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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="BT CPSO 266"] <P>[quote user="edbenton"]</P> <P>You are all speaking like the TYPICAL car commuter. Get these BIG NASTY TRUCKS OUT OF MY WAY. Here is a little WAKE UP CALL FOR ALL OF YOU. The Avarage OTR driver is a person that makes 50K a year is MARRIED and has 2 kids at home. While on the road they deal with More traffic in a week than you would see in a YEAR deal with more customers face to face than anyone that works in an office. They also have to deal with not enough PARKING spaces in the Northeast Cities that were built for Horse and BUGGIES. Politicans that would rather use the trucking industry as a Mobile ATM than stop raiding the Highway Trust fund.</P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P> <P>Oh yeah and they are the ENGINE that keeps this country RUNNING with out them this ENTIRE NATION WOULD STOP IN LESS THAN A WEEK. NYC would be out of FOOD IN LESS THAN A WEEK ALOT OF THE MAJOR CITIES ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. FACTORIES WOULD SHUT DOWN WITHOUT THE JIT DIELIVERY SCHEDULES THAT TRUCKERS MEET WITH IN ONE DAY. NO GAS IN THE SERVICE STATIONS WHY NO PIPELINE RUNS TO THE CORNER STORE. Yet all I am hearing FROM THE IDIOTS HERE IS GET RID OF THEM AND GO BACK TO THE RAILROADS. <STRONG>I AM A MEMBER OF ALOT OF TRUCKING BOARDS AND THE IDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IS GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF BEING PUSHED AROUND BY EVERYONE. YES YOU MAY NOT GET 2 DRIVERS TO AGREE WHO IS THE BEST TO DRIVE FOR HOWEVER IF THEIR COMPANIES TOLD THEM TO SIT WHILE WE TEACH THIS NATION A LEASON THEY WOULD.</STRONG></P> <P>The only thing that we would not shut down would be anything healthcare like meds. Beyond that anything is fair game.</P> <P>[/quote] </P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P> <P>I am simply looking towards a revived transportation system. We know that truckers have families to support, but with more short-haul they would be closer towards their homes. Although, changes would have to be made in he terms how they are payed a decent wage.</P> <P>We all know how important trucks are to the nation. This nation would stop in less than a week without railroads too. We are trying to change how that freight is moved over long distances and what needs to improve on the rail and trucking ends. Issues need to be addressed on both ends. For rail it's more improved and faster infrastructure for JIT freight, <FONT size=6>and trucking needs to adjust how truckers are payed and treated to make short-hauls a better investment.</FONT> </P> <P>We are more looking towards Transportation Reform for America. It's an issue that needs to be dealt with. <BR></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3>How do you propose that trucking adjusts how truckers are paid? Please explain the details of this proposal.</FONT></P>
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