Ike I believe you covered the reason for the judgment against Schneider, 100 percent their fault for putting the guy behind the wheel solo. You said yourself the training is inadequate so it's definitely on them!
@roberteast4160 30% in lawyers fees + 40% in federal taxes plus whatever percentage in state taxes your state take. You'll probably take 20%-30% in that settlement 😅😅😂
@@camplogic9185 As big as they are it's not surprising, but that goes without saying there are tons of videos of other companies on here making the same crashes. Matter of fact you can watch said crashes on this particular channel lol..
Yes Schneider talked so much shit about other companies in my CDL school when they were there to promote their company and they lie about what they really are going to pay rookies
Let me get this straight. The driver crossed multiple lanes, causing a car to evade an accident which caused them to collide with another vehicle, had multiple incidents and multiple tickets, AND while employed as a truck driver tested positive for drugs, al inside two months and shouldn't have been fired? He should've probably been fired prior to the fatality incident. Buddy, you need to be drug tested cause you're high af. This driver sounds like he was a disaster waiting to happen. Oh wait, he is a disaster that did happen.
more than 20 years ago when i took my CDL driving test there was several Schneider trainees out of the chicago area that had all been out in OTR training for months. They had all taken their driving test at least once before, and all of them failed again. When you hire off the bottom you get an off the bottom driver.
I hate that it happened, but if it was known that the driver wasn't "coachable", probably shouldn't have been behind the wheel until the issues are corrected or the driver's dismissal. 🤷🏾♂️
These companies need to hire drivers that can speak and understand English!!! There have been many families interrupted because some drivers can not read road signs and drive to fast for their amount of training!!! They may have been excellent drivers in their country !!
@@gailmorra The problem is that several drivers coming out of these CDL mills are good, responsible drivers. It is that 20% who come out here thinking easy money.
This reminds me of the lawsuit where a 4-wheel driver lost control, went across the interstate median, crashed into a Werner truck, and Werner had to pay.
@@ak_getright9905. That exactly the excuse that was used for the Lawsuit. The weather was crappy and the roads were slick and the Attorneys for the stupid woman who hit Werner and Killed 2 of her Children claimed with the road conditions Werner shouldn’t have been on the road at that time. Totally screwed up case and an Insane Judge. The woman in the 4 wheeler was 100% at fault but Werner and the Driver had to pay her anyway. It called Courts and Attorney Hate Truck Drivers.
@@CowgirlUpTrucking Correct. The Werner driver even maintained control of his truck after the 4-Wheeler hit him preventing a secondary crash with the car beside him.
I drove for CRST 30 years ago. Schneider had a strict 55 mph policy, drivers got a bonus buy sticking to it. I was a team lead, otr trainer, and the students stayed with me 6-8 weeks. Then they were teamed up with another driver of the same time and off they went.
I got hired and 2 weeks into my first job got sent to Florida from Indiana and up the east coast and back to Indiana by myself and it was a complete shit show and the best time of my life at the same time. I'm a different breed of driver tho and come from eras of truck drivers.
Schneider probably has managed to keep their older drivers because over time they look at statistics and see who their top producers are and then treat them accordingly, so they stick around. Then, they just weed out the Boneheads as needed, as they should have done with this guy. The question is, how many more Boneheads are “waiting in the wings” to cost the company yet another $47 million dollars?
I trained with them back in 97 at the West Memphis terminal. The trainers and mentors were great back then. The literally trained me way out of my comfort zone. Putting me into situations that you would never do as a truck driver. Looks like times have changed since then.
3 tickets & 2 accidents in 3 years is the standard ???? Just wow,that is an extremely lax standard, I have worked with drivers at 3 million miles and no accidents
i been truckin almost 4 years and id say mostly i trained myself, going to truck driving school for 4 weeks was very helpful tho as far as learning the concepts of offtracking and making turns in the city and learning good pretrip habbits , learning 90 degree backing which isnt taught much but you will need to know how to do it sooner or later , mostly i just took everything real slow day to day
Schneider trained me in "92. I have a friend from my class who is still with them. I stayed 18 months & moved on. But during my training I was not given any mountain training. I learned a lot by talking & listening on the C.B. and by observation.
I drove for and trained with them in 1991. Training was great and my first trip around the country was with a trainer and that included mountain driving. I learned so much.
That Trucker from Cuba that killed 5 people with a huge fire in Colorado. He smoked his brakes riding them down the Mountain was working for a 2 Truck Company that simply went Bankrupt.
The system failed that driver. The company he worked for was pretty shady, had multiple DOT violations and O/S issues and were running old equipment. His tractor was a probably 20/25 year old Freightliner, he had very little experience on the road, spoke very little English and yet they sent him in the mountains with no training, what could possibly go wrong? He had no clue what a truck runoff was, no clue how to properly come down a mountain using proper gearing and Jake brake (assuming his tractor had one and it was operable). He was put in a no win situation, at the end of the day he was the one behind the wheel, but he should not have been there without the proper training and experience, so I think his employer bears responsibility for that accident, that driver will live with that horror for the rest of his life.
Yeah he was sentenced 110 years then social media try to push the narrative that is truckers where protesting all over the country on his behalf. When in real life drivers were saying he did wrong. Then his attorney and the judge released information. That he was originally supposed to get around 10years. And he waived his right to a plea deal. Because he felt he did nothing wrong. As if he didn’t go past 2 runaway ramps when his brakes gave way. The wokians were going crazy on social media. Whole time incident was two years before him being sentenced. So he got 10 years due to media manipulation. Trying to create an uproar. When in reality it was split amongst us professionals. With more on the side of he did nothing right.
Well said. I don’t know all the details of that horrific tragedy but I will never forget my training decades ago. I was told if you need to take a runoff ramp to save your life and very likely the lives of others (let alone the truck & load), then by all means do so! But you will lose your job immediately. I thank someone above I never had to use one but had considered it on more than one occasion due to other factors and other drivers on the road. I did OTR flatbed and once got cut off by a flying J tanker! And that particular day my big air horn wasn’t working 🙈. I couldn’t even wake him up on the cb! Luckily he woke up just in time as I couldn’t move over even another inch… These things the public doesn’t fathom unless they are directly involved. ✌️
Majority of what you say he had no clue about is common sense. He blatently made it clear that he knew his brakes were bad before he started driving that day. Quit making excuses for that guy. He murdered 4 people and knew damn well how to drive. We don't need 22 excuses about the poor cuban guy that clearly fooled you and all kinds of other morons You sound like a bonehead trying too troll@@thomaskirk9341
@@thomaskirk9341 so the fact he admitted too knowing his brakes were bad other then the obvious common sense things like all the ways he had too get out of murdering 4 people makes that a tragic what? So you honestly think he just landed in the middle of the mountains? He never drove over one before he got there? No one failed him but the victim mentality you just spewed gave this guy a 2 1/2 year sentence for every person he intentionally murdered (yes it's his job too know basic common sense) and if it was your family or friends you might think less like he was the victim and more like the 4 people he carelessly killed ARE. There families are without them forever all because he blamed not doing his job right. Any one of us should eat that 100 year sentence and quit provoking piss poor behavior in this industry. Some of us know how to do our jobs right. The rest need to go drive busses or work at home. You blaming the company really sounds stupid. That's like crashing your ford pickup truck into someone and blaming ford. Think about how weird that sounds. I pray you don't have a cdl
You're right about Schneider training, I had very little experience driving in the mountains. But that's where they had me driving! That's all I have to say bad about Schneider.
my truck driver training was simple, my boss and i were going from Portland Oregon to Seattle Washington, halfway there he pulled over and i drove about five miles, he drove the rest of the way up and all the way back, two days later i was on my own
Mega carriers have retainer lawyers who obviously will appeal that judgement. See they can keep this jammed up for years and years. Likely after a few years in the legal system they’ll offer or a different judge will cut the settlement amount down. Remember the guy who invented the intermittent wiper? It took him 10 years to get it into court and on the eve of the trial ford offered him 16 million to drop it. The judge awarded him 10 million, however he ended up getting more after both GM and Chrysler settled out of court with him. Let’s also remember the McDonald’s coffee incident and how a judge cut that suit back to a more reasonable amount. It’s not going to be 47 million those people get
@Bluecoats_are_Coming Just because they may be a terrible company does not mean they should not get equal justice in the courts. I'm sure there are people who believe you are a terrible person, but you would expect to be treated the same as everyone else in a court of law.
I started my career with Schneider in 2015 and they were a great company to work for at the time. I trained in California and got my road training from Colorado Wyoming and Utah in Winter.
From '94 through '97 I drove for JB Hunt. Their training was good. For new drivers it was 4 weeks in school to get the CDL, then 6 weeks OTR with a trainer. Safety was their #1 priority. I don't remember them having a rule about getting tickets, but after 3 accidents, you're gone. And we went coast to coast from NJ to CA and WA.
In 89 we trained for 4 weeks then teamed with another inexperienced driver. All 48 + Canada and if you were based out of Denver log books were optional 🚛💨
In 2018, I got my cdl instructor license and went to work for a large Academy for CDL training. I brought 35 years experience to the school. I helped many students change their lives by starting their trucking journey. In 2/2020, Florida started investigating CDL crashes where the driver was at fault, to include, records including his/her CDL training, school training, and instructors name, license number, driving records. The measures at which litigation will dig is wide and deep. So, in theory, someone I trained 5 years ago, who gets involved in a crash involving injury or death. I could be involved in a lawsuit. 😮
The training in CDL school is minimal. It is a starting point, nothing else. Due to cost, it is kept to the basics. The companies are expected to do the real training. Few want to train. Understandable. They allow anyone to train, due to the need. I started in flatbed. So called trainer. Was an ex-con, 8 years prison, first year self confinement, due to extreme violence. Extreme crystal meth addict. Severe behavioral issues. Took him 3 weeks to realize the so called was being trained by the trainee. Numerous violent outbursts. Punching the truck, trailer, sleeper, steering wheel. Road raging, etc. His final big outburst he finally realized I knew more than him. I was driving before he was born, before CDL requirements. Returned to the industry. To be trained by someone that should not be driving a semi. Most dangerous driver I have seen The big companies are desperate for trainers. Due to the high turn over. Most so called trainers are in it for the money. Nothing else. The real fault is the companies. Flip floppers producing more dangerous flip floppers. Executives work out the numbers and accept a certain percentage of losses. Acceptable by their insurance company. All negotiated. Human life takes no part in the number crunching. Only gross revenue & net profit. Until proper training is forced. Not an advocate for more regulation. Yet, crash rates are going to continue to rise. The bean counters need to be taken out of the trucking. All they do is talk about safety. Yet actions are louder than words. Their actions do not add up to their words. Bunch of con artists killing people every day.
I drive for Prime, and when I was training, we went coast-to-coast. I have been to California and back multiple times. There are now only three states in the lower 48 I haven't been to yet: Maine, Rhode Island, and North Dakota.
I am an adjuster that handles trucking claims. 99% of injury lawyers call for a jury trial. There are very few Judges that decide the initial award amount (the one you hear on the news). You have to appeal for a reduction and the company will argue legalalities and pay more for attorneys in that appeal . Your everyday injury attorney will advertise the large jury verdict however you will never hear about the reduction. It would be nice to know when this ends what the amount paid to the plaintiff was. It is likely that the plaintiff may receive less than 50% of the reduction amount once the attorney takes their share. They get a greater share of the settlement when they file a lawsuit. Check your retainer agreement before you sign with them.
These lawsuits are why we have higher insurance premiums, in cab driver facing cameras, electronic logs and micromanaging. At some point we aren't even going to be allowed to take our hands off of the wheel or blink when driving.
I was with Schneider from 96 -13. My training after Green Bay was a least 2 weeks OTR (Denver-to East Coast) with a Trainer and 2 weeks with a "C Team partner who was in the same time frame I was. With the Trainer I learned all the Trucker Rules of the Road. One was NEVER Look at the Scale Master ! Roll the Window down listen and Watch the Lights. In all those years I was pulled in only a couple of times. Compared to the stories of Drivers getting pulled in all the time. Whose stories would always start "I pulled on the Scale looked inside and was waved in" LOL. However I noticed Local Drivers were starting to Train new drivers. Never having to Scale a load or go through a State Scale , slide tandems , deal with Shippers or Cons... During my training my trainer had to sign off on so many tandem slides and things like that. BTW Is Schneider still a "Mega" Carrier ? I rarely see them on I-70 Through Mo. And when I do it can be another carrier hauling their Trl. (yes it's still got all the SNI #'s Logo's... so not a used one's)
I trained and got my CDL at Schneider and they do take their rookies on OTR now. I trained on a dedicated route from NC to VA. Some of my classmates went to NY, MI, OH. They are STRICT for safety and drill that into you from day. They stress pre trips, safe speeds as their trucks are governed and if you are speeding over 10mph an alert is sent to the safety manager. If you drop a trailer once or do a U turn you are fired immediately.
Best experience you'll get is otr. When I train someone I'll make them take us 60 through WV sometimes at night. PA also has some 13-18% grades, not very long but long enough.
A lot of drivers want local. Most local positions require experience, as I'm sure you now know. Drive otr or regional for a year or two. Get your experience, then try again.
Meth addicts are some of the Worst Lyers to begin with, The Driver Should have been fired for doing Meth to begin with, Yes Schneider is definitely getting Screwed for sure, Just going to cost more to get things shipped now. fjb
A year and a half ago , schneider basically ran off all their experienced drivers for lower wage drivers. I went from $32 an hour down to $15 an hour. So I left.
Schneider has always been a training company and that’s about it since sometime pre 1990s. I trained there myself. They years ago was union but they got rid of their union drivers right before I came onboard in 1995. They been crappy ever since. Jb hunt is a better company in my opinion. I’m glad they gotta cough up a few bucks.
Schneider makes you do otr training now. I assume the new safety standards they have are probably because of this accident. I do know if you have one wreck that you are responsible for they will can you for it. I know a guy who knocked over a barrel of gas at a truck stop. He left the scene and came back to the truck yard. He was fired the next day. There csa score is very good now. State guys don't generally mess with there drivers. This verdict is bs.
My trainer had a strict policy that if he didn't fully trust you you were not getting a truck, another was the more he felt comfortable with, the more he let you run, the driver after me yeah didn't do so well as he had a chip on his shoulder
I had a drunk driver hit my truck and totaled it... He had no insurance so i wasnt able to get after anyone... I had INS that paid me for my equipment... Lately the state of Texas paid my medical bills and I walk away with my life...4 months at home. I actually lost money on repairs that was recently done... Thank you GOD for keeping me alive. When someone dies... The family always deserves something but 47 million 🤦
How can you possibly say that the family deserves a payout when the person died is responsible for the accident? Blaming the victim is asinine and one of dumbest things about the legal system
I got flagged for a critical event by the ELD. Supposedly, I was driving 29mph over the speed limit for a 10-20 mile stretch by Tappen, ND on I-94. The speed limit is 75mph. Either I was driving over 100mph or their GPS is wrong.
The GPS we use ( Issac ) continuously picks up the speed limit of the service road or cash toll lanes beside the main road as you drive down the Interstate. Evidently, GPS isn’t full proof
Case Dismiss , The Driver Told A Lie About His Whereabouts And Blame The Company About Being Not Properly , Well He Brought This On Himself , Just My Opinion
My husband got his CDL's in 07 through Schneider at their Charlotte location. He has to agree that we only drove in the Charlotte area. But besides that, they have or had great training for rookies. Well, we can only agree with their training in 07.
I don't remember what year Schneider replaced IT, I believe it was around the late 80's because met one Schneider driver in Iowa in the winter as my fuel started gelling up on I-35 n. of Des Moines.
Retired a couple years ago. I drove for Schneider flatbed until they sold it to Maverick. Flatbed division was a free wheeling division. Corporate never got on us like they did the dry van drivers. It was a good time in the nineties and early 2000's. Being the step child of the company we were pretty much left alone. If I had to drive for the van division, I'm not sure I would have lasted. I made good money with them.
The problem was that Schneider was asked to provide GPS tracking of Joachim truck through that area, it was around that accident but there's no video footage of him losing control so Schneider basically gave the prosecutors an excuse for the lawyers to extort 47 million.
So I recently started with Schneider and their training was okay. I know what you mean some rookies need to get out of their comfort zone but thats exactly what they did for me. I’ve been to half the US in 3 months, been that guy backing in a dock from the main road holding up traffic. I grew up around Chicago though so maybe thats a plus. From my experience I apply some of the things I was trained to do however most of my learning came from actually doing the job and analyzing what I could be doing better. From what I understand they’re one of the fastest companies to put rookies out on the road in as little as 4 weeks which was how fast I got in my own truck including classroom training and driving with the TE. I will say they’ve done wonders for my experience, wish it paid more though for the OTR side. Seems like dedicated accounts are where it’s at with Schneider for rookie drivers as far as pay goes. I personally think all rookies should do OTR for a couple months before going into a more relaxed account as you’ll get a variety of really awkward situations that you can grow from. I wanted to quit plenty of times but now I operate no problems.
@@PurpleMusicProductions I think for some people it''s bad practice but if you pick up on the nature of driving a big rig fast it's really nice. I think Schneider's process is to just weed out the bad drivers and keep the good ones. Most of the drivers I come across that have been around for years are really good.
My husband and I teamed for Schneider and they DID train OTR-ish... our trainer was a great guy and very attentive but was regional. We trained in Tx LA SC GA etc but when we drove we immediately were given PA to Denver-Vale and on to Portland and Seattle. WAY! DIFFERENT! TERRAIN! Our biggest issue with them is they micro-manage the new drivers instead of training them. Every time we turned around it was another infraction we had to call the DTL about but they were not at all concerned with more major things like when we had to travel at 4 mph and do a fake pre-post trip rolling in traffic jam and actually change drivers while moving. There was no way to pull over and be able to get back into traffic so we were told to do it that way. Just stay under 5mph and the ELD would not register. Yep it worked but was it safe? no.
I'm been with Schneider for over 2 years on the Dollar General account. I saw a fellow driver, except Werner, unload with flip flops and and I could smell his burnt tires when he pulled into the parking lot. We unload "rolltainers" that can weigh over 1,500 lbs on a lift gate. He's got to be another ticking timebomb...
$47 million for a gigantic company like that is nothing here in Nashville a local concrete company just had to pay $37 million and a person is still alive unless the company is self-insured Zürich international is going to pay that money
I started with Schneider in 2005 and was with them for almost 9 years. Was a driver trainer for 5 years. In those days I was given 2-3 weeks to train the person on the road after they graduated the academy. If I felt the person needed more training I could keep them with me for up to 4 weeks. I’d run them up in the northeast including New York. At the end of the day I’d work with them in truck stops for about 30 minutes practicing backing and slow maneuvering. Even had a dry erase board and a die cast tractor trailer to show them different backing techniques and setups. I took my job very seriously and did my best to make sure my students were successful. A company is made up of individuals, so saying the company sucks is just silly. Schneider was actually a really good company in those days from my experience. It might be because I was always really nice to them and they treated me well. The only reason I didn’t stay with them is because I wanted to be local with my family. Just understand that if you are a demanding jerk, your dispatcher will probably treat you like dirt. Things might be different now, but I enjoyed my time with them. Edit: That picture looks like the Dallas OC after the tornado. I was there 2 days after the tornado hit. The equipment was crushed like cans. Look up on UA-cam. Dallas tornado tractor trailers. The tornado picked up 2 empty trailers and was recorded by a news crew.
They send their rookies otr with a TE for a week, the trainee does all the driving with the TE in the passenger seat. When I was a TE I took majority of my students up into PA, VA, OH, IA and IN from AL to get some experience with grades
Ike When I Lived in Canada before moving to U.S.A. I applied to Prime & they told me that I didn't have enough Experience for them even though I had 25 Years Experience of Driving with 10 Years of it being Driving in the Rocky Mountains of Canada!!!! Go figure that one out eh Lmao
I used to work for a trucking outfit. If you didn’t have steel toe work boots, you would be sent home and if it happened too many times you would be terminated they don’t play. along with a high viz. coat. and hardhat when working flatbeds.
3:26 the "standard of proof" is a much lower bar to reach in civil court then in criminal court. Criminal it's "beyond a reasonable doubt," in civil it's a "preponderance of evidence" meaning that there is enough evidence to suggest that an event was more likely then not to have occurred
Think you hit the nail on the head regarding who they can or can’t get any $$$ from. Most drivers (. Excluding the fellas you might talk with at the counter while eating your lunch ) don’t have and probably couldn’t borrow 47 million to pay out.
Speaking of Schneider and safety. I was always told, or had been told several times, that was why there trucks are painted orange for visibility. That back in the earlier days they were nearly shutdown entirely due to safety issued and that it was an agreement with the gubbment. That's something I've heard anyhow.
😒 uhm I have a question: fast forward into the future, and lets suppose this SNI Tractor Trailer combination was an A.I. Driverless Tractor Trailer combination with no driver anywhere, completely and fully automated by a computer, cause this could happen to AI as well, so then what? Does AI get an exception and they operate above the law? Or would they still go after SNI? or the company that sold SNI the AI system?
One thing that pissed me off at about CR England when i started years ago , my trainer was 6 months experienced. I was expecting 10-15 years experience trainers.
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What you’re saying is that he had accidents and popped for drugs in his system before and during time at Schneider but it’s not their fault for hiring him and also keeping as a trucker. It’s very clear Schneider did not care who they hired.
One good thing I can say about Prime is that their training program is decent. The caveat to is that they don’t evaluate their trainers enough. So a bad trainer does slip through the cracks and these days they’ve been getting more than just a few bad ones.
Unfortunately this has become the Norm in America, It's all about the Money, Money, Money, Period !!! I believe that the majority of Truck Drivers out there are safe and professional, BUT !! We have a big fat target on our backs, $$ is the target. One of the best things the FMCSA could do for us and every ones safety, Mandate stricter training !! I'm pretty sure the Airline industry doesn't just let a pilot wannabe go from the class room to a 747, with a few hours training, and Say, There ya go, have a nice flight
I'm going to say Karma sucks. I worked for Schneider for 2 years. They put a preventable accident WITH injuries on me when my truck was hit by a drunk driver while I was home for Christmas and nowhere near my truck. The injuries were due to the Driver bouncing off my truck, doing a few 360s, and hitting her head on her steering wheel causing her to pass out. They had to take her to the hospital before taking her to jail. The police report even states that I was not present. I have the report if anybody wants to see proof. This has caused me all kinds of problems when I try to get a new job. I think that a carriers ability to put anything on your DAC report should be controlled a little better. I am an Army veteran, so I have access to free legal through the VA. I don't want anything but an apology and my record cleared of this. Maybe compensation for some of the better playing jobs I missed out on due to this. I just want to go drive and be left alone to do what I love doing, and doing the only job I have found conducive to the mental issues I deal with from my military experiences. I am super safety conscious. Having served, I already have enough weighing on my conscious that I am very cautious in an 18 wheeler. It can kill more people faster than any weapons I used in the service. I even trained new drivers at a different company due to the quality of drivers, or lack of quality, who are out there. Since the covid epidemic it seems like they are just passing out CDLs at the door. I think Schneider is just reaping what they sow. Stay safe out there brother and sister drivers. Some of us still remember when driving was a brotherhood and drivers watched out for each other. Not this trap that goes on today. To those still in the brotherhood, may God protect you and get you home safely. I'll see you all out there. 11:25
I drive for stevens transport b4 this with Schneider, stevens has always been a very strict company, I've been there 32 yrs, I agree with you Schneider got screwed on that.
Way back in 2005, I started trucking and started at SWIFT. One good thing I can say about them is that after they help you get your CDL, you then have to go out with a trainer for like a month of OTR and actually learn trucking--through the Rockies, chicken coops, weird rules in California, all that kind of thing. If Schneider isn't doing all that, then they're setting up their new guys for absolute failure.
I’m a OTR driver for Schneider and I can tell you that any accident,violation, or time clock violation, They are extremely strict of pulling a driver off the road for additional training. Even going over 70 mph on a steep downgrade fully loaded you will be sent back for training. Expect a message on the tablet will come through saying call your driver leader at the earliest convenience. Training is conducted the way Schneider wants you to do including pretrip, coupling, and uncoupling. The operation center I was training at teach drivers only a 45 degree backing instead of both 45 and 90 degree backing leaving new drivers to fend for themselves. Often taking long to back up at shippers/receivers and truck stop with limited room to back up at.
I got put into an International for a few months at Schneider. The cruise control on those trucks are enough to drive a man insane. It actively speeds you up to 68mph right before downgrades, forcing you to hit the brakes and waste fuel. One day, I just let it go past 70mph for a second to see what happens. Nothing. I tried it again, and apparently you only get the safety call if it's more than ~5 seconds at 70mph. I could not have been happier to get a Frieghtliner again.
I was at a customer in Massachusetts years ago. It was a little tight, people got out to help spot others. We saw a 379 weinerwagon coming. Everyone got out to help and to watch. After he got backed in he got out to thank everyone. He said it was his second day solo. Then his phone rang. It was their training department calling, asking him to be a trainer.
So this is why I'm all of a sudden doing wal mart Popups as a driver of 14 years. I was wondering why me. I work for schneider and like the creator said, good but very very VERY strict company. I wish for some of us experienced driver, they would give us a lil more wiggle room. Example, Instead of being governed at 65, maybe allow us exp to do 68 or even 70 mph. The trucks do 68 from time to time anyway. Why not let it happen to us that deserve the room as i myself now my limits. And i feel they hold me back from achieving my true potential. Or even showing my true potential. Training definitely needs a improvement.
Guy didn't get fired until several months later since he drove off and lied. They had to find him 1st and during that time he kept screwing up. Wish the courts revoked the drivers cdl
I'm a retired two million mile accident free driver who drove coast to coast with my husband for twenty five years and we're hazmat endorsed with Werner Enterprises. The first couple of those months just happen to have been driving for an owner operator who had a few trucks signed on to Schneider. I can tell everyone who reads this that it takes YEARS to learn how to drive a semi truck. All loads are different. If you have a sixth sense for physics you'll probably do well.
Started out with schneider back in '22. The money was good if you could get your truck on the road. Being jet set meant a lot of down time flying and fitting yourself for trucks. Of course jet set was a slip seat position and all their trucks were filthy. Got tired of being flown to different places and not having a truck. Quit that same year. Their drivers didnt take care of the equipment
www.freightwaves.com/news/jury-slams-schneider-national-with-47m-nuclear-verdict-in-fatal-crash
Send ya places where a rabbit couldn't go .
Where is Hunter's mug shot??
Ike I believe you covered the reason for the judgment against Schneider, 100 percent their fault for putting the guy behind the wheel solo. You said yourself the training is inadequate so it's definitely on them!
I am going to get my CDL with a major company, think Prime is better than Schneider?
Lawyers found the deep pockets & went after it. Happens every time.
And then they become politicians.
Wonder what percentage the lawyers get.😊
@@roberteast4160 About 30% ish.
@roberteast4160 30% in lawyers fees + 40% in federal taxes plus whatever percentage in state taxes your state take. You'll probably take 20%-30% in that settlement 😅😅😂
Yup. That's exactly what happened. No Matter what, it's gonna be the trucks fault. Even when it's not, it is.
I will never forget their recruiter coming to our school and bad mouthing other companies. That was a red flag right there for me not to even apply
I thought it was strange how they bashed other companies too, for some reason in my case it was them bashing swift lol...
Everyone bashes swift. They are known for there accidents and proven track record of mishap
@@camplogic9185 As big as they are it's not surprising, but that goes without saying there are tons of videos of other companies on here making the same crashes. Matter of fact you can watch said crashes on this particular channel lol..
Crst bashes swift too
Yes Schneider talked so much shit about other companies in my CDL school when they were there to promote their company and they lie about what they really are going to pay rookies
Let me get this straight. The driver crossed multiple lanes, causing a car to evade an accident which caused them to collide with another vehicle, had multiple incidents and multiple tickets, AND while employed as a truck driver tested positive for drugs, al inside two months and shouldn't have been fired? He should've probably been fired prior to the fatality incident. Buddy, you need to be drug tested cause you're high af.
This driver sounds like he was a disaster waiting to happen. Oh wait, he is a disaster that did happen.
Agreed. That why, speaking for myself, I believe schneider deserves the judgement for ignoring all the red flags
You are absolutely correct.
more than 20 years ago when i took my CDL driving test there was several Schneider trainees out of the chicago area that had all been out in OTR training for months. They had all taken their driving test at least once before, and all of them failed again. When you hire off the bottom you get an off the bottom driver.
I hate that it happened, but if it was known that the driver wasn't "coachable", probably shouldn't have been behind the wheel until the issues are corrected or the driver's dismissal. 🤷🏾♂️
Stop coddling these new trainees and produce better drivers.
These companies need to hire drivers that can speak and understand English!!! There have been many families interrupted because some drivers can not read road signs and drive to fast for their amount of training!!! They may have been excellent drivers in their country !!
@@gailmorra The problem is that several drivers coming out of these CDL mills are good, responsible drivers. It is that 20% who come out here thinking easy money.
@lindakeys1883 If you speak English, you're considered privileged.
@@Bluecoats_are_Coming that sounds right!!!
This reminds me of the lawsuit where a 4-wheel driver lost control, went across the interstate median, crashed into a Werner truck, and Werner had to pay.
Actually werner AND the driver had to pay i think the driver is on the hook for like $120,000
@@sneed915why? Was he “not supposed to be there?”
@@ak_getright9905. That exactly the excuse that was used for the Lawsuit. The weather was crappy and the roads were slick and the Attorneys for the stupid woman who hit Werner and Killed 2 of her Children claimed with the road conditions Werner shouldn’t have been on the road at that time. Totally screwed up case and an Insane Judge. The woman in the 4 wheeler was 100% at fault but Werner and the Driver had to pay her anyway. It called Courts and Attorney Hate Truck Drivers.
@@CowgirlUpTrucking Correct. The Werner driver even maintained control of his truck after the 4-Wheeler hit him preventing a secondary crash with the car beside him.
@@ak_getright9905 According to the ELD he wasn't supposed to be there.
I drove for CRST 30 years ago. Schneider had a strict 55 mph policy, drivers got a bonus buy sticking to it. I was a team lead, otr trainer, and the students stayed with me 6-8 weeks. Then they were teamed up with another driver of the same time and off they went.
I got hired and 2 weeks into my first job got sent to Florida from Indiana and up the east coast and back to Indiana by myself and it was a complete shit show and the best time of my life at the same time. I'm a different breed of driver tho and come from eras of truck drivers.
@@OregonPotFarmerself proclaimed different breed.
I loved driving for Schneider! All except for the drivers, the management, the mechanic's, and the equipment.
that doesn't leave a lot of positives lol
I think that was the idea...@@deebly_goncerned
Well what exactly was it to love 😂😂
Don't forget will work every holiday.
Schneider probably has managed to keep their older drivers because over time they look at statistics and see who their top producers are and then treat them accordingly, so they stick around. Then, they just weed out the Boneheads as needed, as they should have done with this guy. The question is, how many more Boneheads are “waiting in the wings” to cost the company yet another $47 million dollars?
I trained with them back in 97 at the West Memphis terminal. The trainers and mentors were great back then. The literally trained me way out of my comfort zone. Putting me into situations that you would never do as a truck driver. Looks like times have changed since then.
I like the west Memphis yard.
They coddle new drivers
3 tickets & 2 accidents in 3 years is the standard ???? Just wow,that is an extremely lax standard, I have worked with drivers at 3 million miles and no accidents
curb hitter (thats an accident)
i been truckin almost 4 years and id say mostly i trained myself, going to truck driving school for 4 weeks was very helpful tho as far as learning the concepts of offtracking and making turns in the city and learning good pretrip habbits , learning 90 degree backing which isnt taught much but you will need to know how to do it sooner or later , mostly i just took everything real slow day to day
This video of truck crashes and road moments is a rollercoaster of emotions. Well done!
When I was in CDL schooling, my driver Trainer told us every day that to become a great driver, you must challenge yourself every day.
Schneider trained me in "92. I have a friend from my class who is still with them. I stayed 18 months & moved on. But during my training I was not given any mountain training. I learned a lot by talking & listening on the C.B. and by observation.
Some are intelligent enough to realize training is inadequate. Unfortunately not all
I drove for and trained with them in 1991. Training was great and my first trip around the country was with a trainer and that included mountain driving. I learned so much.
That Trucker from Cuba that killed 5 people with a huge fire in Colorado. He smoked his brakes riding them down the Mountain was working for a 2 Truck Company that simply went Bankrupt.
The system failed that driver. The company he worked for was pretty shady, had multiple DOT violations and O/S issues and were running old equipment. His tractor was a probably 20/25 year old Freightliner, he had very little experience on the road, spoke very little English and yet they sent him in the mountains with no training, what could possibly go wrong? He had no clue what a truck runoff was, no clue how to properly come down a mountain using proper gearing and Jake brake (assuming his tractor had one and it was operable). He was put in a no win situation, at the end of the day he was the one behind the wheel, but he should not have been there without the proper training and experience, so I think his employer bears responsibility for that accident, that driver will live with that horror for the rest of his life.
Yeah he was sentenced 110 years then social media try to push the narrative that is truckers where protesting all over the country on his behalf.
When in real life drivers were saying he did wrong. Then his attorney and the judge released information. That he was originally supposed to get around 10years. And he waived his right to a plea deal. Because he felt he did nothing wrong. As if he didn’t go past 2 runaway ramps when his brakes gave way.
The wokians were going crazy on social media. Whole time incident was two years before him being sentenced. So he got 10 years due to media manipulation. Trying to create an uproar. When in reality it was split amongst us professionals. With more on the side of he did nothing right.
Well said. I don’t know all the details of that horrific tragedy but I will never forget my training decades ago. I was told if you need to take a runoff ramp to save your life and very likely the lives of others (let alone the truck & load), then by all means do so! But you will lose your job immediately.
I thank someone above I never had to use one but had considered it on more than one occasion due to other factors and other drivers on the road.
I did OTR flatbed and once got cut off by a flying J tanker! And that particular day my big air horn wasn’t working 🙈. I couldn’t even wake him up on the cb! Luckily he woke up just in time as I couldn’t move over even another inch…
These things the public doesn’t fathom unless they are directly involved.
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Majority of what you say he had no clue about is common sense. He blatently made it clear that he knew his brakes were bad before he started driving that day. Quit making excuses for that guy. He murdered 4 people and knew damn well how to drive. We don't need 22 excuses about the poor cuban guy that clearly fooled you and all kinds of other morons You sound like a bonehead trying too troll@@thomaskirk9341
@@thomaskirk9341 so the fact he admitted too knowing his brakes were bad other then the obvious common sense things like all the ways he had too get out of murdering 4 people makes that a tragic what? So you honestly think he just landed in the middle of the mountains? He never drove over one before he got there? No one failed him but the victim mentality you just spewed gave this guy a 2 1/2 year sentence for every person he intentionally murdered (yes it's his job too know basic common sense) and if it was your family or friends you might think less like he was the victim and more like the 4 people he carelessly killed ARE. There families are without them forever all because he blamed not doing his job right. Any one of us should eat that 100 year sentence and quit provoking piss poor behavior in this industry. Some of us know how to do our jobs right. The rest need to go drive busses or work at home. You blaming the company really sounds stupid. That's like crashing your ford pickup truck into someone and blaming ford. Think about how weird that sounds. I pray you don't have a cdl
You're right about Schneider training, I had very little experience driving in the mountains. But that's where they had me driving! That's all I have to say bad about Schneider.
Hope you had a great Father's day. Thank you for sharing and God bless
my truck driver training was simple, my boss and i were going from Portland Oregon to Seattle Washington, halfway there he pulled over and i drove about five miles, he drove the rest of the way up and all the way back, two days later i was on my own
Fellow truckers: these nuclear verdicts, the Werner verdict where the Werner did nothing wrong, are a greater peril to trucking than low low rates.
Mega carriers have retainer lawyers who obviously will appeal that judgement. See they can keep this jammed up for years and years. Likely after a few years in the legal system they’ll offer or a different judge will cut the settlement amount down. Remember the guy who invented the intermittent wiper? It took him 10 years to get it into court and on the eve of the trial ford offered him 16 million to drop it. The judge awarded him 10 million, however he ended up getting more after both GM and Chrysler settled out of court with him. Let’s also remember the McDonald’s coffee incident and how a judge cut that suit back to a more reasonable amount. It’s not going to be 47 million those people get
Thats for sure! The Lawyers will get the Most if it!🤣
I hope Schneider pays every cent plus interest. They are a terrible company.
@Bluecoats_are_Coming
Just because they may be a terrible company does not mean they should not get equal justice in the courts.
I'm sure there are people who believe you are a terrible person, but you would expect to be treated the same as everyone else in a court of law.
I started my career with Schneider in 2015 and they were a great company to work for at the time. I trained in California and got my road training from Colorado Wyoming and Utah in Winter.
From '94 through '97 I drove for JB Hunt. Their training was good. For new drivers it was 4 weeks in school to get the CDL, then 6 weeks OTR with a trainer. Safety was their #1 priority. I don't remember them having a rule about getting tickets, but after 3 accidents, you're gone. And we went coast to coast from NJ to CA and WA.
They dont run truck freight too far past 35 anymore. Only their containers.
My friend drove for them for a week around the same time. He quit cause 1500 miles in a week was a day and a half work for him.
I trained at Schneider in 2021 and I liked the program. They do not co sleep, so you are in a hotel every night while the trainer stays in the truck
Same at jb hunt
The lawyers will do anything to get money
Yep, damn ambulance chasers....
That’s literally their job…
@@3182john Some jobs should not be allowed to exist, as they are only a net evil; like lawyers or bankers.
@@3182johnNo it’s not! They go for the throat every time.
@@thomashasty2936I mean …. It really is there job and why go for broke. That’s why these companys are so involved in safety
Lying on a police report is a felony.
Foreigners what do you expect
Lying on any federal required documents is a felony. Including eld logs.
Not if you're white!
@@SinOjOs-Transportbut politicians lying to people is ???????????
I like you covering the pumpkin heads.
In 89 we trained for 4 weeks then teamed with another inexperienced driver. All 48 + Canada and if you were based out of Denver log books were optional 🚛💨
Back when they put a stack of logbooks and a bag of pills on the drivers seat.
In 2018, I got my cdl instructor license and went to work for a large Academy for CDL training. I brought 35 years experience to the school. I helped many students change their lives by starting their trucking journey. In 2/2020, Florida started investigating CDL crashes where the driver was at fault, to include, records including his/her CDL training, school training, and instructors name, license number, driving records. The measures at which litigation will dig is wide and deep. So, in theory, someone I trained 5 years ago, who gets involved in a crash involving injury or death. I could be involved in a lawsuit. 😮
One could argue a lot of bad habits could have been self taught in 5 years since CDL training.
I totally agree.
The training in CDL school is minimal. It is a starting point, nothing else. Due to cost, it is kept to the basics.
The companies are expected to do the real training. Few want to train. Understandable. They allow anyone to train, due to the need.
I started in flatbed. So called trainer. Was an ex-con, 8 years prison, first year self confinement, due to extreme violence. Extreme crystal meth addict.
Severe behavioral issues. Took him 3 weeks to realize the so called was being trained by the trainee. Numerous violent outbursts. Punching the truck, trailer, sleeper, steering wheel. Road raging, etc.
His final big outburst he finally realized I knew more than him. I was driving before he was born, before CDL requirements. Returned to the industry. To be trained by someone that should not be driving a semi. Most dangerous driver I have seen
The big companies are desperate for trainers. Due to the high turn over. Most so called trainers are in it for the money. Nothing else.
The real fault is the companies. Flip floppers producing more dangerous flip floppers.
Executives work out the numbers and accept a certain percentage of losses. Acceptable by their insurance company. All negotiated.
Human life takes no part in the number crunching. Only gross revenue & net profit.
Until proper training is forced. Not an advocate for more regulation. Yet, crash rates are going to continue to rise.
The bean counters need to be taken out of the trucking. All they do is talk about safety. Yet actions are louder than words. Their actions do not add up to their words.
Bunch of con artists killing people every day.
That last name said it all....During my time trucking [over 20 yrs] those foreigners were some of the most horrible drivers I've ever seen!!
Do they make you wear safety vest while sleeping?
I drive for Prime, and when I was training, we went coast-to-coast. I have been to California and back multiple times. There are now only three states in the lower 48 I haven't been to yet: Maine, Rhode Island, and North Dakota.
I am an adjuster that handles trucking claims. 99% of injury lawyers call for a jury trial. There are very few Judges that decide the initial award amount (the one you hear on the news). You have to appeal for a reduction and the company will argue legalalities and pay more for attorneys in that appeal . Your everyday injury attorney will advertise the large jury verdict however you will never hear about the reduction. It would be nice to know when this ends what the amount paid to the plaintiff was. It is likely that the plaintiff may receive less than 50% of the reduction amount once the attorney takes their share. They get a greater share of the settlement when they file a lawsuit. Check your retainer agreement before you sign with them.
These lawsuits are why we have higher insurance premiums, in cab driver facing cameras, electronic logs and micromanaging. At some point we aren't even going to be allowed to take our hands off of the wheel or blink when driving.
I was with Schneider from 96 -13. My training after Green Bay was a least 2 weeks OTR (Denver-to East Coast) with a Trainer and 2 weeks with a "C Team partner who was in the same time frame I was. With the Trainer I learned all the Trucker Rules of the Road. One was NEVER Look at the Scale Master ! Roll the Window down listen and Watch the Lights. In all those years I was pulled in only a couple of times. Compared to the stories of Drivers getting pulled in all the time. Whose stories would always start "I pulled on the Scale looked inside and was waved in" LOL. However I noticed Local Drivers were starting to Train new drivers. Never having to Scale a load or go through a State Scale , slide tandems , deal with Shippers or Cons... During my training my trainer had to sign off on so many tandem slides and things like that. BTW Is Schneider still a "Mega" Carrier ? I rarely see them on I-70 Through Mo. And when I do it can be another carrier hauling their Trl. (yes it's still got all the SNI #'s Logo's... so not a used one's)
When I trained with cr England they had us drive in the mountains
I trained and got my CDL at Schneider and they do take their rookies on OTR now. I trained on a dedicated route from NC to VA. Some of my classmates went to NY, MI, OH. They are STRICT for safety and drill that into you from day. They stress pre trips, safe speeds as their trucks are governed and if you are speeding over 10mph an alert is sent to the safety manager. If you drop a trailer once or do a U turn you are fired immediately.
Kudos Ike, you’ve consistently improved your channel
This will be appealed..
First thing I thought. That number is coming down.
Glad to see you guys trucking again love you videos
Man I can’t even find a CDL job. Newbie here. Got my class A in fall of 2023. Wanna stay local til I gain experience .
Best experience you'll get is otr. When I train someone I'll make them take us 60 through WV sometimes at night. PA also has some 13-18% grades, not very long but long enough.
A lot of drivers want local. Most local positions require experience, as I'm sure you now know. Drive otr or regional for a year or two. Get your experience, then try again.
local is why you can't get a job....get out there OTR and pay your dues like evryone else
Meth addicts are some of the Worst Lyers to begin with, The Driver Should have been fired for doing Meth to begin with, Yes Schneider is definitely getting Screwed for sure, Just going to cost more to get things shipped now. fjb
A year and a half ago , schneider basically ran off all their experienced drivers for lower wage drivers. I went from $32 an hour down to $15 an hour. So I left.
why, the pay cut ?
@tre_4 Because the economy and there greedy shareholders wanting more money.
Schneider has always been a training company and that’s about it since sometime pre 1990s. I trained there myself. They years ago was union but they got rid of their union drivers right before I came onboard in 1995. They been crappy ever since. Jb hunt is a better company in my opinion. I’m glad they gotta cough up a few bucks.
A lot of companies hired new driver straight from cdl schooling not enough experience for OTR. But every day is a new day and anything can happen
Schneider makes you do otr training now. I assume the new safety standards they have are probably because of this accident. I do know if you have one wreck that you are responsible for they will can you for it. I know a guy who knocked over a barrel of gas at a truck stop. He left the scene and came back to the truck yard. He was fired the next day. There csa score is very good now. State guys don't generally mess with there drivers. This verdict is bs.
My trainer had a strict policy that if he didn't fully trust you you were not getting a truck, another was the more he felt comfortable with, the more he let you run, the driver after me yeah didn't do so well as he had a chip on his shoulder
I'm with you 10 mil max. That's what you call a flipflopping boneheaded judges
I'm sure Schneider will appeal
My rookie training is 2-3 weeks local Detroit then 2-4 weeks OTR.
I had a drunk driver hit my truck and totaled it... He had no insurance so i wasnt able to get after anyone... I had INS that paid me for my equipment... Lately the state of Texas paid my medical bills and I walk away with my life...4 months at home.
I actually lost money on repairs that was recently done... Thank you GOD for keeping me alive.
When someone dies... The family always deserves something but 47 million 🤦
Where did you tow it?
Towed...lol
Yes, how much 😂? 45?
How can you possibly say that the family deserves a payout when the person died is responsible for the accident? Blaming the victim is asinine and one of dumbest things about the legal system
I got flagged for a critical event by the ELD. Supposedly, I was driving 29mph over the speed limit for a 10-20 mile stretch by Tappen, ND on I-94. The speed limit is 75mph. Either I was driving over 100mph or their GPS is wrong.
The GPS we use ( Issac ) continuously picks up the speed limit of the service road or cash toll lanes beside the main road as you drive down the Interstate. Evidently, GPS isn’t full proof
Case Dismiss , The Driver Told A Lie About His Whereabouts And Blame The Company About Being Not Properly , Well He Brought This On Himself , Just My Opinion
My husband got his CDL's in 07 through Schneider at their Charlotte location. He has to agree that we only drove in the Charlotte area. But besides that, they have or had great training for rookies. Well, we can only agree with their training in 07.
I don't remember what year Schneider replaced IT, I believe it was around the late 80's because met one Schneider driver in Iowa in the winter as my fuel started gelling up on I-35 n. of Des Moines.
Retired a couple years ago. I drove for Schneider flatbed until they sold it to Maverick. Flatbed division was a free wheeling division. Corporate never got on us like they did the dry van drivers. It was a good time in the nineties and early 2000's. Being the step child of the company we were pretty much left alone. If I had to drive for the van division, I'm not sure I would have lasted. I made good money with them.
I thought about driving for that company,but now I don’t know. Well thanks for telling me,have a good one see ya bye.
The problem was that Schneider was asked to provide GPS tracking of Joachim truck through that area, it was around that accident but there's no video footage of him losing control so Schneider basically gave the prosecutors an excuse for the lawyers to extort 47 million.
* circumstantial evidence
I work at Roehl. They’re pretty strict with safety.
So I recently started with Schneider and their training was okay. I know what you mean some rookies need to get out of their comfort zone but thats exactly what they did for me. I’ve been to half the US in 3 months, been that guy backing in a dock from the main road holding up traffic. I grew up around Chicago though so maybe thats a plus. From my experience I apply some of the things I was trained to do however most of my learning came from actually doing the job and analyzing what I could be doing better. From what I understand they’re one of the fastest companies to put rookies out on the road in as little as 4 weeks which was how fast I got in my own truck including classroom training and driving with the TE. I will say they’ve done wonders for my experience, wish it paid more though for the OTR side. Seems like dedicated accounts are where it’s at with Schneider for rookie drivers as far as pay goes. I personally think all rookies should do OTR for a couple months before going into a more relaxed account as you’ll get a variety of really awkward situations that you can grow from. I wanted to quit plenty of times but now I operate no problems.
I would agree with you the training is a little fast. I trained in Charlotte NC
@@PurpleMusicProductions I think for some people it''s bad practice but if you pick up on the nature of driving a big rig fast it's really nice. I think Schneider's process is to just weed out the bad drivers and keep the good ones. Most of the drivers I come across that have been around for years are really good.
My husband and I teamed for Schneider and they DID train OTR-ish... our trainer was a great guy and very attentive but was regional. We trained in Tx LA SC GA etc but when we drove we immediately were given PA to Denver-Vale and on to Portland and Seattle. WAY! DIFFERENT! TERRAIN! Our biggest issue with them is they micro-manage the new drivers instead of training them. Every time we turned around it was another infraction we had to call the DTL about but they were not at all concerned with more major things like when we had to travel at 4 mph and do a fake pre-post trip rolling in traffic jam and actually change drivers while moving. There was no way to pull over and be able to get back into traffic so we were told to do it that way. Just stay under 5mph and the ELD would not register. Yep it worked but was it safe? no.
I'm been with Schneider for over 2 years on the Dollar General account. I saw a fellow driver, except Werner, unload with flip flops and and I could smell his burnt tires when he pulled into the parking lot. We unload "rolltainers" that can weigh over 1,500 lbs on a lift gate. He's got to be another ticking timebomb...
I love driving for schneider except for the, pay, managers, equipment, and low miles 🎉
How can you love Schneider for all these? Come on... You shouldn't say something so contradictory.
@BushidoBasher oh I forgot to mention don't idle in 95 degree weather because that's bad and eats into their billion dollar profits
@@repsforjesus6720 Lmao They can kick rocks if they tell me to not idle the truck. I already exceed their MPG goals by a longshot.
$47 million for a gigantic company like that is nothing here in Nashville a local concrete company just had to pay $37 million and a person is still alive unless the company is self-insured Zürich international is going to pay that money
I started with Schneider in 2005 and was with them for almost 9 years. Was a driver trainer for 5 years. In those days I was given 2-3 weeks to train the person on the road after they graduated the academy. If I felt the person needed more training I could keep them with me for up to 4 weeks. I’d run them up in the northeast including New York. At the end of the day I’d work with them in truck stops for about 30 minutes practicing backing and slow maneuvering. Even had a dry erase board and a die cast tractor trailer to show them different backing techniques and setups. I took my job very seriously and did my best to make sure my students were successful. A company is made up of individuals, so saying the company sucks is just silly. Schneider was actually a really good company in those days from my experience. It might be because I was always really nice to them and they treated me well. The only reason I didn’t stay with them is because I wanted to be local with my family. Just understand that if you are a demanding jerk, your dispatcher will probably treat you like dirt. Things might be different now, but I enjoyed my time with them.
Edit: That picture looks like the Dallas OC after the tornado. I was there 2 days after the tornado hit. The equipment was crushed like cans. Look up on UA-cam. Dallas tornado tractor trailers. The tornado picked up 2 empty trailers and was recorded by a news crew.
They send their rookies otr with a TE for a week, the trainee does all the driving with the TE in the passenger seat. When I was a TE I took majority of my students up into PA, VA, OH, IA and IN from AL to get some experience with grades
Ike When I Lived in Canada before moving to U.S.A. I applied to Prime & they told me that I didn't have enough Experience for them even though I had 25 Years Experience of Driving with 10 Years of it being Driving in the Rocky Mountains of Canada!!!! Go figure that one out eh Lmao
I used to work for a trucking outfit. If you didn’t have steel toe work boots, you would be sent home and if it happened too many times you would be terminated they don’t play. along with a high viz. coat. and hardhat when working flatbeds.
It was the same judge djt had in NY
getting rest is not easy even if u try to sleep , things happen to wake u up and u just dont sleep right on the road
Especially if one of them darn reefers is parked next to you.
@@chrisdonish or somebody is getting a flat tire changed next to you I had that happened to me the other night ruined the whole night
3:26 the "standard of proof" is a much lower bar to reach in civil court then in criminal court. Criminal it's "beyond a reasonable doubt," in civil it's a "preponderance of evidence" meaning that there is enough evidence to suggest that an event was more likely then not to have occurred
Here in Australia if drugs are involved it comes straight back onto the driver not the companies fault
Think you hit the nail on the head regarding
who they can or can’t get any $$$ from.
Most drivers (. Excluding the fellas you might talk with at the counter while eating your lunch ) don’t have and probably couldn’t borrow 47 million to pay out.
They have ppl that are experts in the investigation of accidents.
Speaking of Schneider and safety. I was always told, or had been told several times, that was why there trucks are painted orange for visibility. That back in the earlier days they were nearly shutdown entirely due to safety issued and that it was an agreement with the gubbment. That's something I've heard anyhow.
Where was the accident at?
😒 uhm I have a question: fast forward into the future, and lets suppose this SNI Tractor Trailer combination was an A.I. Driverless Tractor Trailer combination with no driver anywhere, completely and fully automated by a computer, cause this could happen to AI as well, so then what? Does AI get an exception and they operate above the law? Or would they still go after SNI? or the company that sold SNI the AI system?
One thing that pissed me off at about CR England when i started years ago , my trainer was 6 months experienced. I was expecting 10-15 years experience trainers.
Regarding your monetization and re-upload issue, there is a way to avoid that. We deal with this often on our channel. The secret is to upload the video as an *unlisted* video first. UA-cam will run their analysis of the video and let you know about any problems. If the video is OK, set it to “PUBLIC” and you’re done. If they de-monetize it, delete the video, re-edit it, and upload it as unlisted again. Once they approve it, go public and you’re all set.
What you’re saying is that he had accidents and popped for drugs in his system before and during time at Schneider but it’s not their fault for hiring him and also keeping as a trucker. It’s very clear Schneider did not care who they hired.
One good thing I can say about Prime is that their training program is decent. The caveat to is that they don’t evaluate their trainers enough. So a bad trainer does slip through the cracks and these days they’ve been getting more than just a few bad ones.
Alex Jones would understand how this happens for forty-seven million.
Unfortunately this has become the Norm in America, It's all about the Money, Money, Money, Period !!! I believe that the majority of Truck Drivers out there are safe and professional, BUT !! We have a big fat target on our backs, $$ is the target. One of the best things the FMCSA could do for us and every ones safety, Mandate stricter training !! I'm pretty sure the Airline industry doesn't just let a pilot wannabe go from the class room to a 747, with a few hours training, and Say, There ya go, have a nice flight
It'll definately affect all possibly at the end
Schneider must have changed a lot since I worked there in 2011
Uh. Just which law school did you attend? Did you pass the BAR?
I'm going to say Karma sucks. I worked for Schneider for 2 years. They put a preventable accident WITH injuries on me when my truck was hit by a drunk driver while I was home for Christmas and nowhere near my truck. The injuries were due to the Driver bouncing off my truck, doing a few 360s, and hitting her head on her steering wheel causing her to pass out. They had to take her to the hospital before taking her to jail. The police report even states that I was not present. I have the report if anybody wants to see proof. This has caused me all kinds of problems when I try to get a new job. I think that a carriers ability to put anything on your DAC report should be controlled a little better. I am an Army veteran, so I have access to free legal through the VA. I don't want anything but an apology and my record cleared of this. Maybe compensation for some of the better playing jobs I missed out on due to this. I just want to go drive and be left alone to do what I love doing, and doing the only job I have found conducive to the mental issues I deal with from my military experiences. I am super safety conscious. Having served, I already have enough weighing on my conscious that I am very cautious in an 18 wheeler. It can kill more people faster than any weapons I used in the service. I even trained new drivers at a different company due to the quality of drivers, or lack of quality, who are out there. Since the covid epidemic it seems like they are just passing out CDLs at the door. I think Schneider is just reaping what they sow. Stay safe out there brother and sister drivers. Some of us still remember when driving was a brotherhood and drivers watched out for each other. Not this trap that goes on today. To those still in the brotherhood, may God protect you and get you home safely. I'll see you all out there. 11:25
I drive for stevens transport b4 this with Schneider, stevens has always been a very strict company, I've been there 32 yrs, I agree with you Schneider got screwed on that.
One Of The Best. Class Of 08
Way back in 2005, I started trucking and started at SWIFT. One good thing I can say about them is that after they help you get your CDL, you then have to go out with a trainer for like a month of OTR and actually learn trucking--through the Rockies, chicken coops, weird rules in California, all that kind of thing. If Schneider isn't doing all that, then they're setting up their new guys for absolute failure.
I’m a OTR driver for Schneider and I can tell you that any accident,violation, or time clock violation, They are extremely strict of pulling a driver off the road for additional training. Even going over 70 mph on a steep downgrade fully loaded you will be sent back for training. Expect a message on the tablet will come through saying call your driver leader at the earliest convenience. Training is conducted the way Schneider wants you to do including pretrip, coupling, and uncoupling. The operation center I was training at teach drivers only a 45 degree backing instead of both 45 and 90 degree backing leaving new drivers to fend for themselves. Often taking long to back up at shippers/receivers and truck stop with limited room to back up at.
I got put into an International for a few months at Schneider. The cruise control on those trucks are enough to drive a man insane. It actively speeds you up to 68mph right before downgrades, forcing you to hit the brakes and waste fuel. One day, I just let it go past 70mph for a second to see what happens. Nothing. I tried it again, and apparently you only get the safety call if it's more than ~5 seconds at 70mph. I could not have been happier to get a Frieghtliner again.
I was at a customer in Massachusetts years ago. It was a little tight, people got out to help spot others. We saw a 379 weinerwagon coming. Everyone got out to help and to watch. After he got backed in he got out to thank everyone. He said it was his second day solo. Then his phone rang. It was their training department calling, asking him to be a trainer.
Thanks but no thanks
I remember a few years ago Warner had a $40 million judgment against them
So this is why I'm all of a sudden doing wal mart Popups as a driver of 14 years. I was wondering why me. I work for schneider and like the creator said, good but very very VERY strict company. I wish for some of us experienced driver, they would give us a lil more wiggle room. Example, Instead of being governed at 65, maybe allow us exp to do 68 or even 70 mph. The trucks do 68 from time to time anyway. Why not let it happen to us that deserve the room as i myself now my limits. And i feel they hold me back from achieving my true potential. Or even showing my true potential. Training definitely needs a improvement.
God it would be so nice to have even 30 minutes of SmartPass at 68mph. I know how and when to use the extra speed, but I enjoy cruising at 65.
@randgrithr7387 I do to from time time. But the International trucks read 65 but are 64
@@camplogic9185
Yeah I noticed the Freightliners are 2mph faster than the Internationals according to GPS.
@@MobiAussie how long have you been with schneider
Wow 47 million ........???? Didnt the Judge also get a cut of it....???
The lawyers sure do.
Guy didn't get fired until several months later since he drove off and lied. They had to find him 1st and during that time he kept screwing up.
Wish the courts revoked the drivers cdl
THEM JUGES DON'T PLAY WHEN YOU LIE TO THEM
Unless you “know people” *wink wink*
What about Swift drivers. Glad I'm retired. So are a lot of Prius 4 wheelers. 😅
I'm a retired two million mile accident free driver who drove coast to coast with my husband for twenty five years and we're hazmat endorsed with Werner Enterprises. The first couple of those months just happen to have been driving for an owner operator who had a few trucks signed on to Schneider. I can tell everyone who reads this that it takes YEARS to learn how to drive a semi truck. All loads are different. If you have a sixth sense for physics you'll probably do well.
Started out with schneider back in '22. The money was good if you could get your truck on the road. Being jet set meant a lot of down time flying and fitting yourself for trucks. Of course jet set was a slip seat position and all their trucks were filthy. Got tired of being flown to different places and not having a truck. Quit that same year. Their drivers didnt take care of the equipment