Thoughts on fines

Working Class Patriot · May 15, 2010

rambler said: ↑

Fines are a tax under a different name. Argue all you want but its a fact. If the Fed and states were as serious about safety as they want you and the public to believe they would levy heavy penalties instead of "slap on the wrist" type fines. These petty fines are mostly considered just a part of doing business by trucking companies. States are cash strapped these days and its no secret the federal government is also. Trucks are a a prime source of revenue since there are thousands on the road every minute of every day. Instead of chicken feed three and four hundred dollar fines for common everyday violations raise the bar to around four-five thousand per violation...the results would probably be astounding. If this happened trucking companies would have to either clean up their act or go under. This would result in less money in the coiffures of the states and federal, so they have to keep fines fairly low or risk losing customers so to speak. How can anyone possibly believe a federal agency like the Department of Transportation is serious about safety when the penalties don't actually reflect it? Lobbyists like the ATA among others have the DOT wrapped around their finger..to a degree.. or there would have been huge changes in this industry already. Not that there haven't been some changes, I'm just saying.
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And if it was about safety....Not one NAFTA truck would allowed up here...Period.....

JustSonny · May 15, 2010

Working Class Patriot said: ↑

And if it was about safety....Not one NAFTA truck would allowed up here...Period.....
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I read the results of a study done comparing safety performance as it relates to # of years a carrier has been in service. Predictably, as carriers aged, they became more safety aware and more safety oriented. Not so with NAFTA carriers.....they actually got worse or stayed the same as they got "older".

Working Class Patriot · May 15, 2010

Oldnewbiegonnabe said: ↑

I read the results of a study done comparing safety performance as it relates to # of years a carrier has been in service. Predictably, as carriers aged, they became more safety aware and more safety oriented. Not so with NAFTA carriers.....they actually got worse or stayed the same as they got "older".
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Let's not forget the cultural differences...In Mexico..bribes are expected...a way of life for everybody....
Here...if you bribe DOT...your azzhat will go to jail....

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