Big haulage companies exploit drivers from low-wage countries as a business model, often with severe consequences for those behind the wheel.

• Drivers who say they are cheated out of their full pay through technicalities and petty behaviour.
• Resting time regulation violated through pressure.
• Resting conditions that were substandard and often slum-like.
• Stories of drivers dying of exhaustion in parking lots.
• Threats to unions.
• Cheating in health and safety exams, which increases risk of accidents.
• Drivers working long hours with little rest.