|| By FITSNEWS || A trucking company based in Darlington County, S.C. has been shut down by the federal government for posing an “imminent hazard” to public safety.
Carnell Pompey – which does business as Mortise Trucking Company – was ordered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to immediately cease operating commercial motor vehicles within the United States last week after an investigation revealed a host of abuses.
According to the government order, the company has engaged in “egregious, willful, dangerous conduct” – routinely operating vehicles “despite serious safety violations.”
Among the violations? Repeated issues with “defective and inadequate brakes” as well as “pressure loss in the brake system.” The company has also allegedly failed to correct repeated issues with “worn, inadequate and inoperable components and tires.” Over the last year, six tractor trailers operated by Mortise were placed out-of-service after failing roadside inspections.
In addition to issues with the company’s vehicles, driver training and drug testing procedures were also deemed insufficient.
Mortise was issued a list of sixteen steps it must complete before the government will consider lifting the ban.
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Damn, now Tango’s mom is out of a job. Thanks Obama.
Yeah. Sad about Large Marge, isn’t it?
Lol! Indeed, Buz.
Oriental Spas…
TBG sees no happy endings for anyone involved.
Large Marge…
Not even for Peewee Herman…
Trying to think why this would make Fits News unless its owned by someone prominent and connected?
it is called “clickbait” ANYTHING apparently qualifies for this site so long as there is a good chance you might click on it and put money in Will’s pocket.
…and here we are…
A one truck, owner operator, trucking company shut down, that’s all ya got?!? It must really be a slow news day. http://www.truckdriver.com/trucking-company-directory/ShowDOTCo.cfm?CENSUS_NUM=1339109
That record of the fleet size is as of 2013. They may have expanded rapidly, then run afoul of the law. How and why they might have expanded so rapidly might give a clue as to why they might have gotten so much fed attention, which might not be all about safety violations. Which could answer the question posed by “Price is right” about why FITS might run this.
Might have expanded but didn’t: http://www.overdriveonline.com/fmcsa-shuts-down-owner-operator-following-bevy-of-maintenance-violations/
Cocaine use while driving. I guess they have some federal regulation against that sort a thing.
He also owns something called CP Vending, headquartered in Darlington.
Ah well. That shoot one theory down anyway.
I wonder if Will saw the article and thought it was a big trucking company or if maybe Mr. Pompey cut him off in traffic or something….
In the FITS world, this is the Free Market. How dare the gubment require tractor trailers have breaks that work.
How dare the gubment require tractor trailers have breaks that work.
Give TBG a brake!
This will hurt the business at all the Oriental Spas that have their billboards along the interstate highways. Truckers are real health nuts. They get into physical activities.
From Solyndra, Coal energy, GM and BP…Obama has told us he has the ‘Boot on the Neck’ of America’s industries..and he has stomped the life out of so many jobs…
Obama is picking the winners and losers…and if you BUILD it yourself…the government is standing by to snuff you out…
Our people (businesses) feed everybody…The only thing government (or Obama) does is starve its enemies… We’ll never survive like that…
Yet, up to 10 million gallons of oil that spillled has settled at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. We need to put people to work!!
The spill areas is pristine, as if NOTHING happened a short time later…yet Obama told us it would be 100 years to clean up…LIAR…
And BP has paid Billions….and All Obama has done is destroy our economy…maybe the Democrat Party is where Obama should have (is inadvertently) placing a boot on the neck of…Filthy A-Hole…
That oil at the bottom was discovered just months ago, dipshit. Lol…
Like Global warming…LMAO…
It’s clean…dude…Obama LIED…
This report did not come from Obama…Resaerch Dumbfuck, Lol…
Again with the LMAO. I’ll try and clear this up for you. We have iPhones, and Smart Phones. They have key pads. Nobody uses OMG, KK, LMOA anymore. We just type it out. Like instead of LMOA – we say Ha!. Or, That’s Funny. Please get with the decade. And stop listening to those 8-track tapes.
I have never seen anybody tweet ‘KK’. Busted, you.
Do people still use ROMA? I like that one.
Obama is picking the winners and losers…
You just pick losers: https://www.fitsnews.com/2011/12/28/ron-paul-maintains-iowa-lead/
That’s where there’s more jobs now than when he took office – eh? Troll!
Damn government red tape interfering with private business again…
They don’t need brakes in South Carolina that hurts business according to Nikki Haley. The big trucks will just smooth out all the potholes………
There’s that damn intrusive big government and their unnecessary regulations trying to keep unsafe 18 wheelers off the road. Damn ’em.
I though for a second this would be about Lee Bright…