Last night I had spent just about an hour reading posts on an article about a report submitted to congress concerning updates on the HOS made last July. Congress wanted to know if the changes had any effect in improving safety and reducing drowsy driving. The report congress wanted and the report they got where two different things.
The sample of drivers was way to small to indicate anything except what the FMCSA wanted and less than 33% of the sample where over-the-road drivers.
The goverment will never be able to legislate away drowsy driving for the professional as long as they want to deal with only one small part of the whole picture. Here are some more factors for them to legislate if they can:
1. Shippers and Recivers.
This is an area that needs the most legislation. When you arrive for an appointment an hour early and six hours later your finally loaded, that's a problem. It's a problem because you can't rest or sleep during your wait because if you miss your call you won't get loaded until much later, then everyone is pissed at you, so you start your trip tired and angry.
2. Safe and Accessible parking
This is a huge problem and getting worse every year. More and more townships are outlawing truck parking.
3. Drivers Diet
I am not saying they need to legislate what we eat, that would be crossing the line far more than what they already have.
Take a look at the photo that is with this blog, this one shelf is the entire selection of groceries in a popular chain truck stop.
It is a well known fact that a diet rich in fat, sugar and flower adds to poor health and a state of perpetual drowsiness.
The other choices in this truck stop are preprepared foods that are several times reasonable cost and very few of those choices have any nutritional value. Or you could choose from one of the 3 fast food resturants.
We have to eat and the Corperate desire for profit has crossed into the area of greed and is out of control. The truck stops know they have a captive audience and they abuse it.
1. Shippers and Recivers.
This is an area that needs the most legislation. When you arrive for an appointment an hour early and six hours later your finally loaded, that's a problem. It's a problem because you can't rest or sleep during your wait because if you miss your call you won't get loaded until much later, then everyone is pissed at you, so you start your trip tired and angry.
2. Safe and Accessible parking
This is a huge problem and getting worse every year. More and more townships are outlawing truck parking.
3. Drivers Diet
I am not saying they need to legislate what we eat, that would be crossing the line far more than what they already have.
Take a look at the photo that is with this blog, this one shelf is the entire selection of groceries in a popular chain truck stop.
It is a well known fact that a diet rich in fat, sugar and flower adds to poor health and a state of perpetual drowsiness.
The other choices in this truck stop are preprepared foods that are several times reasonable cost and very few of those choices have any nutritional value. Or you could choose from one of the 3 fast food resturants.
We have to eat and the Corperate desire for profit has crossed into the area of greed and is out of control. The truck stops know they have a captive audience and they abuse it.
So, as usual, our wonderful goverment has once again screwed the working man by blaming him and burdening him with more regulation that restricts his income and the choices he can make while ignoring all the other factors that go into the problem they are trying to solve.
If you know some young person considering becoming a truck driver, buy them a copy of my book,"So, You Want To Be A Truck Driver" if I can't scare em off no one can. Get it here:
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