As a driver myself, I think if it’s deemed that the driver’s negligence was the main contributing factor, they should be personally liable.
The whole point is that is to send a STRONG message to the unprofessional drivers that if they don’t pickup the slack and fuck up, the rest of their life might be destroyed.
I don’t drive truck. I feel like knowing the height of your truck/load would be an important part of your job no?
Massive fine for the company and suspension of license for the driver in my opinion, maybe about 6 months. By that time they may search to work in a different industry, hopefully.
Sure, but isn’t the responsibility for training on the company and not the driver? I’m not super familiar with the industry, sorry.
Average amount of on the job training a driver gets when hired is probably half a shift. You’re expected to know and be able to do it without any additional training.
I think that’s totally wrong and bullshit but that’s what’s going on out there. Where I work it’s 4-6 weeks full time for a driver with experience, 6 weeks to 10 weeks or so usually for a new driver, we’ve had at least one do 6 months+. We’re a definite outlier tho and probably do the most on the job training out of any trucking company in BC.
