You are free to choose how to manage yourselves, and so are truckers.
Posted on 06/13/2020 6:25:14 AM PDT by Twotone
As cities across the country are discussing defunding or disbanding their police departments, truck drivers are voicing concerns of safety. Seventy-seven percent of truck drivers say they will refuse to deliver freight to cities with defunded police departments.
Truck driving is historically ranked as one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. In 2018, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic reported truck driving as the most deadly job in the country.
Truck drivers have spent the last year on the front line of a global pandemic and protests. Now many are fearful of what might happen if police departs disband or are defunded.
Truck drives have been voicing their concerns on the CDLLife App. After reading about their concerns, CDLLife posted a poll on the app.
We asked drivers on the app, “Would you pick up/deliver to cities with defunded or disbanded police departments? Why or why not?”
To date, 77% of drivers say they will refuse loads to cities with disbanded or defunded police departments.
Here are some of their responses:
“…if something was to happen and you have to take matters into your own hands, and then you risk being prosecuted for protecting yourself.”
“This is not an area you need to act fearless and think you you’d look like a fool for saying no…Imagine what kind of fool you look like for driving into a hot spot and putting your life in danger.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cdllife.com ...
Excellent!
But that’s racist!
Lol!
BTTT
Man, I never considered this, but the drivers are absolutely correct!
God Bless America and the awesome people that love this country.
No matter what anyone says the cities are dead economically, even if they don’t defund. Riots, looting, burning and the police will not protect your business. Investment ain’t happening for 40 years.
No worry. RAZ, the Warlord of Chaz has a plan to get his tribal members
to grow concrete gardens in downtown Seattle.
I suspect there are enough truck drivers with similar views to the protesters though.
Excellent and expected
Now, what insurers will insure commercial or residential property in these areas?
That's already the #1 issue. Many of these complaints about the police seem redundant, because in a lot of cities they are already acting as bodyguards and guidance counselors for the violent Left - at the behest of collectivist mayors and senior police officials.
Defunding them and replacing them with social workers won't make a bit of practical difference in the citizen's ability to self-defend.
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Companies and individuals, please dont give the people’s money to the DNC. The Black Community can not count those funds making it to the right neighborhoods. Please know where you wanna go with your money and be loud about it.
You are free to choose how to manage yourselves, and so are truckers.
In CHAZ everything is either free or bartered. How would they pay for a delivery of goods?
Can’t say I blame them.
My son is a trucker. He currently delivers for a lumberyard in an area that won’t be going for nay of this nonsense. His runs mainly go from the yard to jobsites.
He’s pretty excited. The company just hired him and ordered him a brand new semi tractor. He told me it’s at the dealership.
That’s big stuff for a 20 year old kid.
“Man, I never considered this, but the drivers are absolutely correct!”
I can see it now, racist truck drivers making the food desert worse. Maybe they will get some Antifa guys to drive those trucks. They went to good universities, so it won’t be a problem.
Oh, dear. Sow the wind and all that . . .
Which reminds myself of Bartertown, and we know who runs that.
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