1,000 miles per day on E-logs

Iam leased to a large carrier. When the e-log mandate was announced the operations v.p. sent a fleetwide message about gow great this was for them, that they could finally have a "level playing field".

Ok so if you have over 2,000 in just on of youre company fleets, what playing field needs leveled? They haul cheaper and gross ove $600 million dollars! I think the playing field has been shifted to theyre side for a long time.

This has come about because of lobbying by the ATA, mothers against tired truckers. and public citizen ( those last two get large amounts of funding from the railroads). Ole U.S. politics at its best, he with the most money wins.

 

Don't be silly. Anyone driving 85 who can't miss rear-ending a 62 mph truck shouldn't be driving 85 in the first place, and a truck going with the flow of traffic or faster has a fool at the controls.

 

It's not "inferred".

Post a link to 1 such study... why not make it the fully discredited Solomon (1964)?

It's not a matter of fewer crashes, it's a matter of fewer truck crashes.... you know, the most catastrophic kind, and "best practice". In traffic it is difficult if not impossible to maintain an adequate following distance. A few mph slower than the flow mitigates that, and decreases stopping distance. There can be no argument about that.

I firmly believe 75% of the 75% of fatal 4-wheeler/truck crashes found to be solely the fault of the 4-wheeler (AAA, 2002) could have been entirely prevented by the truck driver.

Right. The people who know what they're talking about, that you can't understand due to the Dunning-Kruger effect.

You seem to have a simplistic view of your responsibilities as a truck driver. "Professionals" recognize a responsibility to protect oblivious motorists from their obliviousness. Can't do that if you're oblivious.

 

Fascinating. Keep looking, I'm sure you'll find that study any day now.

 

We don't drag discussions across forums.

Don't forget tire ratings. Half of you don't know what speed rating your tires have.

 

Faster speeds only work in favor of o/o or cpm guys. I'm hourly so I wish they'd reduce the national speed limit back to 55. Save fuel, less accidents, and I'd make even more money! Win win win!

 

I don't know what that means.

Interesting point. IIRC it is only recently (~2000, maybe?) that any "truck" tire was rated above 65 mph.