Help! Need help on a research paper for college!

They need to keep their grubby paws out of it...plain and simple.

 

I wrote a similar paper as an undergrad in about 1962, then recycled the paper in grad school. Got an "A" both times. Of course, the industry was economically regulated at that time. I think I limited the paper to "State Regulation of Interstate Trucking".

 

Hey br, more power to you with your college!
Why don't you just post the questions so that we can all see them. Then you can seperate the "wheat from the chaff" so to speak.

 

they need to leave things alone that are not broke..stop messing with the HOS...stop putting people in charge that have no idea what we go thru out here on the roads.. pay the drivers a real wage.. hire former drivers for dispatchers and up in the nations capitol not someone whos a Blank on the industry... Stop groups like PATTI and CRASH and these Attorneys from putting black eyes on the trucking industry.. And train drivers in all aspects...mountain driving and all weather driving ...Just my 2 cents

 

They should leave the HOS alone and work on shippers and receivers to get those times down. We are expected to just bill them for the extra time but they can keep on screwing ya over.

How about comment cards on DOT (and anyone else that pulls you over) everytime you get stopped (that you mail in) and they can get reports on overzealous and rude LEO's? There are several that dont even understand their own laws but they will write you a ticket on it, BS!! A comment card/scorecard would help them figure out who the bad and good are in their own organization.

If .they really wanted to regulate something then how about all the cheap rate foreign drivers that wont or dont follow any or most of the rules. Im not talking about canadians, im talking about aqmed, julio and sergei..they drive just like their trucks look like..crap and they will haul anything that gross's 1 buck a mile

 

People adapt to changes. Some will go out of business. I don't like any of the new rules but I will adapt I guess or sell my equipment and go do something else.

If the government REALLY was interested in safety they would implement a two pronged approach to the HOS rules.

They currently have one prong - tighten the nut on the trucking industry. Mandate EOBRs, reduce drive time, CSA, etc etc. Possibly allow longer and heavier trucks to make up for the reduction in capacity.

Prong two would be to hold shippers and receivers accountable for the time they hold trucks loading and unloading. I see no reason loading or unloading should take more than an hour anywhere. After one hour there should be mandatory detention charges - period - no exceptions. AND mandatory pay for company drivers. Also, force states to implement a plan to expand and improve truck parking access. This would allow drivers to use as many of the 11 hours driving as possible AND have a safe and legal place to park when the hours are up.

It's really pretty simple, there really aren't that many drivers that WANT to violate the HOS rules. But if you sit at a dock for 6 or 7 hours loading or unloading and still need to make a living and deliver a load as little as 300-400 miles away the next day what choice do you have? I guess the bottom line is a carrot and stick deal as it pertains to HOS - make the penalties very harsh AND remove the incentive to violate the rules by paying for ALL the work time drivers and O/O do.