Yep. They'd get a lot more drivers responding just by simply parking the rigs enroute to the delivery. No laws as such are broken and it would have the same impact sending the same message. That would also make it a nation wide possibility as well.
They are not going to park their rigs enroute to the delivery. These loads have to be delivered on time. Things are different now that electronic logs are the law. Companies who have been using paper logs until a few months ago are struggling to get the dispatchers and drivers used to the fact that they can’t cheat anymore.
The people who want a load from Nashville to Orlando on their timeline don’t understand that a driver who gets stuck for 3 or 4 hours between Atlanta and Macon can’t fake it anymore. On the peoplenet, the home office can see when a trucker is stuck in traffic for hours going 20 miles an hour. The DOT can too. My husband thinks they are a good thing. He has been driving for over 20 years and he is tired of seeing the assholes driving at 80 miles an hour in the left lane when the sign clearly says trucks in right two lanes. These companies are still trying to adjust to this and if they don’t stop making unreasonable promises about these loads, they are the ones who are going to have a walkout on their hands. But what the Hell do they care, if a trucker gets busted over his hours, it doesn’t count against them. It counts against the driver and they don’t have to pay the fine.
The majority of trucking companies are coming around and are strictly enforcing the new rules but the others are slow to learn. The drivers are coming around too but some of the old timers are very resistant and losing their jobs and that’s a good thing.
So many people have romanticized truck driving from the songs and movies and it isn’t like that at all. It can be a good living so I’m not complaining just trying to be realistic.