Did they think about this Scenario?

[BigCat]

All the while true but what about the try hours van a few days ago that was riding my *** where I couldn't see him and when I tried to get over for emergency vehicle he jumped out beside me and stayed there causing me to not be able to change lanes?

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Usually the state law is move over or slow down If you cannot change lanes safely

 

[BigCat]

Usually the state law is move over or slow down If you cannot change lanes safely

It was the point that as soon as my signal came on he jumped out and blocked me. I was able to slow down and get by but it was a douchebag move he made.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

You don't have to get defensive Jake there are big truck idiots you know just like van idiots, straight truck idiots

 

[OntarioVanMan]

As a matter of fact I'm tailing a Crete as I speak My front door to deer ally

 

[BigCat]

You don't have to get defensive Jake there are big truck idiots you know just like van idiots, straight truck idiots

I'm not getting defensive it just ****es me off that no one notices the idiots unless they are driving a 70 foot long vehicle.

 

[BigCat]

And to top it we are all classified in one group as idiots when infact I'm working to keep an impeccable safety record by maintaining safe following distance and my truck never goes above 63 mph.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

No one really gives a crap..., you've worked hard to be safe same with me.. In the big picture... Poof..., sux to be us.

 

[Murraycroexp]

Only 150 miles to go. Woo hoo!!

 

[Murraycroexp]

Oops. Wrong thread. Mod please delete last and this. Thanks!!

 

[cheri1122]

The problem is, of course, the 5th wheel campers and motor homes aren't involved in a high percentage of accidents, and the ones they are involved in don't usually kill everyone but the driver. That's why they aren't regulated. It's also why cargo vans aren't regulated. As soon as vans or RVs start posing an unreasonable risk to the driving public, they will be regulated. Until then, you loggers will just have to continue to sulk and pout about how unfair it is.

I've never sulked or pouted about logging - I don't enjoy it, but understand it has a reason. The EOBRs, however, are going to create more problems than they could possibly solve, at least until there is parking wherever it's needed, and customers address the delay issues that waste our available hours. I'm wondering how we can consistently comply when parking for trucks is such an unpredictable problem: you don't know if there's a spot until you get there. It's a problem that the Agency just continues to pretend doesn't exist, but it's the drivers who get penalized, if they don't find a spot in time.
I think the EOBR is like putting a Breathalyzer on the ignition of every vehicle, because drunk drivers cause so much death & destruction.
Actually, drunk drivers kill more people than trucks: in 2009, there were 3,619 truck and bus crash deaths, [per FMCSA] and 10, 839 alcohol related traffic deaths, [per NHTSA].
Truck drivers aren't the problem they need to address, and a time clock won't make us safer drivers. On the contrary, it may make us more desperate to avoid a violation for going 'over' by a minute or two.