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How to handle pressure to violate hours of service regulations

My dispatcher keeps assigning me loads that put me over hours of service and when I push back he threatens to give the good runs to other drivers.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Your dispatcher pushes you past legal driving hours and threatens your good runs if you refuse.

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“Where Are You with Transportation — Trucking & Commercial Driving?”

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