Since tax revenues are way down due to the economy, many states are trying to help make up the difference through traffic fines. The easiest marks for these speed trap states are out of state truckers - they don’t vote in the state in question and have to pay up to pursue their livlihood. Thus, truckers are getting absolutely hammered and many are losing their jobs as a result thereof.
How can this be true when Obama, Pelosi, and Reid assured us that government regulations don’t kill jobs? It must be bitter clingers blaming the government for their inability to get a job, not over-regulation and towns using frivolous tickets as a revenue source.
More and more Obama regulations which are putting our brave truckers out of work for simply not wearing a seatbelt ot texting while driving. The truckers have no freedom.
More and more Obama regulations which are putting our brave truckers out of work for simply not wearing a seatbelt ot texting while driving. The truckers have no freedom.
This situation is even worse for independents. I have 3 members of my family who sold out and gave it up (one was in tears). They loved the life, but between regulations, fuel costs and insurance, it’s become impossible to make a living.
All part of the plan.
When the shelves are bare, when you can’t get necessary equipment, the peasants will look to the Feds to save them. They will gladly take on the yoke of slavery, rather than starve.
Government has been trying to push trucking into the “Jobs American’s won’t do” category for better than a decade.
Who wants a job where you are looking over your houlder all the time? Harassed for petty stuff? Or made ineligible for failure to comply with some minute regulation.
I foresee more accidents.
I also foresee the feds allowing trucks from Mexico to ride the roads unimpeded.
One reason I won’t get a CDL, every little ticket counts against you. I work with a woman whose husband has a CDL. He was on a M/C trip to California and got a parking ticket. I mentioned since he is out of state, he can ignore the parking ticket but she mentioned that you can’t do that with a CDL.
I know under current interstate compacts, out of state parking tickets cannot be used to suspend your license at home and also cannot get your registration denied or suspended. But also what a lot of municipalities are doing is going after your credit.
Drivers can only drive 500 miles per day which isn’t enough to pay their bills. The gummit has forced them off the roads.
Pray for America
I thought the hubby was mistaken because the law made no sense to me. He pulled up the regulation and proved he was right. Having .02 BAL in his own car would result in a DUI arrest and cause him to be fired from his job.I sadly agreed that he should not risk losing his job just to keep a license he might need someday.Just another example of how stupid the regulators are. Nobody approves of drunk driving but they have made the laws so over-the-top it no longer feels like the government works for us.
My son gave it a try. The days of double log books are over. Everything is GPS monitored. With speed limits, mandatory down time, etc he found he couldn’t make money as a solo driver.
Don’t know if it is true, but that is what he told me.
The driving rules aren’t the problem, it is the the fact that less and less of us are producing a taxable product or service, and we are getting more and more of our efforts stolen by the welfare class. It is the same for all self employed people. We are the canary in the mine, we are dying.
The entire economy is next — within one year.
I recommend you all watch “Dr. Zhivago” a few times to get used to what is coming.
I drove a 40’ straight truck for year. Now you never see them on the road. I haven’t seen one in several years. So I guess a lot of that shelf shortage may be because it’s not feasible to use an 18 wheeler to haul a little toothpaste.
As for the people understanding, ha! A woman in L.A. was asked about trucks not bringing food to market and she said “I ain’t worried ‘bout dat. I gets my groceries at Kroger.” True story.
Increasing regulations and allowing Mexicans in to undercut American worker wages are hurting another industry.
Trucks and trailers are also being equipped with GPS systems that tell just about everything about how the equipment is being operated.
Now the boss can look over the driver’s shoulder as never before.