Anyone else catch this release

Yep

 

The same megas that have some of the worst "safety" ratings imaginable. Most of them average a 15% OOS rating. Can you imagine being put out service 15 out of 100 times you're inspected?

 

Really, it is the market that allowed me into the segment of the industry that i’m in. Like i said you have tunnel vision. You do realize with relatively little effort you could be operating the same as me. Right? Go and drop a few applications off and boom done.

You call me a leach for taking subsidies. Last i checked, i haven’t recieved any checks. No goverment agency has substadized my operation. Again my bussiness is none of yours. You don’t get to run it....that’s why i’m still in business. If you had your hands on it i’d be broke.

I operate under the rules in which i have been given to operate under. You can give all the flak you want scream as loud as you want. In the end you are a nobody. Not even a pimple on my arse. Your opinion is worth nothing. You have no control and never will (as much as that may pain you).

I’m going to keep on doing my deal, and fighting for it. Me vs. you...i’ll Trump yo butt every time

 

Maverick's (the company shill from Alliance) OOS rate is 13.3% and over 40% in Canada.

I seem to remember an old adage that says, "Physcian, heal yourself."

 

I have no problem with them raising insurance requirements as long as they no longer let companies self insure and make them buy insurance on the open market same as everyone else.

I have nothing to add to the dead horse discussion in regards to exemptions that I haven’t added in all the other exemption discussions.

 

By this reasoning we could do away with HOS altogether, then it would be absolutely fair for everyone.

Would you agree to that ?

 

The point is that if they had to purchase insurance on the open market and then turn in every property damage claim they probably wouldn’t want to raise it across the board because it would also affect them in the same way it would everyone else. And they would lose the advantage that they are seeking to gain by what they’re wanting to do.

If they had to buy insurance like everyone else they would be forced to also reign in their hiring requirements and maybe actually train drivers properly before turning them loose on the road.

 

Bingo, buddy.

I started with May Trucking years ago. They have full-time in house body shops doing exactly what you're saying.

In fact, now that I think about it, Old man May was the first trucking company in Oregon allowed to self-insure. At the time it was like a 5mil bond, if I remember correctly.