Deadly truck crash exposes grueling trucker conditions
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2024
- In a fatal crash involving a Hays CISD school bus and a concrete truck, the truck driver, Jerry Hernandez, who admitted to using drugs and running on little sleep, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide, highlighting the demanding nature of the trucking industry and the need for improved safety measures.
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There is only one reality, the trucking industry is one of the most brutal, unsafe and nonsensical. Lack of parking, low pay, bad training, unreasonable hours of service, careless dispatchers, brokers, shippers and receivers, weather conditions, lack of healthy food and exercise, little time off.... I do have to stop because I can probably keep going for another 30 lines. Anyone that knows the trucking industry reality knows I'm spot on
shows the stupidity of this society < america > to vote against their own interest
@@michiganstad Trump, Obama, Bush, it doesn't matter. This is not about who's temporarily in charge they are all the same. Corporate manipulation and greed is a cancer and it is spreading quicker than ever.
It's slavery on steroids
@@GH-gf8cd No cause it was the REPUBLICAN led S.C. that made the decision that corporations are people to ..plus the current administration after 6 months in office proposed to make detention time Fedral regulated
The fool driving that cement truck has nothing to do with over the road trucks
Exactly
Facts , so what are we talking about here ?
He's a sidewalk sissy.
Speaking of Over the Road, I’m so glad I left that life behind.
Yet they be on RUclips showing their fat checks??????
Don't compare local hourly local truck drivers to our the road truckers. 2 complete different entities. Don't even categorize us as the same.
exactly. Bias report
You are most definitely correct. Local is a lot harder. You get less rest doing local.
@@Anonymous-qr8lkwith that being said, local is a lot safer.
Y'all don't go through have of what we go through on a daily basis
So it's not harder.
You're not driving through Mountains in thunderstorms, u are not going down mountains in snow storms, u are not driving into a tornado every other day in the spring & summer months. U are not routing through scary dark back roads in mountainous areas with barely enough room for your tractor and trailer to fit on the narrow lane with less than a inch to keep your trailer wheels from going down a ditch. You are not exhausted driving to 5 already back truck stops and have to keep driving to fight a place to rest and get some place every other night. If you've never been over the road u don't know the half of what we go through, and have to back our way out of. That's why a lot of newer truckers could handle it and either quit trucking or went local. Over the road take a lot of mental fortitude, patient, sacrifice & ability to with stand constantly being physically and mentally drained.
@@ITalkUListen I want to know how long you been driving, must not been long. What in your mind think local drivers don't drive during storms, thru mountains, or snow. What you think local loads still don't have to be moved. When I stay out in my truck, I get way more rest. Coming home with my family every night I get way less rest. You have to get up earlier just to drive to the damn truck, then drive home after your shift. Over the road you get damn near a complete 10 hour break. It don't take long to shower,eat and jump in the sleeper.
@@Anonymous-qr8lk u don't go everywhere, when u do comeback & holla at me. Until then stick to your local loads. I've did local delivery alcohol to bars, stores, VFW, etc, so I know about local. And I had to actually unload and stock store cooler, displays etc, wheel kegs of beer down 2 flights of windy stairs at restaurants and small taverns. So I can't tell me nothing.
I’ve been out on the road for 33 years, there is no work load, it’s the rules and regulations made by people who have never had a cdl and never driven a truck, it’s organization like mad and the likes that line the pockets with money.
Absolutely 💯
Well said
Don't forget the fourwheeler traffic, my GOD. They make staying alive just as difficult as staying afloat on a sinking ship.
They the scariest ones 😂
4 wheelers are safe little angels on the road. Never at fault lol
Here’s the truth. You get up at 3am and start your 14hr day then you spend 4 hours at the shipper which is forced to be logged off duty or in sleeper. This extends your day to an 18 hour day. All legal and approved by the Department of Transportation. If you are at the shipper 7 hours and constantly checking in being sent to a door and having the truck rock every 15 minutes no sleep there and drive 8hours to your destination and it takes them 3 hours to unload you. You can still drive 3 more hours and be on duty for 3 hours past that. All within the law.
trucking in your country is nothing but a failure PERIOD
What work load? I've been driving for 26 years. The problem is the hours of service and incompetent drivers and eld. You get tired, pull over, and go to sleep . It's the divers fault. Nobody can make you move that truck against your will. If you are on drugs, you fd up
25 years here, and i was thinking the exact same thing.
True
Tell that to the companies that have drivers work 14-20hrs a day.
@ravenstarfire8816 what? You don't know what you are talking about. You cry about how hard driving a truck is, but you'll get in your car and drive 500 miles and be happy. No so-called truck driver works 20 hours a day anymore. We used to have 5 to 10 pics of produce in California, there were no appointments back then, you just had pick list. After you got loaded you had to be in the bronx in 3 days. You A&P or huntspoint. You think driving is a 9 to 5 job. It's not. Back in the day there was always parking because trucks were always moving. We did fight over parking at 3 in the afternoon.
38 1/2 years driving, not everyone is cut out to be a trucker. Just because the government thinks that if you put a automatic transmission in anybody can do it. And drivers playing on cell phones ain't helping. With Gods help I will retire in a year and a half with 40 years accident free.
Stay safe drivers and put the phone down.
Take care and God bless 🤠 🌵
I drove Class 8 OTR for 30+ years and I am no angel. HOWEVER the issue with this very unfortunate event is summed up with one word...cocaine. Nobody forces you up into that cab and if your employer expects you to drive when you know you should not , walk away. If you have a problem with drugs, get some help.
Trucking companies run drivers into the dirt then destroy their careers.
True.
Yes and more interesting is that those same drivers even vote against their own interest
they want cheap meat in the seats, not qualified drivers...
@@cigarsgunsandgasoline8032 You're absolutely right, it's a nonstop revolving door. Nobody wants to work 70 hours a week, rather otr, or local.
@@pointnIaugh I got out of the industry over 10 years ago... gave the Obama logs a try & my paycheck dropped... so I got out!
Why are they considering putting blame on the driver when it's the companies that are pushing them beyond their human limits.
Nah make all tucking companies pay truck drivers by the hour instead of letting these trunking companies take advantage of their drivers by letting them fug their e log books
true but in americca the voter seems to keep voting against his own interest
It’s a horrible job and low pay
No America dream now
Thankless too.
It truly amazes me that people like her that report the news don’t have all of the facts before they open their mouth. Local and over the road trucking are two different segments of trucking.
The pay and pay structure is a terrible problem.
plus no Regulation
@michiganstad Overregulation but in the wrong spot!
They truly need to restructure the way us truckers are paid. Getting pennys on the mile is a huge part of the problem. We dont get paid for when were sitting at a shipper/receiver for hours & hours on end. The only time we get paid is if the wheels are moving. Shippers/receivers are suppose to be quick with the unloading/loading within a hr or 2 but this is not reality.
not the work load, its the unskilled people allowed to drive. rookies train others
Everyone was a rookie son ... humble yourself
@@theuglytruth4303What he was saying is that you should have experience if you're going to train someone new. That's how it works. If you don't really know what you're doing and haven't learned the tips and tricks to help you do the job safer and more efficient in a way that maximizes your paycheck, how can you really train new people? These companies only give you the bare minimum. It's more to it than just driving the truck.
Truck drivers operating within texas and really all commercial drivers are absolutley limited in the hours they can work.
The regulations and reporting are a little different from an over the road operation, but they can't just do as they please.
Agreed but try and prove your company is making you run illegal. The companies will threaten you with not paying you for your last load or job or maybe putting false information in the driver's DAC report and thus blackballing them from ever getting another trucking job. Happens all the time, at least that's what I'm told.
@@muffs55mercury61the trick is to not let the company know it was you.
which is why I gave it up. I do yard spotter work now and get paid hourly.
yard dog driving right?
That's why we need autonomous self-driving trucks.
Drivers this drivers that, how about employers stop squeezing the hours out of drivers. We dont like the hours and pay can be better.
who you voted for the last 20 years ??? Not about employers it is about REGULATION this sector needs and a TON LOAD of it
What really bothers me is how that guy at the end of the video, yes we are held to a higher standard, and as a local fuel delivery driver, I’ll tell you what’s wrong with our roads not being safe, it all comes down to cell phones, me first mentality and lack of common sense, oh and lack of courtesy for truckers, 90% of accidents where a semi truck is involved it’s a four wheelers fault, but all they care about is to show when a truck driver makes a mistake so they can say oooh this unsafe truck drivers!!!! And there’s also a lot of new truck drivers that shouldn’t even be on the road!
sound likes america and americans
Trucking has become a nightmare. The FMCSA Clearing House accepts any lie reported on drivers the foreigners don't believe in fixing anything on the trucks ! I left the bs industry and i don't miss one thing about it
its been a nightmare as decade goes, because global population just keeps on going up and up and up, and there no place to park trucks, the outdated freeway are filled with disables vehicles and accident everyday.
You forgot to mention he was up all night smoking weed and did coke to wake up in the morning. And yes there are limitations on how long you can work/drive as a pump truck operator, but hye and his employer were ignoring those regs.
She literally said the cocaine. The weed the night before would not have impaired his driving. The cocaine for sure did.
Class B license isn't class A and Class B is all u need to have to drive a concrete truck
I wanted to see the trailer .
But there is a tractor trailer cement mixer . 17 yds I think .
they weight 2 times more than a fully loaded refer trucks filled with frozen products.
A drug addicted construction worker and they are trying to make it look like a OTR trucker. F the media
Who goes to work at 8pm an doesn't get off til 3 pm next day that is ridiculous !!!
Cement business is rough! Crazy hours! 12a one day, 2a another day, 5a a different day. No schedule what's so ever. Be ready to get back to work n 10 hrs
The long hours of service is a major problem. Remember Bush president number two changed the hours from ten to eleven hours in one shift. I have always felt very strongly that ten hours per shift was maximum that a professional driver should work in one shift. I know that the change states the driver can say that he can't drive the extra time. But try telling a load coordinator that and get ready to spend thirty minutes justifying why you can't drive the extra time. Many times professional drivers are ask to drive more than they can safely drive. Then add to that the fact that there are many areas of the country that don't have adequate truck parking. It's a difficult job. This is a profession that has a very high turn over rate in employees.
k , didn't know about dubya
Don't forget produce drivers. OTR I don't think so, any new age drivers don't know about running hard, too many regulations and restrictions now days.
I remember the paper log days.. ran the wheels off the truck!!! A lot younger back then but I knew my limits and never fell asleep at the wheel.
@@chrisbelsito4231 right, my trick was low sodium sunflower seeds. That was back when states weren't interconnected.
They have no business driving a truck if they got that much going on in their life
39 yrs as a cross country driver and the last 7 as a regiondriver ,it's the 14 hrs must work by the government and the rookies being told you can make big $$$$ driving which is a lie ,personally I don't care if I'm tired I take a break I'm not a machine when boss says why I took a break my reply is you drive the dam thing fool ,if it's so great you wouldn't be sitting in a air condition office you would be driving
If the driver is having trouble handling their workload, they need to get a different job.
The driver is responsible for its license, they should call it driver fatigue and cannot continue. Do what the rest of truckers due and follow 11hr driving 3hr on duty= 14hr work day and 10 off duty= 24hrs in a day. Refuse to over work if not within above hours and if fired, then sue for wrongful termination. Employers need to hire more drivers to cover other shifts.
If they work for a company that is pushing you that much you are crazy 8pm to 3pm the next day is insane
Yes I used to drive for a cement company before and the jobs we went to sometimes to get the job done they needed a cement pump operator and I can tell they work a lot of hours different hours of the day and night I'm not surprised especially in the summer time
Local trucks within 150 mile radius don’t need do log book just trip sheet .they really should have electronic device for hours like over the road
Readymix drivers suffer too. Companies are greedy,especially in Texas,they don't care about the driver's safety,only about money
Nobody is starting at 0800 and finishing at 1500 the next day. I’m calling bull shit
Told when to drive. When to sleep. One shoe doesnt fit all
So they wanna punish the exhausted driver that falls asleep, but not change rules That made the driver.. Push himself so hard that he fell asleep behind the wheel.
Im frustrated
Over worked and most definitely underpaid
That's a personal choice 😂
That's the problem the news always get it wrong
Shorten the allowed hours the faster the drivers must go.
explain
They hold us to higher standard, but why aren’t those higher standards matching a higher standard of wages? We are ALL under paid in this industry. The 4 wheelers are are driving more crazy by the day. And you all act like we are the problem. What other job can you have that could result in spending the rest of your life in prison over a car accident? And probably not our fault to begin with. It’s almost not worth it anymore
Why is it that UNITED STATES Postal workers, Cops, firefighters are NOT REGULATED LIKE BIG RIGGERS??. YOU SEE MY PROBLEM IS THAT TRUCK DRIVERS ARE ALWAYS THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE POINT AT.
wrong comparison plus the Lack of REGULATION is the problem with trucking in your country
@michiganstad you need to open your eyes woke assk. Driving is Driving.
What a deceptive story! That cement truck driver was a drug addict but you didn’t mention that! He could have been a clerk in a store and still caused a deadly crash, because HE WAS A DRUG ADDICT!!! Why do a story on truck drivers and not on drug addicts?
Trucking has it's ups and downs but it provides a living for many hard working men and women. Among other issues it does seem like dispatchers have no idea what a driver goes through. These kids graduate college and they're taught to "maximize productivity regardless of consequences". I had a European company based out of the Midwest call about a job and the gentleman asked " how many miles can you drive in a day" my response is as much as legally possible. Oh buddy we found a way to allow you to drive 900 to 1,000 miles per day smdh. One bad apple ruins the bunch and the ignorance seems to be spreading like wild fire. This was a unfortunate accident but I'm afraid it's probably not going to be the last.
The big problem is, or one of the big problems is trying to find parking when you’re tired or just need a nap for a couple of hours. But remember not to sit too long or sit down and have a meal and shower because the 14 hour clock is still ticking which in my opinion is ridiculous. But these cement truck drivers are not like us road drivers so you can’t tie them both together. I miss the old 10 hours driving with the 8 hours off.
Trucking is already held to higher standards. Pump drivers ain't truckers.
Anyone operating any kind of equipment should have hours of service regulations but noooo.
Every job can stress & long hours. There is no excuse for this accident. Period
Not a lot of people are understanding that your local drivers do not fall under the regulation of hourly service unlike those who run over the road. The truck safety coalition seems to turn a blind eye to that fact. When you have an employer that does not care about your well being and keeps you on the job with 14-17 hour workdays then you either do as your employer wants you to or you find another job and that’s not right! It’s time to end the loop hole on local drivers and make all semi drivers no matter the distance traveled to fall under the hours of service regulation. Hello Truck safety coalition!!!! I hope you’re reading this!! It’s not just the driver that needs to be regulated but the employer as well. We’re being made the scape goat when it’s the employers who put the drivers in these situations.
Jerry Hernandez made the choice to coke himself up and break the law. When you cave to a companies demands to violate hours of service rules its your own fault, not an industry wide problem.
They work those truck drivers like a mule so the truck company owners can live the life of luxury off their labors because they took the risk so they say
Truck driving is a very hazardous job
it depend on what state and what part of the world you live in or drive in.
ELD's were a huge mistake. Government making rules for truck drivers and representatives that have never been behind the wheel having any input is insane.
the only mistake here is YOU .....Geeze .
oh my god, the reporter makes it sound so horrifying. She needs to take a ride and learn that HOS rules make things very safe! Fearmongering is not the answer to safety!
Always the truckers fault, I hate them!
It’s cool we hate you too bud
Trucking is kinda slavery
I started driving in 2008 b4 elds was on paper logs driving a manual truck i like to think i caught the tail end when trucking was still good definitely people on the roads was now it's definitely me me meme and not you
trucking stops being great/good after that divorced B - actor came in back in 1980
Stop,whining.
Is it me or is this reporter annoying AF!! 🤦♂️ how she drags the last words on. “Fell asleep on the rooooaaadddd!”
It's all about a dollar
Cokain is not the company fault.
Depending on their drug testing policies and supervision of their operators it absolutely could be their fault. They have a duty to check his history, to drug test him and have a supervisor able to detect signs of drug abuse as well as a random testing program.
Either way the company is finished financially, but if the company didn't do their "due diligence", and it looks like they didn't, the officers and/or principals of the company could have criminal exposure.
Neither is cocaine.
That's why daddy does what they call a drag a feet i only drive 8hours a day 😊
Automated transmissions, ELDs, and flip flops have ruined trucking...if we could go back to manual transmissions and actually training people to be professional drivers instead of throwing them the keys to a automated truck,...and- paper logs, no dispatchers, no greedy brokers, no ridiculous waiting at shippers and receivers that waste our time, lower fuel costs and repairs,....then trucking wouldn't be bad lol 😂...it's seriously FUBAR and probably won't ever recover
Go get a job as a plumber cleaning everybody's crap 😂 all jobs have their pains . weak men bring on bad times strong men bring in good times .Here comes the bad times
What tha heck??? Just say you soft & you not built for this! Don't know who he works for or how old this clip is but the company I work for Don't play the blsht. You gone follow the rules if you want to work there period!
Sounds like a bunch of cry babies. 2nd gen. driver and i love what i do and make danm good money. If your getting treated like s#$t you're with the wrong company. Unless you're an own-op or ind. then you pick and choose. That was not a cement truck it was a concrete pumper. He was doing drugs ogf his own choice not because he was over worked. More gas lighting by msm.
E logs have become the most dangerous thing in Trucking History.I dont think that dump truck had one of those.He probably stayed up all night getting coked up and drunk and didnt have enough time to sober up.
His work was probably exempt, not all CDL holders have to do it- even now.
Not E logs but dudes like you are the most dangerous ones around ....Geeze the stupidity of people in Yousa
This News Babe is very pretty. It is a shame they can't afford a make-up artist to paint her eyebrows on straight. Either her right eyebrow is too short, or her left eyebrow is too long. But whatever the case they are noticeably "off center".
It’s allowed bc truckers will NEVER stand together. And illegal immigrants.
So it's 2024 and the News doesn't know the difference from a Local Driver and a Over The Driver yet.
Hey Google, what's the difference from local and otr ?
“As a homeless gay man, Trucking is the perfect job for me. My truck is my home. Pay and benefits? Who needs them. My favorite activity? Leaving my truck parked at the fuel island while I share a ‘shower’ with other like minded manly men.” - Trucking Shill
The only be thing grueling is only getting 11 hours to drive. Give us a simple 16 he shift so a-holes can slow down.
you must be smoking the good stuff
Stop delivering, truckers run America not Biden, Stop delivering wages parking Stop government overreacted STOP delivering save America and your career family STOP 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑
Not this 💩again. This isn't Biden's fault.
Biden has nothing to do with this when you talk about stop delivering do you realize how ignorant you sound do you realize that if us truck driver stop delivering your family is going to suffer it too? Take your medications come down off of your high horse and back to reality
@@margarethorrall8621 without going onto details, in a way it is part of the problem. If I had to explain, your not a O/O.
@@dontucker5883 Ironic insult coming from someone who doesn't know how to spell "you're".
Hillary has a nice name for you ....D.....s
He was up doing coke all night. Not load issues.
Typical blame the driver but not the company
actually the company was to be blame for not doing screening check on that driver for drug history, they must have hired a homless man to drive that truck with no commercial driving experience.
Always attacking the drivers...