Stop lamps and Jake brakes

This is not always true , if your stop lamps are not working properly then you are at fault, for a lawyer that know the law and your truck computer shows that's how it's a set up your screwed

 

The other thing I think will most certainly come to light is the "boy who cried wolf" cenerio
Depending what job I am doing I can use Jake's 500 times in a 14 hr shift, and I don't use them to shift like some people.
You can probly bet your last dollar people will become so used to seeing stop lamps come on with Jakes and engine brakes that they will no longer associate it with stopping and then someone will do emergencY stop and they will plow into them . Heck some have Jake's set so sensitive that just letting foot off accelerator turns them on, mine are set to delay but I don't set up my Equiptment like corporations and young hot shots do.
As always 50+ yrs of Jake's being out and suddenly it's an issue that needs laws changed
I think the problem is not with Jake's it's with people not paying attention when driving , to many cell phone users tring to mask there accident using excuse trucker used Jake's and they did not know they were slowing down and had nothing to do with following to close or lack of driving ability.
But hey after international and navistar threatened to sue me, throw gag orders and tie me up in courts for ever for releasing who to fix the maxforce engine and keep it out of the shop on the grounds they needed the repairs to stay afloat I knew it was time to sell all my new Equiptment and go back to reliable trucks like my series 60 that gets 5-12mpg (14+ bobtailing and cheaper to drive then most pickups) depending on what configuration (5-8 axle) I am pulling compared to max 8 mpg for ltl drivers and so long as I do preventive maintience it never lets me down and every company I ever worked it under it was always the most fuel efficient even after 250gal a month dumped into mobile home oil furnace.