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NB Native wrote on Feb 14, 2008 9:17 AM:
Wow, I wonder why the truckers have accidents, I always look up at the drivers of trucks when we pass them just to see who is driving, and so many of them are so short or else sitting way down in the seat, I don't see how they see out the windshields, and they are almost all on cell phones and eating or smoking, AND when they decide to change lanes, they don't care if you are in the way they just cut over in front of you and you have to put your brakes on or get pushed out of their way onto the side of the road. Where are they getting these drivers anyway??? Truckers used to be helpful and much more curtious than they are now.
And your right RANGER just wait for the Mexican trucks to get here, they are not learning good driving techniques in Mexico, I seen how they drive there. Scares me to death....
And your right RANGER just wait for the Mexican trucks to get here, they are not learning good driving techniques in Mexico, I seen how they drive there. Scares me to death....
Joe wrote on Feb 13, 2008 9:58 PM:
You don't have to look very hard or far to find speeding log and chip trucks. If I can see them why don't the police?
Ranger wrote on Feb 13, 2008 9:41 PM:
Heh, just wait until the mexican truckers show up, accidents galore!
Gene wrote on Feb 13, 2008 3:28 PM:
The problem is well know as well as the solution. Drivers use second or third log books to get by the 10 rule which means they drive when they should be resting. It is all about money. If they drive they make money. Sitting in a rest area does nothing for their bank accounts. If the law was enforced, the freight would start backing up with the shortage of drivers and that can't happen. Therefor, except for a few token stops, the laws aren't enforced. Studies like this are meant to fool the public into thinking something is really happening to solve a problem. It also means more money for more grant type employment.
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