If a trucker is willing to work 16 hours and Wall-Mart is willing to pay them for it, then what is the problem?
If a trucker is willing to work 36 hours and Wall-Mart is willing to pay them for it, then what is the problem?
The problem is, the deaths and destruction caused by the unsafe working conditions of an overtired or asleep driver behind the wheel of a multiton truck.
Or, do you believe that preventing harm is a Bad Thing, only punishing harm?
The problem is, the deaths and destruction caused by the unsafe working conditions of an overtired or asleep driver behind the wheel of a multiton truck.
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This is a completely seperate issue. If a trucker drinks while driving who is culpable? If a trucker puts others at risk with irresponsible behavior, such as trying to stay up for 3 days strait then the trucker is criminally liable and his case will then be judged by the courts. The role of the person on the other end of the contract is meaningless.
All I know is that, like all needless, pointless and hurtful regulations imposed by government, the current rules are routinely flaunted by many, if not most, current truck drivers.
I used to routinly drive from Tallahssee Fl to West Chester Pennsylvania, a 20 hour drive in my CRX, by myself and without a radio. Should I be thrown in Jail?
Irregardless, the whole point is that the criminal issue of endagering other drivers needs to be legally seperate from a company offering such contracts such as Wall-Mart.
To not do so is opening up the gates to Tyranny and inhibiting freedom, liberty, and degrading morality, by the passing of endless emotional knee jerk regulations and rules until all enterprise and inovation has been stiffled by the 'nanny state'.
And yeah, private roads would solve this debate. But thats another issue. :)