you dont see adding 7 million big rigs .........driven by people who are not familiar with the american highway system as a possible problem????
I have to drive in an area with a large influx of Mexican and other Central American immigrants.........I understand where you are coming from.....many don't understand the language, thus the street signs, many lack any clue regarding the rules of the road and the majority lack little things like a license and insurance.......I see that problem. The idea of these same people or people with the same issues driving big rigs on our roadways......yes, it is scary.
Over the last years, the Birmingham area has had a severe problem with big rigs dropping large coils of steel on the interstate. The fault of which probably lies at the feet of the steel plant, the trucking company, the truck driver and the cars on the same roadway as the truck. I can already picture the steel mills hiring Mexican drivers to save a buck in hauling the steel. God, what a disaster.
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
but if you are trying to turn this into a racist thing ........
back off........
again i may be reading you wrong here.....
Not a racist thing........just pointing out what you have pointed. The lack of understanding and familiarity with our language, our culture and our rules of the road are all problems. I would drive equally as bad in France or Italy since I don't read or speak the language or know their rules.
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
I have to drive in an area with a large influx of Mexican and other Central American immigrants.........I understand where you are coming from.....many don't understand the language, thus the street signs, many lack any clue regarding the rules of the road and the majority lack little things like a license and insurance.......I see that problem. The idea of these same people or people with the same issues driving big rigs on our roadways......yes, it is scary.
Over the last years, the Birmingham area has had a severe problem with big rigs dropping large coils of steel on the interstate. The fault of which probably lies at the feet of the steel plant, the trucking company, the truck driver and the cars on the same roadway as the truck. I can already picture the steel mills hiring Mexican drivers to save a buck in hauling the steel. God, what a disaster.
i see the death toll on american highways rising in the next year.....more trucks is gonna equal more deaths......that is a given....
ICE.....SNOW.....SLEET.......ya dont see much of this in mexico.....
this program is going to be implemented for a year.....then reviewed...
it is gonna be interesting to see how it goes....
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
i see the death toll on american highways rising in the next year.....more trucks is gonna equal more deaths......that is a given....
ICE.....SNOW.....SLEET.......ya dont see much of this in mexico.....
this program is going to be implemented for a year.....then reviewed...
it is gonna be interesting to see how it goes....
I go back to my point mentioned in the linked article from the maritime union....where is the money for the inspectors going to come from? 32,000 new employees/inspectors is a pipe dream.......say the average cost to the state/federal gov is $30000 a year per inspector, that times 32000 is equal to $960 million dollars a year!!!!
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
i think the bottom line here is that this move is going to undermine the already disasterous state of the economy of this country. and cause a real danger to clueless americans driving on our already clogged highways.
bush needs to be more aware of the impact this will have on all of america. because it will effect most if not all of us in some way.
lets all hope these drivers are well trained and have some real experience
behind the wheel.
I go back to my point mentioned in the linked article from the maritime union....where is the money for the inspectors going to come from? 32,000 new employees/inspectors is a pipe dream.......say the average cost to the state/federal gov is $30000 a year per inspector, that times 32000 is equal to $960 million dollars a year!!!!
Growing up, I dreamed of becoming a Mexican truck driver inspector.
i think the bottom line here is that this move is going to undermine the already disasterous state of the economy of this country. and cause a real danger to clueless americans driving on our already clogged highways.
bush needs to be more aware of the impact this will have on all of america. because it will effect most if not all of us in some way.
lets all hope these drivers are well trained and have some real experience
behind the wheel.
not ONE of these drivers have driven through the ROCKIES or the POCONOS........not ONE of them have a clue what BLACK ICE is......
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
i was raised in the trucking industry...my dad worked in some trucking co most of his life...my mom sells insurance to truckers. my dad taught me to drive a rig when i was 13. not because i wanted to grow up and be one (cuz i did) but because he wanted me to respect them when i was on the road. with this mandate tho, i believe that respect may turn to absolute fear.
a lot of american drivers already disrespect big rigs. they don't seem to realize you can't stop a loaded truck on a dime....are totally unaware of blind spots...or how fun it is to drive an empty in a good wind. most good truckers (20 yrs no vio's...i'd say that's makes you a pretty good one speedy.) know to watch for idiots in cars but there's only so much a driver can do. i see these idiots on the cut in the hill on 75 at the ohio river jumping lanes in front of a rig with about 3-4 feet of space then hitting the brakes. there's not a week goes by when there's not an accident with a semi in the area.
plus we already have the truckers who run double logs so they can be on the road more without resting and trucks that don't pass inspections yet are still on the road. so add 7 million more trucks to the roads...regardless if they are mexican or american. accidents and death rates will rise period. take into consideration these 7 million may not know how to read english...know u.s. driving laws or weather patterns (this happened a mile from my house from black ice. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f61cd_4507 ) and those rates will rise considerably.
as far as legislation and inspectors and such...the mandates are almost impossible to attain in a short period of time or police properly in the first place. secondly, someone always finds a way around every rule.
i was raised in the trucking industry...my dad worked in some trucking co most of his life...my mom sells insurance to truckers. my dad taught me to drive a rig when i was 13. not because i wanted to grow up and be one (cuz i did) but because he wanted me to respect them when i was on the road. with this mandate tho, i believe that respect may turn to absolute fear.
a lot of american drivers already disrespect big rigs. they don't seem to realize you can't stop a loaded truck on a dime....are totally unaware of blind spots...or how fun it is to drive an empty in a good wind. most good truckers (20 yrs no vio's...i'd say that's makes you a pretty good one speedy.) know to watch for idiots in cars but there's only so much a driver can do. i see these idiots on the cut in the hill on 75 at the ohio river jumping lanes in front of a rig with about 3-4 feet of space then hitting the brakes. there's not a week goes by when there's not an accident with a semi in the area.
plus we already have the truckers who run double logs so they can be on the road more without resting and trucks that don't pass inspections yet are still on the road. so add 7 million more trucks to the roads...regardless if they are mexican or american. accidents and death rates will rise period. take into consideration these 7 million may not know how to read english...know u.s. driving laws or weather patterns (this happened a mile from my house from black ice. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f61cd_4507 ) and those rates will rise considerably.
as far as legislation and inspectors and such...the mandates are almost impossible to attain in a short period of time or police properly in the first place. secondly, someone always finds a way around every rule.
well said....
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
has opened our borders and allowed mexican truck drivers access to all our highways and roads in the U.S.A.......
hmmmmmmmm.......................
It's hard to take the "War on Terror" seriously when our own borders (the number one defense we have against terrorism) are essentially evaporating.
This (like the global warming debate) is not a liberal vs conservative issue, or it shouldn't be. It is in the interest of all Americans for the government to secure the borders and have strong controls in place controlling who can come in.
And while we're on this subject, yes absolutely I do think we should penalize companies who close up shop here only to open up shop somewhere else. The labor movement should absolute DIVE on this - this is low-hanging fruit that could sweep an election easily. The American middle class is what drives our economy, and losing these jobs hurts that. So yeah, I'm against American companies hurting American workers by closing here and opening there. If that makes me a evil "nationalist," then so be it.
by bush allowing illegal, undrug tested, non-english speaking truck drivers into this country, i think he is acting irresponsibly. i think the repercussions from this will be far reaching. it will effect all of us because the roads will be filled with untrained drivers, causing countless unseen dangers to anyone sharing that same road. and i think most people will be unaware of this.
i have the utmost respect for truck drivers. they perform a essential job vital to the day to day functioning of this country. perhaps mr. bush should attempt to offer job training, for those interested, to the millions of unemployed americans, which would in turn be better for our economy overall.
by bush allowing illegal, undrug tested, non-english speaking truck drivers into this country, i think he is acting irresponsibly. i think the repercussions from this will be far reaching. it will effect all of us because the roads will be filled with untrained drivers, causing countless unseen dangers to anyone sharing that same road. and i think most people will be unaware of this.
i have the utmost respect for truck drivers. they perform a essential job vital to the day to day functioning of this country. perhaps mr. bush should attempt to offer job training, for those interested, to the millions of unemployed americans, which would in turn be better for our economy overall.
just my opinion.
and tooferz...nicely done.
ok. i guess the only thing that threw me off was your economy comment.
a lot of american drivers already disrespect big rigs. they don't seem to realize you can't stop a loaded truck on a dime....
Lot of our local dumb fucks have been learning this parallel fact about freight trains the hard way recently.........well stated argument, by the way.
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
Lot of our local dumb fucks have been learning this parallel fact about freight trains the hard way recently.........well stated argument, by the way.
we've a had couple here recently as well. i've never understood racing a train across the tracks either. loaded trains take even longer to stop than a semi and do more damage. it's perhaps a 10 minute wait tops. you may be late...but you're uninjured and alive.
and thanks...it's my one lucid thought for the month.
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but if you are trying to turn this into a racist thing ........
back off........
again i may be reading you wrong here.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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Over the last years, the Birmingham area has had a severe problem with big rigs dropping large coils of steel on the interstate. The fault of which probably lies at the feet of the steel plant, the trucking company, the truck driver and the cars on the same roadway as the truck. I can already picture the steel mills hiring Mexican drivers to save a buck in hauling the steel. God, what a disaster.
ICE.....SNOW.....SLEET.......ya dont see much of this in mexico.....
this program is going to be implemented for a year.....then reviewed...
it is gonna be interesting to see how it goes....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
bush needs to be more aware of the impact this will have on all of america. because it will effect most if not all of us in some way.
lets all hope these drivers are well trained and have some real experience
behind the wheel.
Growing up, I dreamed of becoming a Mexican truck driver inspector.
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not ONE of these drivers have driven through the ROCKIES or the POCONOS........not ONE of them have a clue what BLACK ICE is......
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
how is that gonna work????
who is gonna make sure that they are following the 60/70 hour work week???
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
great.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
highly doubtful.
why shouldn't the same rules and federal regulations apply to these drivers too?? thats only common sense.
its a scary prospect. nope, i don't think our fearless leader thought this one through. not in the least.
yet again.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
MR. PAPER PLATES!!!!!!!
i think our boy is making a major fucking mistake here!!!!!!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
clueless americans? what are they clueless to?
how do you think it will effect you?
amen to that
a lot of american drivers already disrespect big rigs. they don't seem to realize you can't stop a loaded truck on a dime....are totally unaware of blind spots...or how fun it is to drive an empty in a good wind. most good truckers (20 yrs no vio's...i'd say that's makes you a pretty good one speedy.) know to watch for idiots in cars but there's only so much a driver can do. i see these idiots on the cut in the hill on 75 at the ohio river jumping lanes in front of a rig with about 3-4 feet of space then hitting the brakes. there's not a week goes by when there's not an accident with a semi in the area.
plus we already have the truckers who run double logs so they can be on the road more without resting and trucks that don't pass inspections yet are still on the road. so add 7 million more trucks to the roads...regardless if they are mexican or american. accidents and death rates will rise period. take into consideration these 7 million may not know how to read english...know u.s. driving laws or weather patterns (this happened a mile from my house from black ice. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f61cd_4507 ) and those rates will rise considerably.
as far as legislation and inspectors and such...the mandates are almost impossible to attain in a short period of time or police properly in the first place. secondly, someone always finds a way around every rule.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
~Albert Einstein
It's hard to take the "War on Terror" seriously when our own borders (the number one defense we have against terrorism) are essentially evaporating.
This (like the global warming debate) is not a liberal vs conservative issue, or it shouldn't be. It is in the interest of all Americans for the government to secure the borders and have strong controls in place controlling who can come in.
And while we're on this subject, yes absolutely I do think we should penalize companies who close up shop here only to open up shop somewhere else. The labor movement should absolute DIVE on this - this is low-hanging fruit that could sweep an election easily. The American middle class is what drives our economy, and losing these jobs hurts that. So yeah, I'm against American companies hurting American workers by closing here and opening there. If that makes me a evil "nationalist," then so be it.
by bush allowing illegal, undrug tested, non-english speaking truck drivers into this country, i think he is acting irresponsibly. i think the repercussions from this will be far reaching. it will effect all of us because the roads will be filled with untrained drivers, causing countless unseen dangers to anyone sharing that same road. and i think most people will be unaware of this.
i have the utmost respect for truck drivers. they perform a essential job vital to the day to day functioning of this country. perhaps mr. bush should attempt to offer job training, for those interested, to the millions of unemployed americans, which would in turn be better for our economy overall.
just my opinion.
and tooferz...nicely done.
ok. i guess the only thing that threw me off was your economy comment.
and thanks...it's my one lucid thought for the month.