Problems with an FMCSA HOS study?...No way

Could I get in trouble for sending in a picture of my middle finger playing some solo sign language, to Anne Ferro?

I'm serious, could I? That's covered under freedom of speech, right?


EDIT! I'm very seriously considering using this service...(link is NSFW/not safe for work; expletives in companies name.)

 

only a 106 drivers???thats 0.0001% of proffesionel drivers in this country.

 

Back when we still had free speech you could get away with it, but now, don't be too surprised if you wake up to the Secret Service storming your house and accusing you of terrorism.

 

You're right! This surprises ... who? The newer FMCSA HOS regs. are about control, pure and simple, solely for controls' sake under the rubric or guise of "safety." Trucking is never going to be 100% safe, no matter what onerous rules the FMCSA gets implemented. It's like fuel mileage, the easy gains have been made, and it's more and more expensive to extract each additional tenth or half tenth or half of a half tenth of a mpg. The same is true of "safety" and it's becoming beyond absurd. Pretty soon, after one completes the pre-trip the driver will be out of hours and need to try again once his 16 hour break is over (12 hours of which must be in the sleeper BUT which can be divided in increments of not less than 5 hours at least 2 of which must be on your back, as confirmed by the sleeper facing camera required for verification). Assuming one ever gets started, I'm sure the truck won't move until all of the interlocks are satisfied: Blow into the tube to confirm you're not drunk; fire up the driver facing camera and let it determine by your retinal exam whether you are who you claim to be in your E-log and appear awake enough to some egg-head to drive; make certain your RF transmitter is in working order so when you pass by the recording stations that will be placed every 20 miles or so, all of your info can be automatically down-loaded to big brother as you numbly and robotically mosey past them with all your interactive cruise controls set on "max" so the cruise will self defeat and the brakes will self apply if you get within a hundred yards of ANYTHING in front of you. In short, anything one can imagine in this context will soon become the rule, and God Help You if the RULE gets bent. I'm glad I'm old and hopefully won't live to see all of this crap come to fruition. The days of the Knights of the Road and the Good ol' Boys are just about gone. Put a fork in it guys, trucking as a way of life is a thing of the past...

 

What gets me is when this country has a issue such as the propane issue this past winter the HOS rule gets exempted. So tell me how drivers are not getting too tired to drive then? It suddenly don't matter if they run out of hours or make a restart

 

The ATRI is the bought and paid for research arm of the American Trucking Association. It holds no weight with the powers that be at the FMCSA. The only thing that will change anything is when $'s change hands between various trucking industry lobbying groups and the legislators who vote on such matters. Lacking that, the unelected bureaucrats will have their way.