Driver tells FMCSA he doesn't follow their rules

Regulated industries are going to have regulations. The issue is the majority of drivers are reactionary and not proactive. Whenever there is a comment period on a proposed rule maybe 3000 drivers actually take time to comment. Then everyone complains how rules get shoved down our throats.

We don’t have a singular voice in our corner. And the one that we’re supposed to have (OOIDA) has to toe the line between what’s best for owners and keeping company drivers happy and paying dues.

So then a new group springs up and it’s leader says he’s never followed the rules. So now the government will probably “help” us with more rules. And drivers still won’t get involved. And drivers will complain when the new rules come around. Then they will say we should strike. It’s a never ending cycle.

 

Some regs are fine..but continued over regulation is unnecessary

 

I agree with that. But what’s overregulation? That line will be different for everyone. For me personally I can work with an ELD but I cringe when there are drivers who want the government involved with detention pay or wanting them to regulate how much profit a broker can make.

I agree that what this guy said was true, but I also think now they will look deeper into him and they’ll see that he runs an old cabover and they’ll put two and two together and it has the chance to kind of ruin things for guys with older trucks.

 

This is why they do what they do...folks are much a weasel to stand up to the Gov't...they work for us, not the other way around.

 

Regulations are good with me. The regs dont stop me from making money. Never has. I am ok with people commenting on the regs and letting the powers that be know their malcontent. That guy in the video, he dont represent me. I dont want him representing me. He's not a professional. He did nothing to change the perception of drivers

 

Also I dont see the malcontent drivers on here standing up to the government.........just whining and complaining all the time.

 

The constitution gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. Nobody presented a reasonable argument against ELD’s because in all truth the hours of service didn’t change. The “flexibility” of paper didn’t exist if done honestly. It’s tough to say that these rules have been in place for a few years but now the way they’re recorded is a problem because there’s no “flexibility”.

July of 2012 is when FMCSA was directed to come up with an electronic logging mandate. For almost 5 years everyone sat by waiting for someone to do something, then two months before the mandate goes into effect the “protests” start happening. That goes back to the majority being reactionary instead of proactive. By that time the horse was already out of the barn.

 

I liked elogs. I was in a different situation than most of you guys though. Only ever worked set hours and never worked long enough to worry about running out of hours. I liked them for the convienience. Saved me time vs scratching on paper.

 

You really think they dont know it can be done already?

 

I say don’t underestimate the level of ignorance when you get that high up. The big fleets have all new stuff and they’re the ones that have the ear of the rule makers.