Should I bust my CoDriver for Texting on his Cell Phone

[koyamaguam]

He loves to use his cell phone and puts the Qualcomm on the steering wheel while we go 75mph down the freeways........I've warned him 3 times about it...

So, should I report him to safety??? I have pictures and they can check qualcomm transmission time against his log book.....Irrefutatable proof...

What say you guys that probably do the same thing.......

Report him or not?????

[Uturn2001]

Yes report him before you wake up dead or before he takes out a bus full of kids.

Yes report him before you wake up dead

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

[nickbtubas]

good reason NOT to team drive

[Copperhead]

I doubt if very many drivers that have been at this game for a while can admit they have never used the qualcomm while driving. I have. But, as Clint Eastwood said in one of the Dirty Harry movies.... "a man has to know his limitations".

I never text on the cell and very rarely use the qualcomm while driving. Never, never with other traffic around me. I have also poured coffee from my thermos while driving. Same difference. I am not going to stop every 25 miles to pour a cup or answer a qualcomm message. But I limit myself to doing these things when no one else is in danger.

Yes, I am not the picture perfect driver. But over 2 decades with NO moving violations or preventable accidents, I must be doing something right.

[One]

This is a normal practice which carriers might warn against, but condone secretly. They expect you to answer the QC quickly and telling them that you had to stop 10 times to answer the QC is not a valid excuse for being late.
The QC is there to be in constant comm. w/you. if they were satisfied with it being used like an email acct to be answered at the earliest convenience, they'd just call you on the phone instead of spending millions on QC.
You wont get far reporting him, just encourage using it only when traffic and road-conditions allow, provided that he doesnt leave his lane of travel while using it.

[DaveP]

Yes report him before you wake up dead

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

I guess it's never happened to you???

[rubberducky]

qualcomms are disabled while trucks are in motion in the maverick trucks.

[Malaki86]

Hell ya you should bust him - upside the head WITH the QC.

[kips41]

You don't state what your co-driving arrangement is. Whether you are a permenant team or a trainee. If you are a permenant team, you should decide first if you want to continue teaming with this person as I am sure that it will end that relationship if you go to your safety dept.

If you are a trainee, you will be wasting your time. He might get a phone call about it but if he has been a long term driver with the company then they will probably not do anything and then you will need a new trainer as I am sure that he would make your life miserable.

[Fozzy]

Warn him that you won't stand for it and then the next time you catch him texting, snatch the phone out of his hand and lob it out the window... then let him complain to the company about what happened.

[steelhauler2007]

My Qualcomm isn't disabled while driving down the road,but I don't use it.There is a small red light on dash that lights up if message is important.I usually average maybe two -three messages a day.

[Fredog]

My Qualcomm isn't disabled while driving down the road,but I don't use it.There is a small red light on dash that lights up if message is important.I usually average maybe two -three messages a day.

i wonder why the dont make the qc talk to you. it couldnt cost that much, everything else talks now a days

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

I did it when I was in training ,and when I was a trainer....I never had a problem keeping the truck under control , And there are many other distractions that are equal to using the qualcom that I'm 100% positive everyone on here is guilty of ...Drinking a beverage while driving...using the CB while driving ,and so on .



If you are not liking your co drivers habbits get another one . If you are a student get another trainer ....If you are a true team driver and not a student then you better be more accepting of the other drivers habbits b/c there is only 1 way to have the truck operated 100% the way you want and that means only you drive it which means SOLO driving .

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

My Qualcomm isn't disabled while driving down the road,but I don't use it.There is a small red light on dash that lights up if message is important.I usually average maybe two -three messages a day.

i wonder why the dont make the qc talk to you. it couldnt cost that much, everything else talks now a days

They do have voice activated qualcom units ...I rember at Werner there were a few of them floating around on a few million miler trucks .

[yoopr]

give him the Ultimate-Stop it or the next time you're on report

[Karnajj]

I guess I am the only one who thinks the OP is just a troll.

[terrylamar]

I guess I am the only one who thinks the OP is just a troll.

It doesn't matter, it is a good question, real or made up.

[smokdu]

qualcomms are disabled while trucks are in motion in the maverick trucks.

who's is?? mine works, although i try to stay off it unless i am all alone on the road

[ben45750]

Some people can do other things while their driving. I wouldn't say anything to them as long as they didn't give me a reason to. I have never teamed but I could only team with someone I trusted. If they are all over the road using the phone ect. I really wouldn't trust them in bad weather.