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I dont have a clue who Public Citizen is, nor do I really care. The title is WRONG.. Completely false.. And you should know that by just reading the story..
Ferd, would you like to defend your position to the remains of families who've lost loved ones in accidents caused by tired truck drivers? You can drop em a line here:
I am certainly not suggesting that common sense rules should not apply to trucking. However, this rule change is not some kind of monumental saving of the American public from truckers.
We are talking about 1 hour on the road. 1 hour. NOT stopping truckers from driving 72 hours without so much as a pee pee.
The OP is acting like GWB was trying to kill people by forcing Truckers to drive days without sleep and Obama saved us all.
THAT is my point. This rule change is not going to save lives. It will drive up costs of goods being shipped as time is money.
But it wont do a blessed thing to keep the public safe.
So why not LIE and PRETEND that the DOT, and the COURTS are Obama
Man you guys want Obama to have all of the credit for actions taken by OTHERS but none of the blame from HIM
Interesting. So many people were ready to give President Obama 'credit' for free cell phones for welfare recipients, a program that started before he was president, meanwhile, the same people refuse to acknowledge something that actually was accomplished by his administration.
I think I am finally starting to understand the rules of this game.
Big rig drivers apparently are no different than private passenger driven vehicles where fatigue is concerned. Should not both be regulated,...following the topic to its logical conclusion. The stupid GPS idea has been floated already to tax one's use of the highway system/gas taxes since there is less fuel sold and less taxes collected.
The government is not the "all-knowing" entity that some think. Yep,..what we need is MORE regulations......
Using the mandated GPS to track how many miles a day we drive would only be an ancillary benefit to the program, whose man focus would be a government run program to ensure safer roads.
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If they really want to get tired truckers off the road, they would BAN the practice of paying truckers on a "per mile" basis and require that they be paid hourly or a salary. Then the driver would not have to drive 20 hours a day to make a living.
Interesting. So many people were ready to give President Obama 'credit' for free cell phones for welfare recipients, a program that started before he was president, meanwhile, the same people refuse to acknowledge something that actually was accomplished by his administration.
I think I am finally starting to understand the rules of this game.
Speak for yourself because I never gave Obama credit for cell phones.
And pretending that Obama had anything to do with this is just as bad as pretending Obama had something to do with cell phones.. Ironic you dont see your own contradiction..
If they really want to get tired truckers off the road, they would BAN the practice of paying truckers on a "per mile" basis and require that they be paid hourly or a salary. Then the driver would not have to drive 20 hours a day to make a living.
Thats another one of those "government" things which reinburse based upon mileage. When in doubt about stupid things like "pay methods" look to the government first to figure out why its the way it is..
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I added one.
