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Don't worry brick, i'd never give you credit for the mandatory FSC. If fuel is what's making it difficult for us to stay in business, pass it on to the people who truly benefit from it. Hence, it is no longer trucker's problem. Freight rates have been depressed for decades, but truckers are going out business now because we have made the shippers fuel OUR fuel. As far as it being non-competetive and illegal that is ridiculous. Please come up with some kind of fact to support you idea. There are numerous examples of minimum charges being regulated. What happens if you pay $1.00 an hour? Have you ever heard of minimum wage? The purpose of this forum to create and debunk ideas. Support your idea with a fact please. FMCSA regulating an industry wide FSC is not non-competetive if everyone is competing under the same rules. You, Swift, JB, and Schneider under the same rules is what competition is. FMCSA mandates what hours you every trucking company can run. Is that non-competitive? FMCSA has the ability to regulate an industry wide standardized FSC that would no longer make fuel our problem.

 

It's obvious your having a hard time following discussion here so i'll try again. Freight rates are of no relevance and not the reason truckers are currently losing money. I was responding to the other Ron who stated that regulation was non-competitive. I was illustrating that the government currently regulates many rates such as minimum wage.

A standardized regulated FSC can only be done by the government. This is the fastest solution to the fuel problem. Not the only solution, but the fastest solution that does not cost the taxpayer. Since I am against shippers passing fuel costs to truckers I am for this SOLUTION. If you're for this solution please say so, if not please explain the flaws so that it can be refined, then put forth your own idea.

 

You say you don't want public pressure on "congress". Isn't that the govenment? How many decades has congress debated opening ANWR. For over 20 years. The public already thinks that truck drivers are overpaid and you want a governmental debate. It's been over 20 years without a result. FMCSA is already regulating truckers and brokers and could have this problem fixed in weeks. As far as going back and renegotiating, a mandated FSC will keep pace with any increase or decrease in prices making fuel the shippers responsibility. If you have ever seen a FSC chart you would know that it goes up with fuel prices, hence there is no renegotiation. As far as doable I guess your solution has been doing in congress (government) for over 20 years. I submit to the members of this forum that your proposal is the very lie that the trucking industry has been fed for the last 20 years and reason the O/O's are going broke now. The solution for now is to give the fuel problem to the shipper now with the help of the institution that is currently regulating us, not begging for open ended debate in congress (government).