Dan Rather blasts trucking, industry blasts back - Page 4 - Truckers' Trucking Forum

rookietrucker · **^ Top** #31 4 Weeks Ago

Here is the video>> http://www.blip.tv/file/2759448

nwcountry · **^ Top** #32 4 Weeks Ago

Holy Moly!! That girl really hit the jack-pot! She won't be homeless anytime soon. And she had never driven a passenger vehicle except around a block? So that means she got her CDL without passenger vehicle driving for at least a year? I'm confused but what's new, LOL!!!

danc694u · **^ Top** #33 4 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by nwcountry

I'd be curious to know the stats on how many problems involve passenger cars. It isn't just one type of vehicle that is causing the roads to be a Roman Circus.

85% that involve cars, are deemed to be caused by an action of the auto driver.

I would venture a guess that 99% are settled out of court, with huge sums of money going to the idiot driving the car.

Sadly, the death rate is extremely high when an accident involves TWO trucks. No hard numbers on that...but I'm sure they're there somewhere.

danc694u · **^ Top** #34 4 Weeks Ago

Going back and watching the full video. If this doesn't scare the hell out of you......

You're hired.

twindriver · **^ Top** #35 4 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by truckerdave1970

Just to clarify what I was saying, I dont have that opinion of truck drivers! I know quite a few drivers that are very well educated, well spoken, and respectful people. It is the media and general public that has such a dim view of us and that is why, I believe, they dont want to hear anything we have to say! My remarks were meant to illustrate how poorly we are viewed, not to disparage or demean any drivers. (though there are a few that live up to that sterotype and dont care about how it damages the rest of us!)

Truckerdave1970 It was not my intention when replying that you were speaking badly of truck drivers. Sorry if my thoughts did not come across as intented.

The fact still remains there are truckers who just don't care, there some who really do care about what we do for a living. We move the country people, if we halted our trucks for 1 week, the whole nation would go into a frenzy. Everything we have on our tables today came by way of trucking or ship with containers. Some of you truckers are getting the wrong idea? This is not Hitler regime! Look at the White House its now a liberal government soon will be taking over all that we know. We will become another Cuba!

truckerdave1970 · **^ Top** #36 4 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by twindriver

Truckerdave1970 It was not my intention when replying that you were speaking badly of truck drivers. Sorry if my thoughts did not come across as intented.

The fact still remains there are truckers who just don't care, there some who really do care about what we do for a living. We move the country people, if we halted our trucks for 1 week, the whole nation would go into a frenzy. Everything we have on our tables today came by way of trucking or ship with containers. Some of you truckers are getting the wrong idea? This is not Hitler regime! Look at the White House its now a liberal government soon will be taking over all that we know. We will become another Cuba!

We dont need to stop moving freight! This is not my idea, but I saw it on this board.
Pick a city, any city, draw a 100 mile circle around it. Trucks dont go in that circle, nothing in and nothing out! Until we get their attention! It's got to be the best and easiest idea I've ever heard. Not a single driver loses his job or his truck, you can still make the money you need to pay bills, just turn down that 1 load or get to"sick" to drive that day!

Sad_Panda · **^ Top** #37 3 Weeks Ago

As much as I dislike Dan Rather, I can't really find fault with this story. CRST is much a bottom feeder as the rest of the members of ATA. Didn't Swift get busted for a bunch of CDL from TN that weren't kosher?

As someone who started out with CR England, I can't say that the story is really too far off the mark.

Turn3 · **^ Top** #38 3 Weeks Ago

I have to agree, this story wasn't at all what I was expecting. Taking a test in an automatic is cheating IMO, I think everyone needs to do it in an 18 speed!

I can say that I was lucky for my friend taking me under his wing... all my training was on the road with loads and a 18 speed. In fact the first I ever drove through the cone maze was for my test.

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Originally Posted by nwcountry

And she had never driven a passenger vehicle except around a block? So that means she got her CDL without passenger vehicle driving for at least a year? I'm confused but what's new, LOL!!!

I think she was trying to say the first time she drove a Class-8.

Grouch · **^ Top** #39 3 Weeks Ago

I have just watched the video and after hearing all sort of negative comments about it, I must say that it only presents the truth. I see no prejudice or bias in the report. TRUTH!

There are us who have been out here for years never saw the inside of a "driving school". The way I learned was that I had a friend who had three trucks and I rode thousands of miles with him and he took time with me and through his patience and knowledge, he taught me. I was taught many things beside "driving" and those included load securement, driving in bad weather, how to find directions without a GPS system and a thousand other things.

I think Dan Rather did a super job on reporting the truth.

Turn3 · **^ Top** #40 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Grouch

I have just watched the video and after hearing all sort of negative comments about it, I must say that it only presents the truth. I see no prejudice or bias in the report. TRUTH!

There are us who have been out here for years never saw the inside of a "driving school". The way I learned was that I had a friend who had three trucks and I rode thousands of miles with him and he took time with me and through his patience and knowledge, he taught me. I was taught many things beside "driving" and those included load securement, driving in bad weather, how to find directions without a GPS system and a thousand other things.

I think Dan Rather did a super job on reporting the truth.

I agree with this... while I was learning to drive trucks I was also learning how to chain and strap heavy equipment. Along with driving off road learning how to stay out of trouble.

Thinking more about this, it is no wonder why insurance is so high along with workers comp.

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