Speedlimiter regulation

You really think the higher up at the larger carriers are just sitting back on their heels waiting for the next regulation to come along? Who do you think comes up with these regulations? Its the higher ups at the larger carriers that come up with these regulations, they then use the ATA which they are members of and control to push new rules through that are to their advantage. The large carriers do not want the O/O to survive. An O/O is stuck paying pump price where as a large carrier has pre bought millions of gallons of fuel at a discounted price and then by governing their trucks they increase their per mile profit. Now, because the large carriers can haul the freight cheaper, the brokers force the lower freight rates on the O/O who is force to "write creatively" in their log book to move more freight to increase their income. Then comes the push for the small companies and O/O's to run EOBR's, and whatever else the big companies and the ATA can think of to keep the small companies and O/O's from competing.

 

Why help OOIDA ? They make enough already overcharging for every service they provide . Their "voice" in Washington is nothing but a whisper . The ATA and Teamsters have much deeper pockets. Money talks.
OOIDA and its members had their chance on the speed limiter issue 6 years ago when NHTSA was requesting comments . Thousands of OOIDA members sat back in silence while Road Safe America rallied thousands of supporting comments . The supporting comments outnumbered the opposing ones over 5 to 1 .

 

I've just been arguing about these EOBR's and how they play into the hands of big companies on another thread, YES! you are absolutely correct! Same thing happened here already, everybody here had their own trucks , everybody was an o/o , not now cos the big companies have it all their own way, the hours regulations suit them cos they have many trucks and can still provide a regular service while you can't cos you have to abide by the rules, of course they also have a monopoly on fuel prices, when all these regulations are in place the small guy just won't be able to compete, same happened here, I was one small operator, nowadays most dry freight leaves Ireland with lkw Walter - an Austrian mega carrier! Even the jobs were exported!

 

Same here, the road haulage unions here are f n useless! Take the money but do nothing to help, I stopped paying into them years ago, I got all sorts of letters saying I was now unreprisented blah de blah de blah w n k rs!

 

Thats the problem with a mind set like that. They are the only voice for O/O's and company drivers. Yes, they do charge to much for some services but you dont have to use their services so you cant use that excuse to not join. Having limited resources means that they have to pick and chose their fights, but that goes back to the old saying that you couldnt get two drivers to agree on anything. As for the teamsters, they are out for themselves and think every driver should only work 8 hours a day but dont have a answer for what a OTR driver is supposed to do the other 16 hours a day or how to deal with more trucks on the road.

 

That's the trouble with that mindset - "They are the only voice" . So how does being the only one make them deserving of support ? The same problems are still around - lumpers , unpaid detention , ripoff lease/operate and lately the new sleeper berth laws .