5 Major Trucking Companies pushing for EOBRs

concerned american wrote:

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ok, what i want to know is, how Icould it be the car a fault? the air brake has to have time to respond before the big truck rear ends the car? if the big truck was not speeding and or tailgating to begin with, sure the air brakes are not going to respond quick enough. so its the car's fault of the accident? ummm, im a little lost on that one.

concerned american wrote:

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ok, you know as well as i do (you just do not want to agree to it) that there are too many unsafe truckers. say for example if you were to have just exited onto the interstate on any given day, any given location, how long would it be before you could notice a trucker breaking the law (speeding, improper lane change, ect)? aprox 3-5 minutes? thats how common it is. too many unsafe truckers out there. speeding big trucks cause accidents, and kill people, common sense will tell you that.
experienced truck drivers? some of the experienced truck drivers are either stupid or have no common sense for their own benefit.(UPS, FED EX, HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, RL CARRIERS, SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHTLINES) on watchmytruck's u tube, the vedio indicates these particular trucks speeding and tailgating cars and other trucks. ok, remember now, these are experienced drivers. ok here is the thing that is indicating how stupid they are (maybe you have to be stupid in order to be considered experienced?) why risk speeding or tailgating (disqualifying offense CSA2010)and then bump into the car in front of you either killing the passengers, or sending them to the hospital? why not just back off and keep a safe following distance? if that (overpaid) freight hauler bumps into the car in front, its the end of his or her job. do you think that the freight company will just say to the driver go home, recover a couple days, then report back to work tuesday? i dont think so. if these drivers are experienced, they are also stupid. all it takes is 1/2 second for a fatality accident to happen. speeding and following too close in a big truck can cause it. your repeating yourself trying to argue something to where you have nothing but a few figures and facts, but you have to pictures to prove it.

Hermit wrote:

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It takes an even shorter time to catch car drivers making unsafe manuevers. You asked somewhere how it could be the car's fault when a truck rear ends it. I can't count how many times I've seen cars cut far too close in front of trucks. Car drivers just don't seem to realize that trucks can't stop that quickly. They cut in front, and often slow down. The poor truck driver is on the brakes trying like heck not to run them over, and the car driver thinks they are being tailgated.
The driver is doing his best not to kill them, and the car driver is flipping him off for it!
Car drivers use that space in front of trucks to make lane changes, to get off exits (when they could have just gotten in behind the truck) to merge, and for a million other things. They know that space is there, and I swear they think it's left there for their personal convienence.
You really have to stop relying on the Watchmytruck videos. That man has a vendetta against trucks. One he took to new levels by actually shooting at a truck. His videos are full of instances in which he instigates problems with the trucks and then records them. Of course, you don't see this because you're listening and trusting in his narration. Frankly, he probably doesn't realize he's doing it, either.
Tell me this: Do you really think that truckers are out their just trying to kill people? That's what it sounds like you believe.
They aren't. I swear they aren't. They just want to do their job and make it home safely. They don't want to get in ANY accident because regardless of fault, any accident has a chance of taking their livliehood.
The owner-operators stand to lose a huge investment along with their living. If they get sued, they also stand to lose their homes. The guys in the big company trucks also stand to lose a lot if they get into an accident.
You seem to believe that truckers are something less than human beings JUST LIKE YOU. They are human. They just want to make a living like you do. Sure, their lifestyles are a little different from yours, but they are PEOPLE. Please start acting as if you realize that they are human beings, too.

concerned american wrote:

that cracker head from olive branch ms he must want to pay about $5.00 for a loaf of bread he don't get it

concerned american wrote:

that cracker head from olive branch ms he must want to pay about $5.00 for a loaf of bread he don't get it

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Joe LaForm wrote:

Concerned American is a complete idiot. I've gone through every post. And he is an idiot. I don't enjoy pointed this out, but it is what it is. You are more concerned with a tractor trailer driver than anything. You are like a tea party moron, blame one set of people that has nothing to do with the problem, but since it fits your agenda,you run with it. You've got no sympathy from me. Instead of looking to the insanity of the hours of service rules, the fact shippers and receivers will not get drivers moving on a timely schedule, the fact that people who drive cars are largely at fault for accidents, you place all blame on the truck drivers. You are very simple minded. You haven't a clue on what goes on in this industry, and until you do, you have no say.

concerned american wrote:

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people who drive cars are mostly at fault? a semi truck rear ends a car, kills 3 people, and its the cars fault, not to mention that the semi was also speeding? if everything was the cars fault looks like US Dept of Transportation would adopt a CSA2010 rule for cars instead of trucks. the reason for CSA2010 is to reduce accidents caused by big trucks (which is on average 5000 US citizens killed by unsafe truckers every year in this country). thank god for CSA2010, this july 2011 it will be into full enforcement, our highways will start to become safe. the unsafe truckers (super truckers that like to speed and cause accidents) will be working for the fast food chains because they will no longer be able to keep their CDL's and or no trucking company will hire them.

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concerned american wrote:

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you need to go into watchmytruck's u tube channel. you will see that the truckers are speeding, following too close, improper lane change, as the guy stated in one of the vedio's, this is where the accidents are comming from, speeding truckers. the evidence is there, on camera, also footage sent to the trucking companies along with tractor and trailer numbers, and time and location. vedio footage is also being sent to the FMCSA, under the new CSA2010 rule, the company and the driver will be charged. the truth has been revealed, unsafe truckers are causing accidents, endangering the lives of public citizens. thank god for the new CSA2010 rule, thank god for the FMCSA enforcement of the new CSA2010 rule, thank god for highway saftey advocate groups (public citizen, and mothers against unsafe truckers) also thank god for watchmytruck's u tube channel.

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wolf9walker wrote:

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You should read a few articles. Like this one “Professional drivers are still the safest drivers” and look for this one “Top 10 worst drivers by profession” notice that truckers aren’t on the list. Is your profession? And this one just came out “Number of Highway Truck Crashes Drops”
http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm...
These are FMCSA’s own study.
“Truck related fatal crashes dropped 26% where car fatal crashes dropped only 17%. And Of the 33,308 people killed in motor vehicle accidents in 2009, 10 percent died in crashes that involved trucks. Truckers are far better trained then car drivers. In two-vehicle fatal rear-end crashes, passenger vehicles hit large trucks in the rear four times more often than large trucks struck passenger vehicles in the rear — 17 percent versus truckers' 4 percent. Factors for trucks in fatal crashes were driving too fast (7 percent for trucks and 19 percent for passenger vehicles)”
You little buddy (the possible attempted truck killer) has 631 vids of trucks, and there are something like 3mil drivers. That’s not even 1%. You like vids so much, There’s a couple of vids of reckless cars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
BTW all you have is his vids you still have not produced and other links to facts. And the old saying “truckers are professionals and car drivers are not” is a copout and not a good reason for cars to drive like idiots. If a car driver took the pathetic and simple test and got his/her Class C. then he/she has the responsibility to know the laws for cars and drive cars safely. Driving is a privilege not a right.
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concerned american wrote:

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i can now spend my energy on other concerns, like i predicted, CSA2010 which was lobbied by highway saftey advocate groups (which i am a member of several) has allowed us to focus on other things.
let me give you an example, there will be no need for the FMCSA to hire more patrol officers because the shippers, brokers, and the insurance companies have weighed in on the system (CSA2010) they are refusing to load trucks that belong to a trucking company with anything less than a satisfactory saftey rating with the FMCSA. the moral of the story is: outlaw trucking companies you need to look for another business (we do not need you on our highways), unsafe truck drivers you will also be shed from the highways, taco bell is hiring, also your local temporary employment services are hiring.