Do you feel elogs should be mandatory or optional?

I'm sure the people who like doing 35 in those horse shoe 20 and 25mph curves say the same thing

 

laws of physics are entirely different than laws of man.

Centripetal force is a ##### to argue with....

 

yet I have drivers argue that daily.

 

I think the government should leave us alone and let us do our jobs....

 

This is why the HOS were developed to begin with. They weren't actually written to control the drivers, but to control the carriers. Many carriers, but certainly not all of them, would run a driver to death, if allowed. When you read a reg notice it will usually state "A carrier shall allow, or, a carrier shall not allow".

 

Ah the anti government regulation thing. I'm a responsible person so keep the government regs out of my life and let me do what I want. That's great. Not to be blunt but I wonder if you'd still feel that way after your kid gets killed in an accident which involved a trucker who was on his 120th hour that week and then watched said trucker be let go to drive again the next day because it could not be determined who as at fault and he wasn't violating any regs.

 

If the driver wasn't at fault then he shouldn't be punished. So you are saying if a person driving a car goes over so many miles without sleep and gets involved in an accident even if not at fault they should be punished. I understand Truckers are regulated but read this post above mine and you will see thats not whats getting discussed. Now if there wasn't a 70hr rule and a trucker drove for 120 hours and was involved in an accident that killed someone IF he was at fault yes he should be punished for the charge they put on him but IF he wasn't at fault then NO he shouldn't be punished and he should be allowed to truck on down the road the next day.

 

And what about the travelling salesman in a car that covers 800+ miles in a day? or the work site inspector that drives from Minneapolis to Milwaukee to Davenport MN to Des Moines to Rochester MN to Minneapolis to Fargo ND Non-stop.

How about the foreman on the construction job. They drive a 1 ton pickup hauling material etc for the company, the work project. The ones that work a 16-18 hour day, 7 days a week.

Can't tell me they don't exist. I KNOW they do. I have family that do it on a weekly basis.

There are business professionals on the road that DON'T drive a semi truck and are more likely to cause an accident than a truck is.

Yet they are not regulated like we are.

Where are THEIR HOS? Where are THEIR Equipment standards?

 

They should have standards no doubt. I actually thought there were regulations for travelling salesmen. I'm not going to look it up because I really don't care. Quit worrying about why others aren't regulated and worry about following your regulations or facing the potential consequences if you get caught not following the regulations.

 

Good attitude.


And that is why we are choked with regulations.

The other guys don't matter.


Thanks for your support.