Posted on 12/05/2006 9:01:33 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
If you think the whining sheeple will have any effect on whether or not this crony-capitalist monstrosity gets built, you haven't been paying attention. Gov. Goodhair, (RINO) is going to make sure this thing gets done no matter what else get accomplished or negleglected during his next term.
Texas is a one-party state. Anywhere you see that, you get corruption writ large.
( PA. 'pike 17.7 cents/mi )
That's just till Fast Eddie sells it and pockets the money.
FWIW, it's the Lt. Gov., not the Gov. in tejas that rules from his throne.
LOL Politicians in Texas can't be that stupid. Can they?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
i drive a truck and asked my boss about this
, his words say it all
"aint no damn way"
and on the other question if that couple is only turning 1500.00 before expenses (or after for that matter) they need to sell that beast and go back to company driving i make close to that weekly (before uncle sugar gets his cut of course)
Hopefully, Gov. Good Hair and those who think the TTC is a good thing will get the hint - NOBODY wants or supports this white elephant!!
This is one baby that can be thrown out with the bathwater!!!
I don't see how these people can live on $1500/mo before truck costs.
The only way I see even the fleets paying this outlandish level of toll is if they could get certain loads across Texas faster.
Are they looking at higher speed limits on this road? Most probably not.
So there's the answer right there: increased costs for not much increase in time savings means truckers won't use it unless the alternative roads are absolutely clogged.
Truckers will use an alternate route that costs them money if it does one of two things:
1. Allows them more miles per logbook hour.
2. Avoid scales or inspection points, which also costs them time (and hassle).
Unlike folks just motoring along in their cars, truckers have limits on how many hours per day they can be driving, how many hours they have to spend off the road, etc. Their job is to move the load the maximum number of miles in those 10 hours they can drive per day.
Well, that's their problem. They need to trade that gas guzzler in for a diesel.
Neither do I, unless the truck ain't moving much.
There are some long-haul truckers who have very little in the way of home expenses -- they literally live most all their life on the road, so some have only a PO box and voter registration in some state of their choosing.
Most of these folks are young, single and male, tho, and probably not owner/operators.
For a young man that is willing to work and watch his expenses, trucking, especially as half of a team, is a good way to make good money. "Team" drivers (where there is one guy driving and the other guy in the sleeper), can keep a truck moving 24/7 and they get paid a premium because the load doesn't stop. Once a guy has three years, a clean record and gets a hazmat endorsement, he can start to make even more money. Thanks to Sen. Chuck "Cereal Killer" Schumer, the number of things considered "hazardous materials" in a truckload has gone through the roof, and you need a hazmat endorsement to your CDL to haul this stuff.
Want to hear something outlandish?
Wet hay (as in, you were hauling hay and it decided to rain) is now considered "hazardous material."
About the LTG, under normal circumstances, you would be right. However, Gov. Goodhair is running the show on this one, as it needs no more legislooter approval from what I understand. It's just going to be pushed right on through, despite the overwhelming opposition reported at every meeting they've had across the state that allowed 'citizen' input. What we think doesn't matter. The powers that be want it, so it is going to happen. I hope I'm wrong about that, but I seriously doubt it.
Plus, tolls are tax deductible, so the actual toll cost will be reduced. Plus, the tolls will prevent the fuel tax/price of fuel from rising as much.
The TTC planners are looking at speeds up to 85 miles/hour.
Well, not this model year. The new ultra-low sulfur regulation on diesel in this country has apparently made it impossible to sell 2007 diesel cars in this country.
WHAAAAAAAA??? Because of fungal spores, perhaps?
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