Not too Swift!

In my opinion Swift is one of the root causes of where the trucking industry is today, they take advantage of new drivers in a big way, they’ve been known to black-list drivers that wanted to leave.

Company fined $14,450 for rig on bridge (phillyBurbs.com)
Swift Transportation Co. of Phoenix, Ariz., was fined $14,450 on Wednesday because one of its drivers drove a 28-ton tractor-trailer over the deteriorating, 3-ton-limit, canal bridge on River Road in Upper Makefield, police said.

Probably close to 40 tons on a 3 ton bridge. I’ve been lost before, and Philly or anywhere in PA isn’t a good place to be lost in. Or maybe someone told him to go that way. In any case, you get what you pay for. (Cheap pay for inexperienced drivers.)

Originally posted 2008-08-24 03:30:00.

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Swift Truck Driving Jobs #

whoa… talk about crazy! 13x over the limit and it didnt collapse? sounds like he got lucky o_O
-jake

Doug #

Yeah I know your right but the cycle never ends. but who say’s there’s no money in trucking by the the time swift and the rest of the big players pay for all the recruiting,training and repair and fines like the one above they couldn”t stay in business if they wasn’t still making money.