Keep writing your congressman then , it seems to be working!.... Not like civil uncivil.... More along the organized protests and educating the public type
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What Truck Parking Changes Have You Seen With New HOS?
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Yes, many truckers or people who would become truckers have put their lives on the line in the military to fight for America and fight against enemies who wish to destroy America and its ideals. Patriotism is a strong motivator.
Fighting rules that source from within America is something different. The enemy is less defined. Resistance against American authorities is not seen as patriotic. The threats are not as clear as they are with an enemy who wants to kill you and your fellow Americans.
Your analogy fails because the enemies are different. When you are fighting the American system, you find yourself face to face with men and women, some of whom have also put their lives on the line for America and its ideals.
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Also, the time is not yet here for that fight to take place. It may, or may not, reach that point. Only time will tell.
Is the enemy any different? Besides the fact of death? A tyrannical government that seeks to control beyond the mandate of the rules.... Is FMSCA any better or worse that limits say Dept of Labor that limits em ployees work hours and conditions?
These guys did a good job making their point. Oops sorry wrong country...
What is it with all the international sniping? 
There is enough BS on both sides of the border to go around.
There is enough BS on both sides of the border to go around.
What is it with all the international sniping?
Sniping? Try decaf
Drinking decaf makes about as much sense as drinking "near beer". NO self respecting man would do either!
Continue on.... I wait with baited breathe on the new rule of 2014 whatever they come out with!!
Of course the enemy is different. When we are fighting over what the Hours of Service regulations will look like, we are fighting people who want the regulations to be different than we would have them be. Government regulations do not happen by themselves. They are created when your neighbor gets more active than you.
Your neighbor does not like it when you park your tractor in your driveway? The call goes up to the city council to pass a new zoning regulation that prohibits it. A group of labor-friendly Americans wants to use the system to level the playing field more to their liking by limiting the hours independent owner operators wish to work? The call goes up to the FMCSA to change the rules.
These are not enemies of America who are active within the system. They are Americans, many of whom are willing to fight and die on the battlefield, just like many truckers are. A fight over the shape of a regulation is not a fight to the death. Guns and violence are not used precicely because the enemy is different.
In fact, it is not good to call them enemies at all. They are Americans who happen to have different views on the role of governemnt and government policy.
What overcrowding are you seeing exactly?
One month into the new regulations, I am consistently seeing truck stops fill and sometimes fill to overflowing on Friday and Saturday nights. That was not the case before the new rules went into effect. I am also seeing an increase of trucks lingering at the pumps. Now, to be fair, that happens when a shift change happens at the truck stop and drivers back up in line waiting for their fuel receipts and other drivers who have certain time-consuming transactions to do at the counter. However, observing some, there is no question that a few drivers are taking their 30 minute break at the pumps.