FMCSA emergency declaration

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  1. RockinChair

    RockinChair Road Train Member

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  3. MacLean

    MacLean Road Train Member

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    I always find this hilarious.
    “These are the rules set in stone and you will be punished to the highest extent for breaking them at any time. Unless of course, it’s for helping us out of a Jam. Then you may run hog wild. “
     
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  4. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    Right? Ive always wished someone would do a study on accident rates with and without rules and publish it. My gut feeling is that there would be far FEWER wrecks overall since most people will stop when they hit their safe limit. But that the ones there were would likely be fatal to the driver more often.
     
  5. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Interesting that most of these emergency declarations exempts trucks that haul flammable liquids. If there had been a rise in accidents for these haulers everyone would have heard about it.
     
  6. motocross25

    motocross25 Road Train Member

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    I agree. Years back when I-29 dang near washed out between St Joseph, MO and Omaha NE, the company I was with at the time got letters to put in our trucks that we were exempt from HOS rules and weight limits. Which is pretty much the exact wrong 2 things to tell a dump truck company.
     
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    Remember Como said during COVID "no one in or out of New York".......except for truck drivers. It's all fun and games until you get hungry.
     
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