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RR's are full - then let truckers pull doubles!

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Most of you are correct in what I have read here,though Mark Hemphill is correct in what he said,ots you the tax payers that are paying for the cost to get the goods to market. But on another perspective look ,i'm a trucker also......I'm one of the many that drive an 18 wheeler,and we have MORE crap to put up with than most people realize.With the new HOS (hours of service) law,I cant get to my destination when I want to,as I can only be on the road for 11 hours,12 if some drivers "dirty log book ".And this is just the tip,with random inspections,scale houses,and a maximun limit of 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight limit......if I'm overloaded by AN OUNCE!,I have to take that off the trailer,and put it someplace,or in some cases,if its greater than that,you have to pull into the scale parking lot,call the dispatcher,and he in turn has to get a truck to come out and get the excess load and deliver it. All the while your sitting there wasting time and valuable money that should be going in my pocket,instead it goes no where.As far as safety,yes the DOT is heavy on that,yet I am very P-offed at the fact that the @#$%^&* NAFTA has allowed the mexican truckers to travel on U.S.highways,with trucks that are so old,parts are falling off the rigs and onto the roads. Now with the EPA getting on our butts about emissions,if a trucker wants to buy a new truck,he /she has to wait a YEAR for the truck,as the new engines that Caterpillar,Cummins,Detroit,and Mack have.....well ......they are NOT sure if they will be performable,and the warranties on them stink. You'd be lucky if the warranty will go for 10 years instead of 2 or 5 at the present time. as for doubles,I will NOT do it.. way too dangerous,and turning them is a big pain and problem too.It makes me wonder how the drivers for UPS,FED-EX, YELLOW,and other Less Than truckLoad (LTL) carriers can manage it. Makes me want to go back to the BNSF, and work for them now.
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