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that's not my point. they want to reduce and /or eliminate greenhouse gasses that supposedly cause global warming.
so, they have put all these rules and regulations on Diesel engines to reduce said emissions.

now, we have a massive traffic problem in the US. look at all the greenhouse gasses coming from all this traffic. if they were serious about reducing the emissions one of the most effective ways would be to reduce the amount of traffic. a good way to do that would be to restrict how many miles you drive per day, week or month.

now I'm not saying im for such restrictions , im saying if they were serious about reducing emissions they would implement such a plan. but they won't because they fear the backlash that would result.

they do all this stuff with trucks because they can. people applaud them and feel good about themselves for their environmental conciousness. and the politicians get reelected.

my point being people are fine with other people being regulated but when it comes to themselves they'll raise hell and the politicians won't get reelected. and the politicians will do anything to get reelected

 

really? did you not read and comprehend my post? it's about emissions and regulations concerning emissions

 

Gasoline engines are not without regulation, they are where it all began. Plenty of cars were made where if you wanted one in CA it was a different spec. Average mpg of cars has increase greatly since emission controls started to be required, and emission levels have gone way down. Has that made 'enough' of a difference to please the activists, of course not.

The problems with traffic are not likely to be solved by limiting miles. Mass transit in theory offers great advantages but in reality offers neither convenience nor practicality for a great number of potential users. Rush hour, when everyone is usually on the road, is obviously the worst time for traffic. If people had just enough miles to go to and from work then that traffic would not change. Also there are still people I know that drive well over 120 miles to work each day, one way. Would that force them to move, or to have to change jobs?

Your observation linking volume of traffic with emissions, while valid, is not something easily addressable without limiting a lot of personal freedom. If the premise that reducing emissions is the goal, then if every one of these vehicles now clogging the roads was 100% emission free, the traffic would be the same.

The fact is trucking is highly regulated, personal transportation is not. Trucking largely comes under federal rules due to it's interstate component. Personal transportation comes under individual state's rules.

 

ok, you want to argue just to argue. you got the last word in congratulations

 

kicking myself in the ###.. Took a load out West was paying really good. Managed to do this run in 4 days. But now nothing to get me going back towards louisville without sitting for 3 days...

 

C'mon now Pete, you've been here long enough to know that would probably happen.

 

there loads quite a bit coming out just not going where i need to be.

 

Sucker... Don't worry, we've all made the mistake of chasing money into a dark hole. I sat for almost 2 days last time I took a load out there for Mercer.

Just sucks that you're only allowed to use Mercer's load board and probably the biggest reason why I'm not looking to come back to Mecer. I went out there a few months ago for close to $3 a mile and got out of there for over $3 a mile. Not willing to push my luck so I haven't been back. Lol. That and the fact that I don't like running California anymore.

 

What state did you go to out west?

 

try calling the agents and asking for help.
Works for me well