72 hour blitz huh?

So I guess the point is missed here. It's not about getting the inspection or passing it. My stuff as well is maintained as I lease all my equipment so passing wouldn't be an issue. Plus I keep my stuff up and clean as well. All my maintenance is covered by the mechanics where I lease from. the point here is of the HARASSMENT that we recieved as if we have broken some law and it's also the time that we lose during these stops. There is plenty of other things on the roads that are unasfe example people driving drunk, people overdosing on pills and herion and driving along the roads, and pickup trucks pulling things they should never be pulling in the first place. Cars and other vehicles with improperly inflated tires or riding on may pops or the bumpers flapping in the wind as they are driving. No turn signals speed on excess of 80-90 cars and pick ups and kill innocent people as well. But here We are minding our own business maintaining the proper speed limit and we get pulled to the side. You when it comes to Stopping cars you have to have a reason. But Stopping a semi you need no reason what so ever but just to do it. If you guys appreciate the way things are done with this mess then we are pitiful in our line of work. We are never going to get our word across. Also when I say strike. It's not like a stop trucking all together strike. We stop during these 3 days then they start to get the point when there is nothing to inspect maybe they can go out and focus on the real dangers and crimes not on the truck or truck driver who's trying to feed his family. Just saying and yes there is some trucks out there that has no business being on the road! But usually they are the ones who slip by and never get caught

 

Lol most definitely!!!!

 

I've never been stopped on roadside in the past 5 years. Once again. It's nothing about them inspecting me in general. I never show attitude with them as I respect the job of law enforcement. However, I think they have went overboard with all this inspecting and pulling truckers at random. They aren't pulling you to tell you Thank you, or to tell you how much you do for this country. Instead they are pulling you to try and find a problem with you or your equipment or both. But yet, we are expected to pay more taxes out on the highway than any other vehicle traveling out there and then we are told you can only use these two lanes to travel in. We should be allowed in whatever lane we want no matter if it's 10 lanes of travel with the amount of money we pay. You pay fuel tax, IFTA. 150 bucks a quarter. (Every 3 months) 550.00 heavy road tax each year. food tax varies state to state. Then you buy from truck stops and have to pay the 3 dollars more for stuff than you would typically pay if you was at the smaller shops which you can't get your truck into. Now that got this pay to park crap! Have you Ever noticed the fuel price at the truck stop to be 2.80 per gallon. Then you look across the street at the little C-Store that you can't fit your truck into and the fuel price there be 2.35. Think about it driver. Are you just that stinking blind to see what's going on around you?? Truckers are treated like dirt bags that are looked down upon and are treated unconstitutional each and everyday. You think what you want to you have that right. But you need to see what's really going on. Whatever happened to the days of having each other's backs.

 

Yeah, that's what I'm saying they know this mess is ridiculous. Something needs to get their attention again to show them. You have got to have these trucks in order for this country to continue to roll. Otherwise trucks can stop and people can get in their vehicles and go load their own goods they purchased and haul it around. A train can only get so close to the stores!