Liability Insurance Coverage

It would force many Independents out the door, which usually seems to be the case/intent with Big Government, Big Corporations.

 

John Claybrook has been a truck hater for over 20 years,,she has been with several different "highway safety" organizations and her main theme is to trash trucks and use scare tactics and lies to raise money so she can have a job,,I sure would like to see someone follow her for a week or two and I am sure that she is most likely one of the most dangerous automobile driver on the road,, Big Dog And Pony Show,

How about increasing auto insurance to $100K so when a 4 wheeler runs into a truck there is insurance money to repair the truck

 

Yep, these four wheelers cutting off a stretched pete that's worth more than there house.

 

I totally agree, its the liberal play book in action, create a problem that they have the " solution" for when I read your question my thinking was what's that going to do to pay scales , u think the company's will just absorb the additional costs of said insurance , highly unlikely , let's see , first it was auto ins.then health ins. So all they need to complete the trifecta is truck insurance , I made a statement to some friends a few weeks back like ," The person who in the name of "safety" makes unsubstantiated claims has a weak claim in the first place , reminds me of school age kid tactics

 

Lets start by raising the minimum liability insurance for non-commercial vehicles. Do you think the $20,000/$40,000 minimum coverage many cars are insured for, if even insured at all, covers the 28,000+ a year deaths on the roads that did not even involve a commercial vehicle? Of course not. That is why myself and many others carry a large amount of underinsured and UNINSURED motorist protection.

Claybrook, who is a long time truck hater and shill for the railroads, should also focus on increased liability on the part of the railroads for the numerous train derailments and other accidents, as well as poorly maintained crossings that have resulted in many deaths from trains striking vehicles. Claybrook is a has-been nobody old fart, but dangerous none the less because of the ignorant people who would even take a listen to her and her ilk.

 

The guy from the ATA mentioned earlier in the hearing that many people were recommending 4+ million liability limits but that 99% of all wrecks caused by trucks (all 30% of truck involved wrecks) were covered by the current limits.

 

imagine if you were a trucker who fell into a coma in 2009, woke up today wanting to get ready to hit the road again..

 

Scarry for sure

 

Well, although I wasnt in a coma I can kind of relate to that going back into business this year. Would still rather go it on my own than work for half of the companies out there.