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> forced me to drive in some pretty difficult circumstances It’s unfortunate that this happens so much. Many dispatchers simply do not care about public safet

> forced me to drive in some pretty difficult circumstances It’s unfortunate that this happens so much. Many dispatchers simply do not care about public safety. After all, they are not going to be responsible in case of an accident. What many people don’t understand is how sometimes dispatchers are able to manipulate unsuspecting drivers, especially new drivers without much experience.

eth0up 7y ago
At a good company, a dispatcher will immediately back off when a driver expresses fatigue or illness. Of course, such can have consequences. What bothers me more than a tyrannical dispatcher, is the bad side of regulations. For example, if I start my day at, say 03:00 (with a 30min pre-trip inspection) and arrive at loc at 06:00, but it takes 8 hours to load/unload, during which I sleep, my 14 hours is still penalized, despite adequate rest. I now have 3 hours to find food, or parking and progress to my next destination, and I'll probably not sleep for a while after I stop. But dispatch wants me to optimize off-duty time by resuming immediately after my available hours refresh. So I sleep 4 hours and the federal government and dispatch are happy, because the numbers look good and my schedule is tidy. I always said bureaucracy and biology was a tough mix. A minor quibble, but it bothered me.