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Mandatory Speed Limit Response

Here we go again, more stupid shit from the people who know less about what they are talking about than those of us who perform the job they are talking about.

We are facing a nationwide epedemic of college educated EXPERTS telling people who do the job of what is best for us. The best thing for those fucking EXPERTS can do is NOTHING. Not one simple damn thing can they do to help us except shut their fucking mouths, keep their nose out of our business.

Maybe what we should do is write the books the EXPERTS read so they will know a little something about what they are talking about instead of speculating what they are talking about.

If they were to get their college educated asses into the seats driven by the uneducated, they may learn something of immense value, the mere fact they are so damn dumb they are ignorant of what they talk about and stop trying to implement rules and regulations they themselves don’t have to live by.

Can you imagine their reactions if someone said, “Hey EXPERTS, from now on, instead of being paid for 40 hours a week you are going to be paid for 35 hours a week, for 48 weeks a year instead of 52 and you will be given four weeks vacation time without pay.”

Boy, would they fucking scream. Sounds familiar to you, right? Isn’t that what the EXPERTS are basically telling us what we ARE going to do and not even give us a chance to work with the EXPERTS?

Who installed this panel of EXPERTS? Who is the braindoners who name these college educated potheads EXPERTS? Who is qualified to name who is an EXPERT for us to listen to?

It surely can’t be from a panel of people with experience in the occupation they are establishing new guidelines, such as a group of real truckdrivers.

Not these stupid idiots who have to use their fog lights at night with the stars showing bright, flashing you with highbeams, and can’t stay in their lanes long enough to pass you or while being passed, not to mention the drag racers because they are too stupid to know they can’t quite get around them but by going 1/16th of a MPH faster, they can get past the other truck in less than 50 miles, regardless how much traffic they have behind them (Billy Bobbs), which is not including the newer drivers who can’t back up, and a lot of other obvious signs of rookie drivers who are afraid to admit within themselves they are rookies and need to learn instead of having the I am an EXPERT truckdriver attitude.

I suggest these EXPERTS get with the big and smaller companies and arrange to spend a month IN a truck, no matter where the truck goes, no matter what time of the year, other than to the driver’s house of course, and see the for themselves what it is, firsthand no less, they are talking about.

Other than that, Screw the EXPERTS!

If the EXPERTS refuse to get into a truck driven by a qualified driver and not a rookie to see for themselves first hand about what they are talking about, then, we should have the right to not only laugh in the EXPERT’s faces, but, to ignore them at the same time.

The Ontario Trucking Association proposed speed limiters here in Canada,they made this move because they represent all the big carriers.They claim it was out of safety concerns but their first press release stated”This will level the playing field”does this sound like a statement that relates to safety?Their motivation is driver retention and that is their sole objective for this law.A few of the big shots from the OTA went to Europe to study their system of speed limiters,when they returned they just took the parts of the European law that suited them and drafted the law.What they failed to tell the general public was in Europe the majority of drivers are paid by the hour from the time they get in the truck till they get out including layovers this is strictly monitored by a punch card carried by each indivual driver and inserted into the truck.Also in Europe there is a specfic paid mandatory vacation period for all drivers I think it is 4 to 6 weeks.Bottom line is same old story big companies want to make all profit and screw their drivers and owner operators.

Hypothetical Theory…. “Suppose Bill Graves [ATA President] and his poker playing buddies, were to get this Speed Limiter rule passed. “How many of the Major Engine MFG.’s are playing this game?”
Take CATerpillar for instance….If you take delivery on a new truck with an advertised Horse Power of 475hp, It will cost you “X” number of dollars [roughly $1,350.00] to upgrade the ECM to 550hp.
Now, the same case holds true to the Speed Limiter, “If you want to upgrade the Governed Speed on the ECM, then you will have to pay “X” number of dollars per mile per hour increase. This would make Bill Graves a much wealther character. If you read all the articles on this subject…. and put two and two, together you’ll see why he turned this process over to the FMCSA for further study. As you know the FMCSA are strictly anti-Trucking to start with. And, If the Main purpose of the Speed Limiter was to insure a safer Highway system… Then forget this so-called Speed Limiter process, and go back to the Old Federal Revenue Generating Tool of Mandatory “National 55 MPH Truck Speed Limit.” They want do this because it, has already been proven that differential speed limits are unsafe. “GO FIGURE”
We as an organization do not and have never really had any kind of true representation, when it comes to TRUCKING.

It is funny how Benn Dipp feels that throwing money at the manufactors that speed limiters would be set higher.If the proposed legislation is passed by Washington and Ottawa it would include fines for anyone to set a speed limiter higher than the set limit,also inspectors at weight scales will be issued code readers to determine what the vechile speed is set at.People have been lulled into a false sense of security if they feel this is not going to pass,unless drivers across North America start to speak up.It is sad that Trucking Assocations dominated by big carriers are going to impose a dictarship rule on the rest of us due to their driver retention issues.If this was about safety and the enviroment as they claim all vechiles would be included. http:/jameslalderton.blogspot.com/

Way to go it’s time someone from the industry who is actually behind the wheel has gotten into the conversation. I’m proud of you!!!!!!

Way to go —- keep giving your opinion!!!! JJ you say it like is.

Just passin’ thru……..”I think you are missing my-point about Mandatory Speed Limiters. First of all, I know Bill Graves personally. I worked for his in-laws, in the Trucking Co. for several years. Trust me I know the Man and he has never had a safety conscious thought in his grizzle head, unless it does or can generate [personal] revenue.Don’t for get this Son-of-a Bitch is a life long politican.
Here we go again…………
Now…. First of all, we are talking about Legislation [democracy] not Canadian bullshit!” Secondly…. Their are approximately 26 states that have 70mph speed limits. If Limiters are to be mandated for CMV, then first there has to be legislation to substantiate a differiential speed limit .[nation wide] “WHICH WANT HAPPEN”
“If an individual can get this [speed limiter] made mandatory, and has made the right percentage of the pie deal”, then he will become a much wealthier individual. Not to mention all of the ten’s of thousands of trucks that would have to have the ECM re-programed to Mandatory Limits.

And work on your spelling you write like an illiterate TruckDriver…….

Well Benn Dipp its funny your American Trucking Assocation is endorsing Speed Limiters and they are also working on E.O.B.R’s!Bill Graves is not doing this out of safety concerns,you are right on that point.Its for the mighty dollar!If you read the proposed Canadian Legislation which is still active ,”IT STATES ANY TRUCK ENTERING ONTARIO WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE E.C.M SET AT 62 MPH.”Many people are screaming and hollering over the new hours of service,but did the little guy have any input into it?Big carriers wanted and got it the same will happen with speed limiters and E.O.B.R’s.As for my spelling you should check your own before you run off your gums!’WHICH WANT HAPPEN” jameslalderton.blogspot.com