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Mars 01-20-2007 04:31 PM


Originally Posted by Goin Fer It
Biggs has been cited 18 times in the past, five times for driving on a suspended driver's license and once for DUI, the WSP said.


:shock: :shock:

I can not believe this guy even had a job :!:

Goin Fer It's Wife

My thoughts exactly. Gives the rest of a bad rep too boot.

Goin Fer It 01-20-2007 06:55 PM

I was at my moms house when I read this story. I just had to post it as it was so unreal that a company would actually hire someone with this record or keep him on. So I am back home to reply.


classicxl
that says alot for the people who hire for certain companies
I wonder what the companies insurance is like with people like this working for them.


glasman2
Well I hope this last stint keeps him off the road for good.
Me too :!: :!:


tbrown
Biggs was cited for negligent driving for causing this collision, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

... and thank God no lives!!

What seems even worse when you TRY to put this in perspective; all this in a 27y/o - in what time frame were the 18 citations? Shocked
It is hard to believe!


just_froggy
18 previous citations and a DUI, what the hell was this guy doing behind the wheel?
It is hard to believe he even kept his CDL with that record.[/b]

Goin Fer It 01-20-2007 06:59 PM

golfhobo

Guess Homer must have seen more on the news about it. I am surprised he did not call for someone else to come in and slow the traffic down. Even more surprised that traffic was slowed down at the very presence of the Highway Patrol being there.

Goin Fer It's Wife

Goin Fer It 01-20-2007 07:00 PM


Originally Posted by merrick4
I thought these Atlas Van line jobs were hard to get and good paying. About a month ago I saw one jacknifed in Alabama

I guess it must not be so! Unless this guy was like the owners son or something.

Goin Fer It's Wife

Goin Fer It 01-20-2007 07:02 PM


Originally Posted by Mars
Goin Fer It's Wife

My thoughts exactly. Gives the rest of a bad rep too boot.[/quote]

Just think how the rest of the Atlas guys feel about their reputation!

Goin Fer It's Wife

Double R 01-21-2007 03:26 AM


Originally Posted by merrick4
I thought these Atlas Van line jobs were hard to get and good paying. About a month ago I saw one jacknifed in Alabama

Might have been hired by a O/O to drive on of his trucks.

GMAN 01-21-2007 03:33 AM

Re: 30-car pileup blamed on speeding Spokane driver (Trucker
 

Originally Posted by Goin Fer It
The semi operated by Atlas Van Lines was driven by Shawn R Biggs, 27, of Spokane. Biggs has been cited 18 times in the past, five times for driving on a suspended driver's license and once for DUI, the WSP said.

Biggs was cited for negligent driving for causing this collision, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.


I don't understand why someone with 18 citations still has a license. This guy is only 27 year old? If the 18 citations don't phase the company he works for, then adding one more probably won't make any difference either. Of course, it doesn't state what the other citations were for, but we assume that they were all moving violations. Whether they were moving violations or not, that is a lot of tickets. I have been driving for about 35 years and don't even have half that many citations over an entire career. And no moving violations. I can't get over this guy still being able to hold a license, much less drive a commercial vehicle. :?

Splitter 01-21-2007 04:03 AM

70 MPH on Snoqualmie pass during a snow storm? He was begging for trouble.

Mars 01-21-2007 04:23 AM


Originally Posted by Mars
My thoughts exactly. Gives the rest of a bad rep too boot.


Originally Posted by Goin Fer It
Just think how the rest of the Atlas guys feel about their reputation!

Goin Fer It's Wife

As I have been reading through a lot of posts. I see quite a few messages asking" who will hire me with a couple of speeding tickets ect" and people seem to point them to moving companies. LOL

yoopr 01-21-2007 04:29 AM


Originally Posted by Splitter
70 MPH on Snoqualmie pass during a snow storm? He was begging for trouble.

yep-that's insane and I know Snoqualmie like the back of my hand-Lots of times the West slope is Ice.
The Truck stop at North Bend is stategically located for times like this. Only bad thing is that it's no longer Ken's Truck Stop.


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