It was hard to decide whether to post this here or on the forum where a trucker was talking about his problem with his company not paying his fine, claiming they would/did and then he got pulled over. 100% he was at fault for getting the over weight ticket in the first place but he had a legit complaint about the company's failure to do what its' own policies said it would and he had way too many times (from his telling of the story) tried to get it resolved, then got a license suspension because it all. Hey, guys, WE are all the 'little guys' companies know they can play divide and conquer with. You can bitch and moan about pay, hours, sealed loads, regulations, how much you gotta put up with, on and on and on but until you're willing to stand together you're p'in into the wind. O/Os and company drivers alike, it's a ghetto attitude that everyone around you is who you haveto work 'up' from...and being offended somebody called your kid a "trucker's kid???" Doggone right s/he is! And most dispatch and recruiters are in it with the truckers.
Separate the issues. If you've got two good legs, don't crawl and don't turn on your own.