Question:
These are the most recent "SafeStat" scores for equipment and drivers for the three largest TL training carriers.
The scores are regularly compiled from on the road inspections by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and State Departments Of Transportation. A link to the site is posted below.
The smaller the number, the better the rating.
Werner Enterprises
Werner equipment is within the top 36.7% of all vehicles inspected. (63.3% of the industry scored worse)
Werner drivers are within the top 27.13% of all inspected. (72.87% of the industry scored worse)
Swift Transportation
Swift equipment is within the top 39.82% of all vehicles inspected. (60.18% of the industry scored worse)
Swift drivers are within the top 66.54% of all inspected. (33.46% of the industry scored worse)
Schneider National
Schneider equipment is within the top 28.01% of all vehicles inspected. (71.99% of the industry scored worse)
Schneider drivers are within the top 31.56% of all inspected. (68.44% of the industry scored worse)
None of these numbers are great for billion-dollar carriers with the resources (and public responsibility) to do much better.
Top performing carriers (Wal-Mart, etc) sometimes score in single digits.
Results for other carriers and additional information---> http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafeStat/SafeStatMain.asp
This page lets you search by company name.
(If you get another page first, press, “Click here to access the SafeStat Module”)
The search may pull up similar company names.
Figure out which one you're looking for by city, number of trucks, etc.
The data for smaller companies may be less conclusive or unavailable due to fewer recent inspections.
(ACSEA data is temporarily unavailable. Crash data is published separately.)
.http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sect...onusWeek.php#tabs

Answer:
Thanks for the info. Im getting a service unavailable message now.
The things you and the other old "pros" post seems to be fairly sound advice. A few posters seem to be ...to put it bluntly...too jaded. I also wonder if alot of the bitterness I read comes from an inability on their part to actually find a job they may like, hence the bitter and sometimes righteous or condenscending attitude towards "newbies" in the trucking business. Almost as if they were "born" a professional driver and was never a "newbie"themselves. If a person is trapped, with no other job skills or knowledge available, it follows they could become bitter. A person stays with a job along time because it is all they know and IF they come to dislike or hate their job, they take it out on others. An inability or unwillingness to change, due to fear or ignorance, is probably the culprit.
I am very glad everyone posts their opinions here. I do wish everyone the best. I have options besides trucking, and am presently back working in my "professional" field, monitoring all the daily activities associated with my businesses. I chose to become a driver, for a number of reasons, one, because of the ability to avoid dealing with people face to face so much. Relative obscurity on the qualcom and in the cab. I am burned out in my field and wanted change....needed it actually. Also, I needed to gain practical knowledge of trucking operations and expenses to see if owning my own trucks would give me a good return on investment. I haven't been in the business nearly long enough to make a decision about that, so I may go back OTR/Regional for awhile.
Again, my thanks to all of you for sharing the insights you have.
Rob

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