Biden chooses deputy FMCSA administrator to run the agency

I guess if you can oversee NYC taxi's, you can run the whole US transportation industry. Hope she has some good qualified underling's.

 

So for you guys that are smarter than me/have more ear to the ground, is this good or bad news?

 

My concern is the statements made by Pete about taxing us for every mile driven, as if truckers aren't taxed and penalized enough already......

 

We are already taxed for every mile driven... It's called IFTA

 

Hes proposing an additional tax on everyone driving though, not IFTA, IT'D BE IN ADDITION TO IFTA FROM HOW HE WORDED IT. EXCEPT EVEN CAR DRIVERS WOULD BE TAXED......

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/26/but...hing-mileage-levy-to-fund-infrastructure.html

 

So it'd be like a double tax, on top of ifta and tolls we already pay....

 

When you read the comments to articles like these, there is one theme posted constantly.
"Trucks cause all of the damage to the nations highways." The commenters offer no proof, just repeat the same ol line.
Is it the fault of the truck driver that the road has not been built to withstand the truck traffic? Why do HOV lanes, trucks prohibited, seem to wear out as fast as the regular lanes. Lanes 1 & 2 in California seem to be in almost as bad of shape as the 2 right lanes the trucks use.
When Germany built the "Autobahn" in the 30's, it was twice as thick as the Interstate Highways in the US. It has lasted much longer than US highways.
Therein is reason the highways fail in 10 to 15 years. Not built well enough to handle the expected weight loads.
They can tax the vehicles til the cows come home, but until they upgrade the specs, more money won't solve the problem.

 

I remember reading about that road. The reason the asphalt lasts so long without potholes is the average thickness of concrete under the asphalt is ####ing four feet thick! It lasts, because they built it to last.