Just for the sake of asking about deregulation in 80 or 81

Everyone has touched on many of the issues leading to dereg--many things led up to it--not the least of which was in many ways--the trucking industry thru the ICC--amounted to a govt sponsered monopoly for exisiting carriers--if you are looking for a good overall understanding of the issues--this link should help

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/TruckingDeregulation.html