[ninjatalli]

Originally Posted by sachinnair

Large fleet owners employ drivers to drive their trucks. Most of them complain that the drivers "steal diesel". This is usually done by siphoning off diesel from the diesel tank and selling it to other drivers at less than the price at the pump and pocketing the money. They later tell the owner the diesel mileage of the truck is lesser than whatever it is.

Not always. The more prevalent structure (heard from someone who worked with a fleet owner) is that the drivers are given fuel money basis historical mileage and distance calculation and it's up to them to manage within it. Also, the bribes that they have to pay corrupt cops aren't always reimbursed so a lot of such drivers (and owners) were much happier dealing with states (like Gujarat) that had proper octroi checks.