Posted On: May 26, 2008, 12:29 pm CDT

Posted By: wudchuck

well, i used to be a trucker/driver trainer for 7 yrs (LONG HAUL)...here's the problem, we see a small portion of drivers who don't abide by the rules and then the whole group of drivers is being tagged...i remember when folks did not abide or fudge on their log books...yet, i was always legal on hrs and don't drink/drive or do any other drugs...now, i am an insurance agent...if you look at the amount of drivers, you will see that we are considered professional drivers and do this for a living and have higher standards to go by...now what if we applied this to the basic driver? how many of them do drugs? how many are distracted while driving? i bet you will find more there than in the industury of truckers!

I am ready to go back to the road myself and see the great USA. i don't have trubs with the mexicans on the road, so long as they abide just like the canadians with the log books, laws of the road and safety issues (incl truck and driver)...

main concern to the truckers and their industry -- price of Diesel and what costs that will bring to the commodities (raw and finished goods) up?