At 8 AM on that date i will no longer accept any loads at ANY price until such time as our FED Gov admits & puts into action a plan that will give all O/Os some help.

Here is what I would like to see happen,

1# Suspend ALL Fed & State fuel taxes until such time that this economy is back on its feet

2# Feds create a FED Over site Committee to oversee Ins Premiums Charged for Class 8 trucks Insurance

3# Stop allowing Large Trucking Fleets to self Insure, this would make a more level playing field for all trucking Company's.

4# Fed Regs for Brokers & Shippers that are enforced, with set max amounts they can charge.

5# Standardized Fines from Coast to Coast for safety violations. in other words if a log ticket cost $50.00 in Missouri then a log ticket in Calif should only cost $50.00

I will not return to hauling until our Gov. the people we put into office gets off their butts an does something to help this Industry.

 

Might as well start hanging the "For Sale" signs then.

 

:lol: Ain't gonna happen.



If the cost of your truck insurance is going to make or break you, then you have already failed.

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Since when is it the government's job to make the playing field level?

Nobody says you have to accept the load.

Don't get a log ticket, and the cost in every state is $0.00. Problem solved.

I would like to personally thank you for taking your toys and going home. I will serve the customers you are failing quite well.

 

April Fool's is tomorrow. :roll:

 

In other words, Welfare for O/O's. :roll:

 

THE TIME IS NOW!

APRIL 1, 2008 THROUGH APRIL 5, 2008,

HEADING NORTH, SOUTH, EAST & WEST, KEEP IT AT 35 TO 45 MPH IN PROTEST OF OUR NATION’S ECONOMIC CONDITIONS!

DO NOT DO THIS IN PROTEST OF THE HARD TIMES TRUCKERS ARE EXPERIENCING! DO THIS IN PROTEST OF THE HARD TIMES ALL U.S. CITIZENS ARE EXPERIENCING DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF DIESEL!

THE SLOW ECONOMY COMBINED WITH RISING DIESEL COST HAS PLACED OUR ECONOMY IN A FREE FALL THAT IS AFFECTING ALL AMERICANS! THIS PROTEST IS TO MAKE THE AVERAGE U.S. CITIZEN AWARE OF HOW THE COST OF DIESEL AFFECTS THEIR DAILY LIVES – TO MAKE THEM AWARE THAT THE MORTGAGE CRISIS, JOB LOSSES, RISING FOOD PRICES ARE LINKED DIRECTLY TO THE HIGH PRICE OF DIESEL.

THIS IS NOT A STRIKE OR WORK STOPPAGE! THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE TRUCK DRIVERS. THIS IS A WAKE UP CALL FOR THE U.S. CITIZEN TO EXAMINE A SYSTEM SO OUT OF BALANCE THAT OUR POLITICIANS & NATIONAL MEDIA REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE & EXAMINE THE ISSUES. AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HOLD YOUR GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE & URGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME!

THIS WILL BE EACH AND EVERY COMPANY OWNER/MANAGER & DRIVER LOOKING IN THE MIRROR, SAYING WITH SINCERITY, “THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME OR MY BUSINESS. THIS IS ABOUT MY COUNTRY! THIS IS MY OWN PROTEST!”

AS YOU SHARE THIS WITH OTHERS – OTHER DRIVERS, OTHER CITIZENS – BE PERSUASIVE, NOT ABRASIVE! TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS DOING TO THE COUNTRY, NOT WHAT IT’S DOING TO YOUR FINANCES!

MANY TRUCKS WILL SIMPLY BE PARKED AT HOME DURING THESE DATES. MANY WILL BE ON THE ROAD. THOSE ON THE ROAD ARE URGED TO MAKE THEIR OWN PROTEST BY DRIVING NOT MORE THAN 45 MPH ON ALL HIGHWAYS & BY WAYS.

OBEY ALL LAWS. REFUSE TO SUPPORT DRIVERS WHO VIOLATE THE LAW!

PUT SIGNS ON YOUR TRUCK THAT WILL CALL ATTENTION TO YOUR CAUSE & THE REAL ISSUES! SOME SUGGESTED SIGNS….

HIGH FUEL COSTS = AMERICAN JOBS LOST! IS YOUR JOB SAFE?

HIGH FUEL COSTS = HIGH FOOD COSTS. CAN YOU AFFORD TO EAT?

HIGH $$$ DIESEL + JOBS LOST = HOME FORECLOSURES

IF YOU HAVE IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT! CAN YOU AFFORD TO HAVE MORE?

I’VE SLOWED DOWN TO CONSERVE HIGH PRICED FUEL. HAVE YOU?

TRUCKS DELIVER EVERYTHING BUT BABIES, BUT WE DID DELIVER THE HOSPITAL!


http://www.drivers4drivers.com/fuel1280X1024.asp

 

What a pile of :dung:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Most states have a minimum speed limit law on the interstate of 45 mph, and in some cases, 55 mph.

Consider it done. :lol:

 

I'll bet channel 19 is a blast these days. :roll: