Western Express
reviews and complaints

On March 24, 2021 at 9:55 am DST, one of your trucks(number unkown) entered a small cart way(18 ft) local street(Interchange Drive)from PA State Route 997. Tried to turn corner onto Fairview Ave.(another 18 ft cart way) and damaged my new lawn, landscaping stone, stop sign and almost ran over a fire hydrant! Before I could get outside, the trucker? backed up and left. Any GOOD truck driver should know you can't maneuver a 53 footer on 18 ft cart ways. I have contacted Western Xpress twice on the 24th and have received no action. You may think I don't know what I am talking about but I have my CDL and have driven various trucks as part of my engineering job and as a local municipal official. If I would have gotten the truck number, I would have contacted the Pa. State Police and filed hit and run charges!

On Saturday March the 20th approximately 11:00 a.m. traveling on i-95 downtown expressway Richmond Virginia was run off the road and almost crashed by a driver number on the back of the truck was 29281 and no license plate. I can be reached at [protected]. If I don't hear from somebody and the reasonable amount of time I will be going to the police to file a complaint and possibly charges against this driver.

We live in Hollis, Maine near the bottling plant that your trucks visit daily. Yesterday my wife & I almost got into a head on crash on rt, 117 when a Western Express truck crossed the centerline while attempting to make a right turn onto rt. 35 where there is a sign directing the trucks to go straight. The town of Hollis had the DOT install theses signs because of the dangerous intersection. The driver of this truck obviously could not read. He completely ignored the fact that he was on the wrong side of the rd. This happened on 1/30/2021 at about 1:45 pm. We see a lot of Western Express trucks lost on back roads & making illegal uturns. Pleases pay attention to this matter before more people are killed around here.

I went to western express after I got my CDL from different school. I went there looking for a job but I had to quit because of your scum and now you're asking me to pay back money I didn't get from you. I didn't receive my CDL from you. Please stop the scum for the sake of justice. I want to know if there is a concerned body to look into this company's scum

Our concern is that this truck is parked every weekend in a residential area. With this you are violating the laws that govern the Municipality of Hartford. I quote: Sec. 22-26 Fine and penalties for unlawful parking. This company cannot use residential area to park this type of vehicle for more than 3 hours. Not enough for this also bad parking encroaching on the area for bike riders. Endangering people who ride bikes.

I was a driver for Western Express, during my employment I was treated like "scum", by my 1st driver mgr, however by the time you deliver a load by a Friday and the consignee request a LUMPER amount to be paid like $200 or so, Western Express will deduct a lumper pay from your earnings to reduce your net pay which is very unethical, like they treat your earnings as theirs. My worst concern I realized not having enough money to pay my bills. My 2nd driver mgr FAILED to pay me for truck recovery which is now a DELINQUENT MATTER. They expected me (including MR BLAKE), to clean up another former driver's GROSS mess in the truck whereas I drove it about 3 days and got sick. I have filed an OSHA complaint regarding a Health Hazard I was subjected to and I plan to never return to this company for GOOD CAUSE. Unfortunately, they could not give me loads to make $1, 200 a week because I felt like I was misled by the driver recruiter which is almost deceptive employment practices. "The Truth Is That Western Express Just Can't Pay Me Enough F*cking Money". The "F" word is my favorite in this matter.

The car that my wife was driving was backed into by a flat bed trailer driven by a Western Express driver. She was in back of this truck while waiting for a stop light. It was 9 PM, 12/13/2019. The accident was investigated by a VA State Policeman.
The insurance company that we were given has never acknowledged any of our phone calls, emails or USPS Certified mailings.
I have finely had to make a claim through my own insurance company to get the damage attended to. I will have to take responsibility for the damage that these Western Express truck did to me. My insurance company has not been able to use the insurance information that was given to me and the VA State policeman. They have gotten no response from them. Cottingham and Butler, policy # [protected]. The phone number that was given: [protected]

It is very wrong when this can happen to someone. I can imagine what would happen to me if I caused damage to someone on the highway and then refused to take any responsibility for it. The company is simply operating without responsibility.

Either your drivers can't read English or they consciously ignore signs banning their size truck from 2 lane residential roads which surround The Historic Village of Thornton, PA 19373. Trucks headed for the Concordville, PA industrial park have ample US routes-1 and 202 to access the bottling companies in this park. We report these violations to the state police but it your employees or sub contractors, so management is responsible for the training. It is our right to residential quiet that is being sacrificed. Use the proper roadways and give us a break. Peter Dietz, Mayor

I'm here at the Loves in Tolleson Arizona...I'm parked next to one of your drivers...one of your drivers is treating another driver with disrespect...the driver had the older man wait outside in the cold and locked out of the truck because he went to go buy food for man than hour...what right is that for a younger man to treat an older man like that to wait outside of the truck aren't they co drivers...another driver does not treat another driver like that...especially a older senior citizen man...please do something about it...that's it just wrong!drivers need to have respect for one another!

Western Express Semi truck hauling no trailer, westbound I-10 in alabama, 13 miles from MS border, shows white ember lighting from rear of truck, blinding highway drivers at speeds of 65+. Also truck didnt have proper identification, on rear of truck showing. Believe driver was aware of the bright light shining from rear, cause the beam glared enough, where it spread glare 10 feet beyond truck. Date: christmas day, 2019,
Time. 8:45p.m- 9:00pm

Your employee Barbara Adams is a threat to your company and the roads that she rides on. She smokes crack cocaine and drinks very heavily when she comes home on her breaks. I thought that your company was a drug free company. She passes her drug tests by taking other people urine back with her because she knows that she will not pass if given a drug test. I think yall should be informed and investigate this thoroughly

Western Express driver came over on my husband, 1 year old daughter and I on October 20, 2019. We were turning into walmart on Little Debbie Parkway in Ooltewah TN. There are 2 left hand turning lanes and the drive of truck 4774 was in the right hand lane and my family and I was in the left hand lane. (Both lanes turning left into Walmart. Once in the walmart center the driver, with no signal, came into my lane. His rear tires and rear end almost hitting me. My husband who was driving had to slam on brakes then we were almost rear ended. My husband drove to the truck to get the picture that is attached to report the driver. When he realized that we were taking a picture of his truck number he opened his door and started to cus my husband. My husband tried to explain why he took the picture and the driver pulled out a knife on us. The knife is a white handled in a black holter. Driver is a tall white Male 25 to 35 years of age. We called the police when they arrived either the driver would not come out of the sleeper or he had left.

My husband and I just got ran completely off of the road going 50mph by a Western Express driver and I am 9 months pregnant. He did a lane change from the left-to-right lane with no signal and we had no choice but to go into the grass. He didn't even realize until we pulled up next to him and he had his face in his cellphone, we asked him to roll his window down and all he said was "what?"
My husband yelled "you just ran us off the road and she's pregnant, you should pay more attention." And he rolled his window up on us.

Hi
My name isgurdeep
N I need to file a complaint bout the guy named daniel
He is all the time rude to everyone during our orientation
Everyone is avoiding him coz peaple who are genuinely looking for work are coming here
N this guy takes advantage of them by being rude

We were 6 guys on our last day n everyone got the information of when n with whom they r going excluding me
So I ask him n he was very rude to me saying I lost that piece of paper
My co workers noticed it before me that I havnt got any information

N he blame me unnecessarily of dropping it somewhere which I havnt
N said he will do something that I wont like it

Is this a kind of threat.

He has no right to threat or raise his voice just because he is on a senior level of western express

Westrn express is doing such a big promotions online,
Hiring new drivers,
Paying for their transportation from far away places,
Paying accommodation, paying food

If they have such kind of employees in their company
Then they are wasting money on online promotions n on the pay of these rude employees which should not work here

Nobody going to stay in this company

On Saturday June 22nd, 2019 at 12:20 PM my car was sideswiped by a Western Express 18-wheeler truck while traveling Southbound on Rte. 287 in Pompton Plains, NJ. I was driving a red 2019 ford fusion hybrid from avis car rental with connecticut plates.

My family and I could have been killed or seriously injured. Fortunately I took my
my foot off the gas pedal as the truck passed me on the right and cut into my lane otherwise the result might have been catastrophic.

I was in the middle lane traveling about 65 mph when the impact occurred to the right front bumper and right front wheel of the car. I estimate the Western Express driver to be going at 70+ mph when the impact occurred which according to my GPS happened close to geolocation (40.97, -74.31). I estimate the damage to my vehicle to be somewhere between $1, 000 and $2, 000. The right front wheel and front bumper were damaged in the collision (see attached photos).

After the collision the driver did not stop but kept going. I caught up to the truck and took photos of the truck for evidence. the truck driver then slowed down and appeared to get off the next exit.

It was difficult to see in the photo (see attached) but the truck license plate looked something like U811113 or D811113 (see photo). However on the side of the truck there was more information (see photo):

electronic driver log: 5372
US DOT 511412
HN 970318
Western Express
Nashville, TN

I have filed an accident report with the new jersey state police case# 19-107w.

Hey there I'm filling this complaint about a trainer name Arthur mays .. he was my trainer and he wasn't a very good one at that.. note that while I was on his truck I was harrased picked on made fun of .. instead of him helping me with what I needed he put me down threatened to kick me off the truck and leave me in the middle of no where.. he also was driving on my clock ... and to mention I was sleeping In the top bunk while he was driving I got less sleep because of him blasting music and watching TV on his phone and running into other lanes truckers would blow there air horn I felt indangered.. also he has been using drugs while out on the road he smokes cannabis and was constantly smoking weed .. and stopping in strange places to buy it .. he also told me he doesn't care I went back in told because it was my word against his word .. and that nobody was going to urine test him . He also has a urine kit to pass the urine test I seen it for myself just giving you a guys a heads up

My husband was driving when all of a sudden, a truck with no signal looking as if it was about to take the exit cut as off leaving us no room to move as there was another truck beside us on the left side. There was no space and we almost hit the truck back tires and almost got hit from behind by other cars while we trying to slow down to let him go through. No turn signals, no worming what so ever. We could have been crushed between this truck and another if I or my husband had panicked but thanks to the maker we didn't and the truck driver continued to drive full speed and cutting off the next truck on the left. This is reckless driving, not only that his putting his life in danger but he's also putting the life of others in danger. My life literally flashed right in front of my eyes. Drive #190347

A western express drive came into the store, pacing back and forth, cursing infront of children he did not have a head set on either. Tried to walk out without paying, his turn signals are out or he didnt use them. He pulled out infron of on coming traffic as well.
The driver appeared to be under the influence of something, he wasnt making any sense. The only thing he kept saying is "I'm a 5 star truck driver, I avoid accidents, I drive correct"

I did get a truck # 4639.

Hello
I must say your company drivers are the worst one I ever see. They are unprofessional, aggressive and disrespectful and disgusting.. I hv meet one today at gas station he was black guy. Trailer # u811930 was using abused language with try to get physical.
I can't believe your company hv such drivers.
But after reading this complaints I am not shocked about it any more.
I will recommend everyone please do not give work to this company.
Drivers are same like there company

On march 2, 2019 my boyfriend and I got hit by a western express semi. We were in the second to left lane and the semi hit us on the left side damaging the whole left side of my vehicle. The bumper is hanging off the car and the left side is dented in and scraped along with the tire off the rim. George oliver (western express employee) admitted that the wreck was his fault but I have not heard from the insurance company yet and I have missed work and school and I have to go to the emergency room. Please contact me as soon as possible to get this resolved.