mountain to get the ld there on time that I better do it. Worst company there is!!!
I work for KB and I’ll say they’re usually fair. The most they do is have me take an 8 hr break if it’s tight but I’ve never been told I couldn’t take a cat nap if time permitted.
What about when you need more than a cat nap and time doesn't allow it?
No company cares about ur safety trucking is like the dope game it all revolves around a dollar ...Electronics logs are not the solution it doesnt know when ur tired sick etc.
I’m glad that Abe stood his ground and not moved his truck. I couldn’t believe some of these trucking company put profits over safety.
My brother is a trucker and complains bout this all the time!
They should firer tat dispatcher
Ok drivers wages are not enough for the sacrifices we make. Secondly, it should me mandatory for all drivers to do the smiths system, whether they drive a truck or car, if safety is what we really want . They should be adequate pay for drivers who drive a truck. It’s not an easy job. Finally, they are too much regulations killing the small owner operators and not enough compensation. Jamaica 🇯🇲
It's really gross that this record pretty much blames the truck drivers for most of these accidents.
How many times do cars pass truckers and get in front of them and hit there breaks?
Abe just to let you know once again...I have had similar 10hrs. Breaks back to back and still throws my sleep off. Even to being a few times in driving tired. Just stick to your guns and tell the A hole "NO!" its your CYA score as well as your life or the one you may kill. Its better driving drunk than tired. Never do either. Get the rest you need and FTW. (Freak the world). Lights out goin horizonal. Im out.
You're allowing this guy to b a lazy piece of sh!t. Fact is, he was responsible for that run. If he didn't sleep well, he shouldn't have taken the run. That's how you stick to your guns. Don't do the job if you haven't the common sense to deal with it
@@792bnz Yeah, but first, you might not feel tired, and second, they might threaten you if you don't do the run, whether you're fit to drive or not. In America, we always have the balance of money. We live in a society that's reliant on tombstone technology. What you do is you build a body count. And when enough bodies pile up, then, and only then, do people spend the money to fix the problem. In Europe and Asia, it's all about efficiency, reliability, and safety, but here in America, despite being the richest and most powerful country in the world, we're all about the $$$.
I hardly think India or Russia or China (the dominant countries in Asia) care about safety. They place little value on human life
I have been driving for eight years. No load is worth my life or the lives of other. I have told my dispatch to go f themselves on many occasions for being too fatigued to drive. I have been threatened several times by dispatch but don't let their threats force you to do anything if you are a driver.
I was coming home from work this truck driver fell sleep hit the back left corner panel on my car i started skidding towards a wall on the highway i stop inches from tbe wall.. The guy ask me not to report this that he fell a sleep he said he will pay me for the damage for the car so i took the cash i didn't want the guy to get fired from his job.
He may not be so fortunate next time. He's going to to kill someone because he can't stay awake .I would have reported him cause it could save a life
Part of the problem is that some drivers get paid by the mile. When you get paid by the mile you need to go as far as you can as fast as possible to make money as a company driver. I did that for a little over a year and that was enough. I get paid by the hour now and easily make more than double each week. Getting paid by the hour I don't have to kill myself to make stops(w/out milking it) Safely. For the most part truck drivers are more safe than "four wheelers",
and cause fewer accidents. Many of us drive hundreds of miles a day without incident.
Yes but they don’t tell you that almost in all cases the drive crashes do to a car starting the chain reaction. Why don’t they but that in the news
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K&B needs to be very heavily fined. That is ridiculous.
Yep They push drivers to drive nights it's definitely don't make any sense but you know many companies do these things as a spiritual rituals
People are protected in the EU so much more than in the US it's shocking.
Dispatcher's like this need to get fired.
"Should they even be on the road with those trucks at all? 🤨" Uhh yes... yes they should... without it every store shelf in the country would be empty
That’s what the elog dose push drivers to the limit
If they put time limits on truck drivers they should do the same thing with owner operator cars half the time it is the Cars full of the crash cutting the truck off hitting their brakes etc etc
Dispatchers are the worst they work 8hr shifts and have no concept of the outside world and what the real workers are doing and go through.
abc news making it sound like its always the truckers' fault.
Shittin in a bread bag driving down the road snorting glass chasing ass, man I miss trucking, been off the road now 4 years
Walmart will charge the truck driver 1000.00 if they are late with a delivery.
IT STILL SHOCKING TO ME.! THAT ALL THIS FOCUS ON THE DRIVERS...!
When I know the Company that put
$$$ Money in the Pockets of the NATIONAL TRUCKING ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS TO CHANGE THE HOURS OF SERVICE. & CALL IT SAFETY..! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. the Freight Co. Owner in a meeting before this was passed said that he could haul the Same Amount of Freight with 1/3 of his peaple. If this passed. & Fired all of the DOCK Workers soon as it Did...! They then made the Road Drives & City Drivers Do the Dock Work. !
You can't run a man out of hours now.
How do you say OK we have a Safety Problem & our Drivers can drive 10 hrs & they are falling asleep & killing ppl. SO HOW WE GOING TO MAKE IT SAFER!!! LET THEM DRIVE 11 HRS.
WHAT.... REALLY... !
& THET HAD 40 WEEKEND ! CUT THAT TO 34 HRS..!!!
WHY CAN'T ANYONE SEE THIS....! I was Trucker 31 yrs 1980 to 2011 ! WAKE UP & LOOK AT THIS... !
NOT DRIVERS FAULT.
CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO STOP & SLEEP EITHER. WHEN WE GET SLEEPY WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO...!!!
Trucking dispatchers clearly have no training or common sense. Shameful.
Kmb is one of those that I have heard from different drivers that have work for them that they will put time on your clock to get the load there whether you're tired or not they don't care about the driver they care about making money
Here we go agenda for self driving trucks
Fuck that shit.
And now we have eld mandate! Lmfao now have to race a clock so what did that really fix/do? I know i had to race through traffic to race my clocks.
Its about time a real problem gets brought up not this stupid ass botch job for Abe's 15 minutes of fame!! Dude has 20 hours off and then says im to fatigued to drive 400 miles lmfao dude shouldnt be driving if he cant drive 400 miles after having 20 hours off and then he drags all of us safe professional drivers who know how to sleep and manage are time and not play video games when we know we have a load to do through the mud!! This was 100% Abe's fault no doubt about it and i would be pissed to if a driver who had 20 hours off and drives for two hours then calls and says im to fatigued to keep going like wtf its not the companies job to baby sit you and make sure you sleep when you are on a break and now they have to pay the original driver before the repower and have to pay abe and the other driver who took it after abe couldnt and its going to be late so the company is loosing money!! If he cant be smart enough o sleep then tell the company you cant take it dont tell them i got this and then call two hours later and say i cant make it and now they have to scramble and waste money to send another driver out to get it from you and deliver it!!! He should of been fired!
kaddybird kaddybird yep, thank DOT CHIEF ANTHONY FOX
Also know one talked about the shippers and receivers. They don't care. Are you late you pay a fine and with some companys even if your urly you pay a fine. DOT set one time they are going to do something about it but never did. Same we show up a the receiver ore shipper and tell them I have 4 hours left. You bump the dock 3 hours later. After another 3 hours your loaded. They tell you get of the property but the law ses no parking on the street and I am out of hours. They say we don't care. We will call the cops and even they will say move.
Commercial driver's are at the mercy of the the employer.
I have driven this way about 20 years ago!
I drove truck in the eighties , and I basically didn't sleep much for two years . two logs , and lots of coffee , and off into the darkness u go . I was making more money than guys make now , crazy this industry is horrible , and I would recommend anyone not drive a truck , unless it's local .
There needs to be a law that these drivers get at least 8 hours a sleep a night and 30 mins break every 6 hours. not including lunch breaks
Since you seem to be behind times, there already IS a law!
We have to take a 10 hour break, after 11 hours of driving.
We have to take at least a 30 minute break within 8 hours, after we start our 10 hour driving period!
The trucking industry is the most regulated!!!!!
The 10 hour break is supposed to be used for sleeping!!!
Do you want to dictate that spy cameras be used next, to make sure the drivers are sleeping?
1shawnee100 Firstly, not a truck driver. A professor. Secondly, thanks for educating me on truck driving, didn't know. Just like I don't expect you to know or have read any thing that has words on a page.
It would take too long to explain logbook rules, but in addition to the hours previously mentioned, there is a 14 hour on duty clock that starts when a driver starts his shift. For example, if a driver has to wait 7 hours to unload & reload, then that cuts 4 hours off of the 11 he can drive before he has to take the 10 hour break. Plus he cannot drive more than 70 hours in 8 days. Not all, but most bigger companies are on electronic logs, which prevents a driver from cheating. A company or dispatcher CANNOT force a driver to go over his available time! It's not unusual to wait 4 or 5 hours or longer, to load or unload.
your right, I wouldn't claim to know everything in your field of expertise.
Tamara Laird Well Ms. Affirmative action no need to get your panties in a bunch. I'm not a professor but I'm pretty sure anything is a single word.
You're an idiot! A break every 6 hours would make drivers tired!
Does anyone know the results of the accident with the Wal Mart truck? Were there any lawsuits filed or any arrests? If so, what was the result of those lawsuits? Any update would be appreciated.
The driver went ti prison. Walmart paid the family a bunch of money to be silent.
ABC news only covers half of the story. Other drives causes 90% of the crashes. It takes over 300 ft to stop a fully loaded truck and the 4 wheelers dont care.
Yeah. When the drivers screw-up, the company disowns you.
4:33. PEOPLE NEED TO GET OFF PHONES. QUIT CUTTING IN FRONT OF ANY VEHICLE, BREAK CHECKING ITS FUCKING RETARDED UNLESS U WANNA DIE. ELD AND BROKERS ARE ALSO INSTIGATING THE PROBLEM SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT HAVE ANY BUSINESS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF CAR
What about cars cutting us off then break checking us..
been driving 11 years 5 have been with mega carriers and private fleets the other 6 were with my own rig if I don’t feel safe driving because I’m fatigued I send the dispatch or broker a txt with the time I stopped and my location and my phone is off until my 10 hours are up
Its a wretched business sometimes 🚛
My first truck driving job, Had the the same vp that k&b transportation has had for 25 years
Direct Transit
This Sioux City-area based trucking company was cruising along registering good growth rates each year until it had grown to a carrier that generated about $140 million in 1995. It was then that DTI agreed to be purchased by Schneider, who later backed out of the deal after not being able to come to final closing terms in December of 1996.
Swift Transportation then stepped in and agreed to purchase DTI, but a list of issues including foreclosure, bankruptcy, and tax evasion charges brought all deals to a halt.
Charles G. Peterson, who was in the process of selling DTI, pleaded guilty to income tax evasion, admitting to pocketing excess money from truck and trailer leases.
The plea agreement was on one of the three counts of tax evasion he was charged with in April 1997. Mr. Peterson's plea said between 1989 and 1990 he diverted at least $750,000 from the leases, evading taxes of between $200,000 and $350,000
Mike Ratkiewicz
Executive Vice President Direct Transit, Inc. Jan 1986 - Jan 1997 11 yrs 1 mo
Manage Federal Safety Compliance missions, construction of facilities, terminal acquisition, HR hiring function for all departments, legal, driver recruiting, Insurance claims, maintenance management. Startup operation in 1986, with 60 power and 110 trailers, grown to 1500 power and 4800 trailers in five years, with 10 locations of which operated coast to coast in both refrigerated and later dry vans. Fastest growing privately held truckload carrier in the nation for years 1991 and 1992.
Executive Vice President K&B Transportation, Inc.Jan 1997 - Present 23 yrs 10 mos. South Sioux City, NE 68776
Directly oversee Safety & Compliance, Driver Recruiting, Personnel, HR Hiring, legal matters, Federal Compliance, Insurance & Risk Management, interface with daily operations. fleet asset utilization, cost of risk, CSA compliance, assist in maintenance management, interface with CFO on matters of cost control. Sorry I won't work for another company with the same management style.
Oops! Yes, this was the video I was referring to
lack of vision for the infrastructure, highways and by ways, obsolete roads and bridges, go on, blame it on the DRiVER, you know you want to
good job matt did a great job staying off the road !!!!
It's not just truckers look at cars to..
It's terrible when someone is injured ,but OTR is a horrible lifestyle/Not a Job!!
Regulate truckers more ,and when the food and everything else runs out were get to see what a Slow Motion Apocalypse looks like!!
+lambchopxoxo
Often times it is a four wheelers fault. I get cut off, or have four wheelers trying to race down a ramp to get ahead of me all the time, hell, today alone, in va, i had 2 cars within 20 miles merge infront of me going 45 mph, in a 65 mph zone, and i had to press my brakes and drop down to 45 because of them, and no, i couldnt move over because when i put my signal on, the dumb ass 4 wheelers started speeding up to not get stuck behind me. So, yes, car drivers do contribute a GREAT deal to making trucks "dangerous" on the road. Car drivers dont realize that when we are close to 80,000 lbs, and its raining very hard out like it was today for me, it created a big hazard when they put me in a situation where i have to press my brakes hard to slow down, and no, i was not speeding
I'm guessing no one drives like this in a car?? Only truck drivers??
And truckers swear up and down that its usually the 4 wheelers fault.
the whole story for abe isnt said here he had like 24 hours off and accepted the load.
Thank you i have been commenting to everyone's posts that were praising him about this cause he just wanted his 15 minutes of fame and didnt tell the whole story cause if he did these people wouldnt be so supportive i dont think!!!
Good video, yet...There are an average of 53 million trucks on USA roads at any given time! So your numbers aren't really that high! You mentioned that with accidents between trucks and cars, the truck's driver usually walks away without or just minor injury! Factor this in, "It's usually the car driver's fault! As a truck driver with over 25 yrs experience(I Don't know it all), I'm really disturbed that the "Industry" allows (know it all) new drivers behind the wheel of trucks w/out adequate, complete training! Schools are part of this prob by misinforming new folks that their school will provide the "Training!" Nope! Schools only provide "Instruction" for the Student to aquire their CDL! Training is supposed to begin with student being trained by an experienced ( preferably 15 yrs or more) driver!(while out on, over the road) This training usually involves getting 50K miles/and or 240 hrs like US Xpress Required! Nobody tells you this, you're supposed to figure this out on your own but...The goal is not only to aquire the skills through training but to get rid of the "Four-Wheeler"(driver of a car, me 1st) Mentallity! In favor of the $Buck, the Industry doesn't require this now! They just want bodies as steering wheel holders! Small, mom&pop companies and worse, big companies with their school mills like SWIFTD(d for dude), Western Express, CRST, etc..are making this issue much worse. At best, new drivers now get 6000 mi or 100hrs to pass training. Seen Company Testors pass people even after having a booboo during test! Sadly, most new drivers don't make it past a year! Most of these folks don't have a clue what they're getting into after getting "BS'd" by Recruiter regarding the BIG $'s they're going to he making! Here's some #'s: 0-1 yrExp =Newbie. Over 1yr-under 15yrs= Teenager. Over 15 yrs Experience = Adult! Yes the "Fatigue" issue is a problem! Apparently these folks were too dumb to recognize this and pull over and take a nap! Worse, personal greed, or Corporate Greed pressured driver to keep going! Too dumb! ATA only cares about the companies and they are comprised of Company Executives. They say 2/3, I say 3/4. But remember, investigations are biased towards trucks! If DOT (respectfully in persuant of they're job, that they do quite well!), finds a prob with driver's logs, condition of driver fatigued or (like they smoked a joint last month or had a beer last night) ; and/or a mechanical issue like brakes, or a overweight issue, now it's all of a sudden the drive's fault! In my opinion it should be! Please don't take Offense to what I'm about to say because it's a Tragic Situation all the way around, and I'm not in any way, shape, or form condoning Walmart driver's actions or lack of! But Walmart driver's life is destroyed (he has to live with this the rest of his life) and he, 8yrs(?) Experience. I feel for McNair's kids! I really hope they find forgiveness in their hearts for this guy! I've found a usefull tool in getting to a Safespot near the end of my shift:a couple of King Size Reese's peanut butter "White Chocolate" cups really work. They not only give you the sugar boost but also a protein boost! Again, not shaming the newbies, I'm shaming the Industry for allowing this prob that keeps getting worse and worse as time goes on! Thanks for vid!
So glad I never went to that piece of shit K@B, I remember four years ago I was considering driving for them, they were promising that drivers will make $250 a day on any miles with a load, seems to good to be true.
Terrible from KB!
You couldn't make a 400 mile run without getting tired after a 10 hour break??????????
#StepYourLifeGameUp
he actually had 20 hours off lmfao!!
@@brockmiddleton1991 you are a lie what happened he took his 10-hour break only drove 20 minutes and then they told him to stop and take another 10-hour break now I don't know about you but once I'm up I'm up I'm not a machine I just can't go back to sleep
@@brockmiddleton1991 you really don't get how this works. After you get a full night's sleep it's very difficult to go back to sleep again after being up for only an hour or two. Imagine you got off work at 9:00 PM. You know you're expected to work again at 7:00 AM so you don't waste much time getting to bed. You get up and ready and you go to work at 7:00, but at 7:30 you're told to clock out and come back at 5:30 pm that same day. Are you going to be able to get enough rest by 5:30 PM to safely drive a big rig 400 miles in the dark?
Drivers are under pressure to deliver their loads in a certain amount of time. There's little danger to them in thier big rigs unless the rig overturns. They'll run right over a small car of they hit it from brhind. They are forced to drive too many hours a day and exceed speed limits ot make their deliveries because retlaiers and other businesses need their supplies in a certain time frame. This must be changed! I personally beleive that these rigs carrying fifty tons or more of cargo should never under any ciurcumstance be traveling more then fifty miles per hour. Forty five would be better. Listen to those dispatchers! They sit in a small office for ehight hours and answer phones for a living! They dont know squat! They're boss man yes men! Nothing more! These big rigs are not just a danger to the public, they also account for most of the wear and tear on our highways. Much of the merchandise going over one thousand miles should be sent by rail to a location within fifty miles of it's final destination. Then packed into a truck and sent the rest of the way. This would revitalize the rail buisness and take many big rigs off of our highways. In fact most of the trucks doing short trips like that would not need to hold fifty tones. They could mostly be five tone trucks. This would allive driver fatigue and highway dmage. We'd have safer highways to drive on. And travelrs would be able to use the rail system instead of jets! Personally I've alwys wanted to ride a train for few days. You can see the country as you travel. It does cost a bit more now because you need a sleeper car for long journeys, but hey! It's still working in Europe! Rail comapnies could cut costs of travelers by installng sleeping pdos in the sleeper cars. They could be like those Japanese hotles where you sleep in alittle pod like large coffin. They could stack them two high all along the lseeper cars side and perhps even put two rows of them if the sleeper car is wide enough. You don't really need a room to sleep. just a safe place to close your eyes. In the Navy that's how sailors live. They all have small bunk wih cutrain on the side for prvacy and they watch TV in the cmomon room. They go to the library to read. If I could surviv seven months living like that a traveler can survive week if he has to. In the past railroads had several specialty cars in their trains. There was a dinning care and a lounge car for smoking. They also had suites for sleeping. Before modern highways and big rigs those railroad compainies made money with passenger tickets. There's no reason they can't do that again if the ogvernment provides the right incentincves by making laws that limit the distance big rigs can travel on our roads or limiting the tonnage They can carry. These days we have road trains! Rigs pulling two or three trailers behind them. You can't tell me that's safe! If a company needs to move that much cargo across the country they should hire a railroad! Roadways are for cars and other vehicles not for trains!
You don’t need a sleeper car. You can sleep in the reclining chair and save ~700 dollars. Time from California to New York is 2 nights/ 3 days
Boy another blow for trucks again . This is making California hatred bias against trucks looking good.. and by the way a speeding cars make trucks rocks too. I guess in a four wheeler world all of those accident the car's doing is blaming it on the trucks. Let's face it compared the truck and cars accident rate for car's is about 90℅ and Trucks is about 10℅ of accidents per a year. This is facts
Well start punishing the trucking companies. They will fire you for being late and give ya really small widows that dont take in account traffic or any else. Most i 've seen push you to break laws to up there profits. I refused .
There is ALWAYS a choice. Those dispatchers need to be fired. Unreal! Very pathetic! Good for you Abe Attallah!! Stick to your guns Driver!!
Good job truck driver!!! Seriously I really hate when those semis tailgate me. It happens more Than u would think
Yep elog makes it saver with tired driving. Elog tells us wen we can stop
David Mui is cool
Shaking your car dddaaahhhh.
316,820 per year
+A08041988 I also say that if there is room, sleep in the trailer whenever possible. Either way, if I was tired and in a bad mood, it would take a lot to hold myself back from cussing out that dispatcher big time.
+A08041988 One more thing..locomotive engineers (train operators) often have alarms in cabs and if not activated (the operator falls asleep, is ill, etc), the emergency brakes are automatically applied. What if this sort of technology is deployed into the trucking industry?
Now unfortunately, there is not an exclusive right of way for truckers, unlike trains operators. Therefore, a big rig suddenly going into emergency brake mode would cause a hazard for other motorists and possible pedestrians. Any ideas?
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Good Man truck drivee
Always is the truck driver but you people went to check the cars Texting and driven
I’m a driver I hate being away from home and my family it’s not worth it
I am very glad to see ABC's 20/20 document this. to force a driver to drive while fatigued is jeopardizing the driver's life and others around him. Do the right thing: Park the rig. inform dispatch, if they care or not. I want no innocent blood on my conscience.
This guy just got off of a 20 hours break he played video games instead of sleeping then says he is fatigued and cant deliver the load that is what happened you can watch his video and see that he just wanted his 15 minutes of fame and im sorry but if you cant do a 400 mile run after having 20 hours off then you shouldnt be a truck driver period most guys run 700 to 800 miles a day with a 10 hours break in between days that is the norm! This is not a representation of truckers and is really a disgrace to the hard working safe truckers out there, the real problem is the over regulation that makes us have to race the clock daily to be able to make enough money to feed are families and pay the bills that is why truckers have to speed and have to run tired sometimes is because of over regulation and if we dont are families dont eat that week cause we have no paycheck so please do research before you agree with crap like this that is fake and not a true representation of whats truly going on!!
That really takes the cake, spying and following truckers from the air. They need to get a life, there's no sense in going to such extremes. Leave the truckers alone and let them make a clean living. Go after the real crooks, that would be time well spent.
This is why we need to automate all semi truck drivers.
I am Abe Attallah, and I would like to thank ABC news and 20/20 for doing this story! Hopefully exposing this type of treatment in the mainstream media is the first step into changing the industry.