[myprecious]

We have the Hot Dog Ovens!

There is a new Texas Lotto ad that features the clerk opening up the store in the morning. He flips on the Hot Dog oven and there is the lone dried up hot dog left from yesterday already in the rack. It slowly begins to rotate, waiting for the next customer. As a former convenieance store clerk, I laught every time! This conversation places a more serious twist.

[Daniel Ramsey]

I got to thinking, if there is a credible threat about suicide/homicide bombers using trucks then ALL trucks larger than 1 ton should go through the truck scales and inspection stations, have bomb sniffing equipment or dogs, X-ray or sonic scanners available. Keep all truck scales open 24/7, have equipment available to any Highway Patrol or Trooper than can disable a big rig, if its not already made make a "magnum" tire puncture device like foot long sections of 3" diameter PVC round pipe connected by 1/4" nylon rope, in these tubes are hardened hollow steel tubes at least 3" long that can penetrate the heavy 12 ply treads. The bundle can be quickly tossed out in the roadway in front of a truck. Have in urban areas a fast moving heavy assault vehicle that can go 1-1 to disable a truck or knock it off the road. Require a more increased security check on rental trucks, perform background checks on the OWNERS of rental companies. That in itself has me greatly concerned that most Ryder rental offices are managed by people of middle east background.

Stopping a big rig is hard to do but if both steering tires are shot out that seriously degrades the speed, otherwise best best is to puncture the air reservoirs or cut the air lines, without air pressure its almost impossible to move the truck unless a person goes to each air brake can and manually cages the massive spring that applies the brake without air pressure. Without air pressure the spring brakes automatically apply unless the truck has hydraulic brakes.