Time for truckers to make themselves heard

I just want to be left alone run my business and vote every election.
Provide for my family and government can #### off. We need to also fight for term limits on house and senate. 2 terms and no pension. Either do it for love of country or #### off.

 

I sent letters to each of my reps, feel free to copy and paste to yours.

Dear Senator ___, I am writing to you for your help in rejecting the "Invest in America Act" due to several key elements that are very damaging to the trucking industry. I am an independent owner operator based in ____, I am a single truck and trailer operation with a spotless safety record with over 25 years experience in the industry. The Invest in America Act can very well put myself and many of my other owner operator friends right out of business. The thought of raising our minimum insurance from $750,000 to $2 million is a nail in the coffin for many small independent trucking companies when the real problem should be stopping the nuclear verdicts awarded against trucking companies in jury cases. We truckers are just simply doing our job, transporting goods and providing services for the country, paying our bills at home, taking care of our family, and sending our kids to college. What good is a highway bill when it does more to support the unbridled greed of trial lawyers than truckers? The last thing a trucker or the country needs is for their expenses to rise, and that's what this bill will do. If my bottom line gets effected by the Invest In America Act I will be transferring those new costs into my rates, therefore increasing the cost of transportation along to the shipper, who in return will have to increase the price of their product onto the consumer. There are other pieces of this legislature that are also bad for the trucking industry, speed limiters on commercial vehicles is a terrible idea. With the increase of truck traffic on the roads these days and the impatient motoring public behind us this is a recipe for disaster. We already have this problem on our roadways with fleets that are speed governed trying to pass one another taking almost 2-3 miles to do so, backing up traffic for miles behind them. The only good portion of the Invest in America Act I see is the creation of much more needed truck parking, hopefully with facilities. It's hard to believe that in this day and age this problem still exists, with many states closing much need rest areas. As for maintaining our bridges and roadways, I am 100% onboard with that, but I am sick and tired of having to worry about new ideas that take from my income when I am already paying enough into the system via fuel tax, IFTA, IRS 2290 Heavy Vehicle Tax, and income tax. I am asking you and Senator ____ to vehemently reject the Invest in America Act until the portions of it that will crush the independent trucker are removed. I also ask that you speak with your fellow members of Congress to also reject the Invest in America Act until it is refined, as it will have damaging effects on so many small businesses and trickle down effects to so many consumers.

Thank you for your time. I look forward to your response.

 

Id quite first

 

I was reading about a group of democrats and the worst the GOP has to offer, Romney, Murkowski, etc trying to get a form of this pushed through. Couldn't find any part of it related to our industry in the stories.

 

Maybe if we all loot and burn the cities they will bow to our demands.

 

There is precedent of that happening, but I don’t think it would work out well for this group.

There is a fine line between “protestors” and “insurrectionist”, and the powers that be determine which you are, and it has nothing to do with your actions.

 

Let it be known that EVERY Democrat in the House voted for this Bill.

 

I'm honestly shaking my head here.

Why would you NOT want this - the amount of garbage trucks on the road will be cut back making the roads safer and giving the guys who actually know how to run a business more work.

Think about it.

 

I hope you're right. I know this is anecdotal, but I can barely see out my windshield because my head is so far up my ###, and I won't have any trouble paying for this insurance. If I can make it work, then I'm sure the 1099 outfits can make it happen too.