What really needs to be looked at is the hours of service with the Prime Driver. Driver Fatigue is a very big issue in the trucking industry. The great majority of drivers are paid per mile or a fixed commission for a load. They are allowed to drive for a certain amount of time and then must be off duty for a certain amount of time. The rule book a CDL driver must abide by is very lawyer friendly and open to various interpretations. It sort of reads like the bible. I am not certain but I believe that company uses electronic logs that will be easy to study for law enforcement. God help the people in the car, God help them and the Truck Driver if he was violating the law on the time rules. Commission work or per mile would be a magnet to make many violate the law because if the truck is sitting the money is not flowing. Unfortunately look at the results of possibly trying to make a couple of extra dollars. Very sad. Give these rigs all the room they need and more, it's a rough way to make a living. I don't really mean to judge, I wasn't there.
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