Fuel Prices are NOT the Problem

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT, I WORKED IN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FOR 5YRS AND RAN A SHOP FOR OVER A YEAR, YOUR RIGHT WE NEED SOMEONE TO STEP IN (LIKE THE B.A.R.) AND CONTROL THE INDUSTRY

 

Unity in pricing .
Price fixing
This is illegal

 

Okay????

Fuel is not the problem???
Fuel goes up rates don't = fuel being a problem
Fuel goes up rates don't = Rates being a problem

So no matter what and how you look at it rising fuel cost = fuel being a problem...

Fixing?
Unity? there has been none since "deregulation"

Unity in pricing Company and O/O is a better solution.
Please, in today's large corporation market that the US economy has developed into this would be a impossible solution...

Your talking about where a CEO will not get his 3 million in bonuses this year cause he was able to cut throat prices to eliminate competition...

Your barking up the wrong tree if your looking at this as a solution...
It all sounds good but would be a more difficult thing to accomplish then other options..

 

You can't set minimum pricing. when they fuel jumps another $2 gallon it would still be too low.

 

OKAY HERE IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SEND CNN TO TRY TO PUT ON PRIMETIME TONIGHT!






What are we going to do about the fuel prices and the transportation industry. The shippers and brokers are unregulated as to what shipping rates should be. Therefore now that the fuel has increased to an all-time high, trucks are shutting down and/or small company's are going bankrupt daily now (a sight that no one knows about except for those in the industry) because the shipping rates are not going up to help compensate for the cost of operating. If anything shipping rates are falling because company's are taking what ever they can get to try to keep from going bankrupt (this has been going on for a while) the trucking industry is failing due to no regulations to establish rates. If the trucks cant afford to operate and supply America with their important and much needed freight, then America stops, something needs to happen soon, everyone including owner operators, small business owners, large fleets, and independents are talking on the road and in trucking forums and news stating that if fuel goes any higher they wont make it and they will have to shut down, if not already shutdown. This is because shippers and brokers(the middle man working with shippers to find trucks) are not regulated on rates. They are not giving rates that are compromising for the increase in fuel and operating costs. I cannot stress enough about what will happen here shortly about trucks stopping. AMERICA will stop too! Our Nation will crumble shortly if we don't do something to regulate shipping rates that follow fuel costs!!

 

Danny,
would you mind I copy than and sent it to FOX NEWS here in Cleveland,OH?

 

do it we all need to attack the media, someone will pick it up and the rest will follow!

 

i dont think re-regulating shipping will help anything

i wasnt around when trucking was regulated...but i have heard the story's of fierce turf control

under the old way ( regulated shipping) trucks weren't allowed to go anywhere they didnt have authority for...that means only specific shipping lanes

that would end the bouncing around the country i like so much, and instead place us on ....well....basicly dedicated routes

no offence to anyone but i can only stand north dakota for so long before i want a change in scenery