Why CSA 2010 and E-Logs are a good thing.

Bringing their stuff from Canada has been legal for years. If you want to be p-o-ed, get p-o-ed at the people buying it from them, instead of buying their products in the US.

 

I doubt road safety would change at all, and I'm not saying NO RULES... just the goofy HOS rules.

Dispatchers have little say in a drivers sleep, if your tired... by all means sleep... turn off your phone. hang the goofy Qual-Com out the freaken window... whatever it takes.

Drivers have a brain, they can stop when tired. Is it too much to ask a driver to use their head?

Would I earn more? Perhaps a little more... but that isn't the point. I would use my head and decide if it was worth it. (ie how much more in taxes would I pay for running the extra load a day... or the 3 or so a week?) Is it worth it? Probably not. Is it worth not getting a ticket or being put out of service for not drawing a line correctly or a adding error? I think so. Remember, we need to be perfect in out paperwork accounting... Does law enforcement have to be perfect in their paperwork?

 

Oh, cry me a river!

1) I didn't know it was a competition.

2) If you don't want to work that hard... Simple, don't.

3) If someone wants to work hard, is it really your business?

4) If the company does acquire better paying loads, whom do you think will be rewarded with them. The guy that doesn't want to work hard... or the guy that wants to work. Yup, sounds like the hard worker IS the amateur to me, good grief.

 

Which rules are the goofy ones? The ones that don't let you kill yourself, or those around you?

 

Yes Sonny, it is competition. Remember, we do this for money.
Been there done that. Ate the dope, dodged the scales, drew lines where they were needed. I got lucky and survived, some freinds did not.
People whine and cry about their carriers pushing them so hard. What do you think it would be like without the regs?
If you don't like the rules, get out of the game. Although, I have serious doubts that you are even in the game.

 

Rules like once you started you day, your on your 14 even though you may have wait times. Thus have to follow this rigid timeframe... How about the 8 + 2 mandated split... when this clearly doesn't work in many situations.

 

I'm talking about using your head and working hard.... NOT being an idiot popping pills. Again, the carrier cannot FORCE you to do anything... if tired, by all means.... rest. If you don't like the game your carrier is playing... get out. Simple is it not?

 

You can work more than 14 hours, in a day, you just can't drive past the 14th hour. 8+2 isn't mandated, you can take all ten at the same time.